Best from Sunday Nov 23, 2009
Considering we're a sniff away from Atlanta, recently named the most toxic city in the United States by Forbes magazine, it's worthwhile to be thankful that Athens earned a spot on the list of the country's 50 greenest cities in a survey published by Popular Science in 2008. "Enjoy 2013 when it comes.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
'In 3D' - Anaglyph Art by Stan Heller Nov 20, 2009
Another difficulty with 3-D is that up to 56 percent of adults aged 18 to 38 have trouble viewing it, while up to 7 percent of children cannot see it at all, according to Popular Science magazine. Ironically, Heller's father and daughter are part of those groups. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Panasonic One-Inch Thin Plasma and LUMIX Digital Camera Win Popular Science Magazine's 'The Best of What's New' Nov 19, 2009
Panasonic One-Inch Thin Plasma and LUMIX Digital Camera Win Popular Science Magazine's 'The Best of What's New. Annual Popular Science Award Names Panasonic TC-P54Z1 Plasma and LUMIX GF1 Digital Camera the 2009 "Gadget" Winners ... SECAUCUS, N.J., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Popular Science Magazine has named two Panasonic products, the TC-P54Z1 Ultra-thin VIERA Plasma and the LUMIX GF1 digital camera, the magazine's 2009 "The Best of What's New" winners in the Home Entertainment and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
GE hybrid water heater gets Popular Science nod Nov 17, 2009
Popular Science has awarded its Best of Whats New in Home Technology to the General Electric hybrid water heater to be produced in 2011 at Appliance Park. The water heater can save consumers up to $320, or 62 percent, of their home water heating costs, the December issue of the magazine reported. (Courier-Journal -- Business)
GEs hybrid water heater earns Popular Science accolades Nov 13, 2009
GEs hybrid water heater earns Popular Science accolades - Business First of Louisville ... GEs hybrid water heater earns Popular Science accolades ... General Electric Co. s hybrid water heater, which is , has won a Best of What s New award from Popular Science in the magazine s Home Technology category. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Giving Themed Gift Baskets as Chris... Nov 12, 2009
The Science Basket: For the science nerd, a fun gift basket could include a recent issue of science magazine like Scientific American, a popular science book, and a homemade pencil/pen holder that looks like a chemistry set. The Wine Basket: An appropriate basket for a wine lover would have a couple bottles of exotic wine, a new corkscrew, and a small book about wine throughout the world. (Suite101.com)
When science took a long, light look at itself Oct 29, 2009
Outside of dedicated popular science magazines you will probably never read discussions of topics such as "How heavy is light?", "The universal constant" or "Seeing with electrons" - a description of the workings of the electron microscope - yet Frontiers of Science dealt with such topics daily. Peter Harrowell, from the school of chemistry at the University of Sydney, says: "It was among the comic strips but it was a serious piece of science reporting of a fairly technical nature that was... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Target to sell digital magazines Oct 15, 2009
Consumers can purchase single issues or annual subscriptions to dozens of magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire and Popular Science. Minneapolis-based Target (NYSE: TGT), which already sells e-reading devices on Target. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
CMU prof recognized for making things miss Oct 15, 2009
Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette Andre Platzer, assistant professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon, has been named one of the "Brilliant Ten" by Popular Science magazine this year ... Dr. Platzer, a 30-year-old computer science professor, is named in today's edition of Popular Science as one of its "Brilliant 10," which the magazine calls "some of the nation's most promising young researchers.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
China News 2009.09.18 Sep 21, 2009
The museum is also equipped with laboratories, classrooms and platforms introducing popular science. Tag. (Xinhuanet, China)
Photographer leaves corporate job for natural beauty Aug 23, 2009
What started out as a hobby became a potential career when he started selling his work to such publications as Time Magazine, U.S. News Report, National Geographic and Popular Science. Now he is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, whose membership represents the highest standards in nature photography. (Fresno Bee)
Feature: Can science be popular in China? Aug 13, 2009
The website is at the forefront of popular science in China. It translates foreign popular science essays, organizes screenings of science documentaries, invites scientists, researchers and science fiction writers to public talks, and arranges tours of scientific research facilities that are normally closed to the public ... She met some of her favorite writers, whose easy-to-read and humorous popular science essays had helped the sophomore in her own studies. (Xinhuanet, China)
Cloud ships 'to deflect sun's rays and stop global warming'... Aug 8, 2009
" Kathy on August 07, 2009 at 11:54 PM Jesus! What a Crock! LobotomizeLibs on August 07, 2009 at 11:54 PM People who believe in global warming will believe anything you tell them, unless it is fact based. Oh yeah, don't waste your time trying to persuade them to think differently. It is like talking to a wall, that has lead paint on it. Kevin on August 07, 2009 at 11:54 PM Goregons get a grip, the Sun got hotter. It's happened on and off forever. Duke Derranged on August 07, 2009 at 11:54 PM The... (The Drudge Report)
