What’s the smallest machine you’ve seen? Can you imagine machines so small that you can’t even see them, complete with movable parts, motors, and switches? They do, in fact,...
Now synonymous with “genius”, Albert Einstein has turned out to be the gift that keeps on giving. In the early 1900s, Einstein had the incredible intuition and scientific foresight to produce work that...
If you’re like me, you may have found yourself scrolling down Facebook one day when you came across headlines exclaiming that “The Great Barrier Reef is Dead.” And if you’re like me you probably...
A Game of Milliseconds The landscape of Wall Street has transformed greatly over the past twenty years. Quickly disappearing are the days of alpha males with Don Draper haircuts dressed in well-fitted suits,...
“Physics has been solved!” many scientists declared upon the announcement that gravitational waves had been detected in February of this year, confirming Einstein’s theory of relativity. However, a new...
It’s the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The aquatic stadium is filled with tense energy, a buzz of anticipation; all eyes are on the most decorated Olympian of all time as he takes the center lane. As he does...
Why is it so difficult to recover from brain injuries and diseases? Despite the various impressive abilities of the adult mammalian brain, it is unable to replace neurons lost to brain injuries and...
“New Tool Changes Biology Forever.” “Magic Biological Wand Takes Over Labs Across the Country.” “Welcome to the Modern Era of Molecular Biology.” Such headlines dominated the front pages...
If you focus on the chair that you’re sitting on, you can consciously feel the stiffness of its surface, the way your legs are positioned, and maybe the way your fingers are hovered over the mouse or...
Imagine having Internet that is 100 times faster than your current Wi-Fi connection. Now imagine that the lightbulb above your head is the source of that connection. It might sound absurd, but this technology,...