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Ransom Stephens- July 17, 2012

Science and technology news with a tech-savvy T&M World angle that helps readers hone their innovative edge by applying expertise from one field to opportunities in another.

Ransom Stephens is a technologist, science writer, novelist, and Raiders fan.

Global warming/climate change: an easy calculation

By solving a 10th grade science homework problem you can decide for yourself whether or not human beings are causing global warming/climate change by burning fossil fuels. Read More...

Measuring the transition to disaster

Properties of the calm before a storm can be measured and used to predict the transition from tranquility to disaster. Read More...

Resolving to map the brain: resolution, resolution, resolution

Sure, the BRAIN initiative will cure diseases, but it will also open a Pandora’s box of philosophical issues from accurate lie detection to the existence of free will, but the technology begins with improving brain scan resolution. Read More...

Measure of Chaos: When Uncertainty Runs Amok

Can a butterfly flapping its wings in Japan cause a tornado in Silicon Valley? Ransom explains the roots of chaos with a simple carpentry metaphor. Read More...

Measuring gravitational radiation

Gravitational radiation must exist, but through a dozen years of searching, they have yet to be seen… Read More...

In search of gravity waves

We see electromagnetic waves, why not gravity waves? Read More...

Getting lucky at trade shows (DesignCon special!)

Do you go for sales leads? Networking? Solutions to your problems? Swag? Free beer? No, you’re there to get lucky, here’s how. Read More...

Noise in the time dimension: the strange case of flicker

Flicker shows up in electric circuits, music, stars, brain waves, and the stock market and seems to indicate a significant relationship between distant events—but no one knows what it is. Read More...

Measuring and generating creativity

The value of creativity far outweighs any other trait. Measures of creativity are elusive but the four key ingredients Read More...

Can electronic health records save your world?

Are electronic healthcare records another inane federal boondoggle or are they a healthcare cure-all? The answer has more to do with Netflix than you might think. Read More...

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