Yearly Archives: 2013

Headlines: U.S. Announces New Carbon Emission Limits for Power Plants

September 20, 2013 - Today Gina McCarthy (seen below), the administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing CO2 emission limits for...

Continuing the MIT List of This Year’s Under 35 Technology Sensations

In a previous blog I wrote about both the over 70 and under 35 innovators of the year as chosen by MIT. In the...

Space Update: Why Dark Matter Matters

We still haven't detected dark matter directly but we may have gotten our first hint from equipment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). An...

World Future Society Makes 20 Forecasts for 2025

  Some of you who read my blog postings find them on The Futurist, the site of the World Future Society. I thought I would...

Communications & Biomedicine Update: Cellphones Impacting Healthcare

Last Friday I wrote about a new smartphone application that could figure out your eye prescription. But the impact of the mobile telecommunications revolution...

Environment Update: New $2 Million X-Prize Focuses on Changing pH in the World’s Oceans

I am a great believer in alternative schemes for advancing scientific discovery and promoting innovation. With prizes and crowdfunding added to the mix these...

Climate Change Update: The Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership

 Not familiar with Majuro? It is a declaration by 15 Pacific Ocean states including Australia and New Zealand. It is in effect a declaration...

Space Headlines: Leaving the Solar System and Don’t Know When I’ll Be Back Again

When I think of Voyager 1 and 2 robotic spacecraft it takes me back to a 1966 song written by John Denver, "Leaving on...

Gizmos & Gadgets: Do-it-Yourself Eye Glass Prescription App Comes to Smartphones

The age of the mobile phone doctor is upon us and it covers everything from self-monitoring your heart, to diagnosing a number of diseases,...

Climate Change and Its Impact on our World’s Major Rivers – Part 2: The Rivers of South America

South America's geography is unique. The western portion is dominated by the Andes Mountains running from just south of the Isthmus of Panama to...

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