Chart: Getting real about Newsom's claims Jul 23, 2009
Popular Science ratings. Recycling rate, Waste and Recycling News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
China to expand "Peking Man" site, build new museum Jul 21, 2009
The new museum will have exhibition halls, a specimen storeroom, research center and popular science area, capable of exhibiting more archaeological discoveries to the public, Yang said. The new museum is scheduled to start construction in October and be completed by the end of next year, according to Yang. (Xinhuanet, China)
Werewolves, manboobs star in startups' videos Jul 19, 2009
Already, Howcast has 100,000 videos in its library, some that it has produced itself and many more from others like Playboy, Popular Science, Home Depot and the Ford modeling agency that share in the ad revenue. The site offers instruction on a range of topics, from everyday issues - fixing a leaky faucet, creating a living will - to the more obscure, like how to survive a bear attack or how to have sex in a car. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Police chief denounces 'cowardly' iPhone users monitoring speed traps... Jul 17, 2009
There's a Popular Science article where it is explained that the traffic cameras actually cause accidents. This is all about money and nothing else. (The Drudge Report)
Tying Up Loose Ends For A Quantum Leap Jul 14, 2009
It is also reaching out to the wider public with non-technical articles in general magazines and popular science magazines. Part of the outreach programme has been a Young Investigator Award which was first presented in 2007 and continues this year. (Science Daily)
THESE DEALS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE Jul 14, 2009
Publishing giant Bonnier Corp., whose 50-odd magazine titles include Popular Science, Sport Fishing and Working Mother, has long been a subtenant at the L&L Holding Co.-managed 2 Park Ave. at 32nd Street. Now it's converted all of its 100,750 square feet there to a direct lease, prompting L&L co-founder David W. Levinson to say, "We're delighted that Bonnier not only enjoyed its tenant experience but thought enough of our building to decide to make 2 Park its long-term home.". (New York Post -- Business)
Submission Deadline Approaching for the 2009 Oasis Award for Outdoor Kitchen Design, Sponsored by Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet and Garden Design Magazine Jul 11, 2009
About Garden Design Magazine: Garden Design is published seven times a year by Bonnier Corp. In addition to Garden Design, Bonnier publishes numerous other lifestyle magazines, including Parenting, Popular Science, Saveur, Caribbean Travel Skiing and Spa. Visit for more information. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Mars May Hide Secret Water Table Jun 27, 2009
Well, that's pretty much what popular science magazines do ... What you are reading is scientific speculation, which is fair game for a popular science magazine. (Newsmax)
Menino column: Turning Beantown into Greentown Jun 26, 2009
Last year Popular Science magazine named Boston the third greenest in America. My administration has worked hard to make our city a leader in sustainable design and environmental awareness through initiatives such as a first-of-its-kind green building zoning code and Grow Boston Greener, which aims to plant 100,000 new trees by 2020. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
ARA Safety Announces Change to Its U.S. Fire Service Dealer Program Jun 17, 2009
In November 2008, ARA Safety's FIT-5 was included in Popular Science Magazine's Best of What's New in 2008. To learn more about ARA Safety and FIT visit www. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
John Rennie Recollects the Moon Landing Jun 16, 2009
That is why I have always felt that part of the absolute best popular science writing can do is to bring audiences along with the scientists and help them share personally in the adventure of those explorations, even if the scientists never wander outside a laboratory and the readers never wander outside a comfortable chair. Twenty years ago this month I walked in the door and found a desk at Scientific American. (Scientific American)
Researchers race to strip stem cells of cancer risk Jun 2, 2009
"What the investigators have accomplished is to discover the reset button for the cell, but the way they currently press it is by hitting it hard with a ball-peen hammer," wrote University of Wisconsin biologist P. Z. Myers in 2007 in his popular science blog, Pharyngula. The latest research has made strides in eliminating the cancer risk. (USA Today)
Timeline: Kelso through the years May 24, 2009
1966: The first skateboard park in the United States at least, according to Popular Science magazine opens in West Kelso next to the foot of the Allen Street Bridge. The 660-foot looping plywood track would close within two years due to lack of business. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Maine company gets praise from Popular Science magazine May 18, 2009
The Ripsaw MS1, an unmanned vehicle which recently was honored as one of Popular Science's top inventions of the year ... The full-sized vehicle, which was designed and developed by Eliot-based Howe and Howe Technologies Inc., was honored as one of the top inventions of the year in Popular Science's June issue, currently on newsstands ... In addition to the Popular Science award, Howe said the company is in talks but has not yet confirmed that the Ripsaw could be in an upcoming sequel to the... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Trauma' series still scheduled to film in S.F. May 17, 2009
-- A device produced by San Francisco's Rescue Reel Inc. was named one of Popular Science magazine's 2009 Inventions of the Year. The brainchild of San Francisco orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kevin Stone, the device, which stores up to 1,000 feet of cord, enables people trapped in buildings up to 100 stories to secure and quickly lower themselves to the ground. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
