Yearly Archives: 2013

Space Update: Mars One Roadmap and How to Live on the Red Planet

The Mars One project outlined a revised roadmap this week providing details on how the enterprise will unfold. Here is a quick summary: 2013 -...

The Controversy Over Soda

In Canada we call it pop but in the U.S. it is called soda, that carbonated beverage that is as ubiquitous as milk and...

Agriculture Update: Two New Genetic Modifications to Rice Yields Positive Results

In the last week two articles appeared on genetic modifications related to rice. The first involved DRO1, a gene that determines how a rice...

Religion and Technology Cooperate in Stained Glass Solar Cells

Here I am writing about religion, science and technology and the 21st Century and suddenly I run across the following story. A Catholic church in...

Gizmos & Gadgets: New Capacitor May Revolutionize EVs

Today's electric cars or EVs have mileage capacity challenges because of limited battery and energy storage. Part of the problem is the batteries themselves...

Biomedicine Update: New Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial Encouraging

Clinical trials have started for a malaria vaccine dubbed the PfSPZ Vaccine (for Plasmodium falciparum, the strain of malaria it treats) and the initial...

Transportation Update: Electric Vehicle Sales Trending Upward

I saw two Chevy Volts in the last week, both in my neighborhood. Going by looks it is a very sexy car. And as...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for August 9, 2013

If you have been following the thread of blog postings this week you will note that I have been writing about the interrelationship of...

Religion, Technology and Science in the 21st Century – Part 3: How Islam Deals with Science and Technology

The scientific and technological revolution in the Western Christian World bypassed Islam in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Ottoman Empire, the most powerful...

Religion, Technology and Science in the 21st Century – Part 2: How Christians Deal with Science and Technology

The major religions of the world are faced with a knowledge explosion here in the 21st century. In particular scientific knowledge is growing exponentially....

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