November 2019, the month in which the science fiction film classic “Blade Runner” takes place, is now behind us. Any time I feel the need to masochistically induce a brain-quaking migraine, I […]
Blade Runner … moving forward
Imagine if every web site in the world existed automatically in every language
I was talking yesterday with my friend Petr, who has recently launched Expert Decision, a news and commentary site covering issues facing his native Russia. The site being in Russian, and my […]
Jobs, Zuckerberg, Bezos: what do our titans of tech say about us?
We have met the enemy and he is us Steve Jobs may be the most significant human of the past century. Sure, that’s a huge claim, but with a series of innovations […]
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Conscious plants!? Surely you jest!
Nominal Science Editor at The Guardian opines thusly: Group of biologists tries to bury the idea that plants are conscious. It’s a fascinating read. Enjoy it. But…let’s have some fun with this. […]
Women’s health and transgender advocacy
How do we handle the math? What if I told you that a study showed the number of breast cancer diagnoses dropped by 170,799 in some Year II compared to Year I? […]
Scholars & Rogues Honors Our 100th Scrogue: Leonardo Da Vinci
Writers, artists, journalists, educators, historians, scientists, engineers … and dreamers of every stripe – all have reason to revere the legacy of the archetypal Renaissance Man. S&R is proud to honor Leonardo […]
UPDATED: Quantum Mechanics and a “death” question
If I die, am I really dead? [UPDATE] Wait a damned minute. Read to the bottom. _____ Bear with me. I’m not a theoretical physicist. I’ve read a good bit of Dummies-level […]
Why today’s music sucks #getoffmylawn
An S&R staff conversation on the “Loudness Wars,” low rez, headphones, streaming services and more: it’s all about fidelity. Lex Regardless of whether you think the content of modern music sucks, from […]
WTF is up with the Weather Channel app?
Why doesn’t the Weather Channel at least agree with itself? Like many (most? all?) iPhone owners I have the Weather Channel app. (It comes installed on the phone and it’s easy enough […]
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