RPI mushroom guys cited by Popular Science May 12, 2009
Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre are among the folks being honored by Popular Science magazine for creating "stunning homebuilt inventions" and being "big-thinking geniuses." ... Their story is featured in the June edition of Popular Science, which is on newsstands now. (Albany Times Union)
Science Trekkin' May 11, 2009
Popular Science doesn't give us much in the way of outer space info, except to say that Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, is "a man who has watched 'Star Wars' dozens of times and every other movie exactly never." Elsewhere, we enjoyed the bit on Carlos Owens of Wasilla, Alaska, who is building an 18-foot-tall, Transformer-like robot that moves to mimic the body motions of the person strapped inside it. This miracle of uber-geekery, wrought from aluminum plates, cables and hydraulics, "can... (New York Post -- Business)
How Hawking became the "sage" of science Apr 28, 2009
His book made it acceptable for young scientists to publish popular explanations of their work to the public, sparking a popular science boom. Despite planning to step down from his post this year, Hawking had said he planned to continue working on problems in his profession, of which he once said that he "was fortunate that I chose theoretical physics, because that is all in the mind.". (USA Today -- Tech)
A woman's art traces Dad's disappearance Apr 18, 2009
Maps may come to mind, or graphics illustrating a popular science publication or half-remembered passages from a particularly elaborate Japanese woodblock print. Nothing parallel to Sales' loss of her father seems to drive Sintamarian's work, merely perhaps a need to see something that corresponds properly to her inner sense of living now. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A full-sized California-style home made of bamboo Apr 9, 2009
Construction uses uses GluBam building material hailed by Popular Science in 'Best of What's New in 2008 ... It uses the GluBam technology invented by Xiao, a technology named by Popular Science magazine in its "Best of What's New in 2008" feature. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
UNCOMMON CONVERSATION: Bringing the latest biotech to Nashoba Apr 9, 2009
I try to read a lot of popular science to help me know not only what s really current but what might relate to things that might affect the students and things they may be interested in, and I try to come up with different activities each year that relate to those things. I read the New York Times science section, as well. (Bolton Common, MA)
Smart people may be less stressed Apr 6, 2009
Stress hormones over time are widely known to interfere with memory, an effect described in neuroscientist popular science book, Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers. Chronic stress alters brain chemistry, damaging a part of the brain called the hippocampus, central to memory formation. (USA Today -- Tech)
Review of "How We Decide," by Jonah Lehrer Mar 25, 2009
At 27, Mr. Lehrer is something of a popular science prodigy, having already published, in 2007, "Proust Was a Neuroscientist," which argued that great artists anticipated the insights of modern brain science. "How We Decide" tilts more decisively in the thinking person's self-help direction, promising not only to explain how we decide, but also to help us do it better. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A real killer headache? Mar 3, 2009
His work has appeared in The New York Times, Popular Science, on BBC's The World and on National Public Radio. 2009 msnbc. (MSNBC -- Health)
Where research meets the marketplace Feb 27, 2009
CellScope was one of Popular Science magazine's "Best of What's New" for 2008 and is expected to move into commercial manufacture within a year. Source: UC Berkeley. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Stat cruncher Feb 26, 2009
Further exploration of this subject matter can be seen in the popular science book "Chances Are: Adventures in Probability" by Michael and Ellen Kaplan. I would be surprised if the author had not read the book. (BBC News -- UK)
Theory that shook the world Feb 15, 2009
It was a lot of money to spend back then, and a whopping lot to spend now for a popular science hardback. Just what is so remarkable about The Origin of Species, as it is more simply known today, that has kept Darwin in print and curious minds ever since. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
"How We Decide" Feb 15, 2009
With this opening salvo, Jonah Lehrer joins the growing ranks of popular science writers mining cognitive science's ever-expanding evidence underscoring the limits of reason. Since the mid-1990s, when psychologist Daniel Goleman popularized the term "emotional intelligence," it has become fashionable to point out the myriad ways in which unconscious brain mechanisms affect conscious thought. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
GEORGE B. KAUFFMAN: Birthday is the right time to study Darwin Feb 8, 2009
org/origins), and popular science magazines like Scientific American will have special issues on evolution (e. g., www. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 4, 2009 Feb 8, 2009
The American Chemical Society's Office of Public Affairs (OPA) new satellite press room has quickly become one of the most popular science news sites on Twitter with daily updates on the latest research from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and other news, including links to compelling podcast series, information on the upcoming 237th National Meeting, and the latest recipients of ACS' national awards. To receive press room updates, create a free account at. (EurekAlert!)
