April 10, 1972: The World Outlaws the Use of Toxic Weapons, Mostly
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
April 10, 1972: The world outlaws the stockpiling and use of toxic weapons in warfare.
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Archive for December, 1969
What I Learned From Friendster: Jonathan Abrams’ New Startup
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Interview with Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams about his new startup, Socializr.
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New Experiment Probes Weird Zone Between Quantum and Classical
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Scientists hope a microscopic cantilever arm perched on a silicon chip will let them see quantum physics in action. By Mark Anderson.
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Don’t Let Body-Mod Envy Ruin Your Entire Day
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Alt Text: Let us take your tired old form and mold it into something positively trans-human.
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April 11, 1888: Concertgebouw, Home of Nearly Perfect Acoustics, Opens
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
April 11, 1888: Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, a concert hall with nearly perfect acoustics, opens.
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Appeals Court Misfired in Hack-Counterhack Dispute
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Last week’s U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in U.S. v. Heckenkamp is a mixed bag. It assures us that a college student’s dorm room computer is protected by the Fourth Amendment, but says warrantless, and perhaps even suspicionless, searches of those computers can be justified
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Adult Stem Cells Aren’t Safe — They’re Mass Murderers
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Adult stem cells, it turns out, are not as safe as some social conservatives would have you believe. Commentary by Steven Edwards.
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Writers, Directors Fear ‘Sci-Fi’ Label Like an Attack From Mars
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Book publishers and Hollywood types bend over backward to make sure their product isn’t stamped “science fiction.” By Jason Silverman.
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Surrounded by Adventure-Game Fans in a Vegas Hotel
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
In an age before LAN parties and Halo tournaments, the most successful games in computer stores involved exploring enchanted forests, solving complicated puzzles or choosing a line of dialogue to best impress a virtual woman.
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The Blogosphere, Where a Tawdry Culture Goes to Die
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
The Luddite: Incivility in the blogosphere? What do you expect from a bunch of navel-gazing narcissists? Commentary by Tony Long.
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