“That said, if we could build giant megalasers, there might be an additional bonus for rocketry. One group at Brown recently suggested that a powerful laser could be used to reduce air drag by as much as 95%. Imagine this:… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“Or perhaps you’re familiar with ethanol, which is a chemical that can be metabolized into poor life choices.” — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“If you think about it, a room is just a box that keeps nature out and Internet in.” — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“When you put that liquid helium on the conductor, the wobble energy in the copper atoms is transferred to the helium atoms, which then… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“That said, if we could build giant megalasers, there might be an additional bonus for rocketry. One group at Brown recently suggested that a… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“Dr. Joff Silberg and Dr. Carrie Masiello are a husband-and-wife team of professors at Rice University. He is a synthetic biologist. She is a… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“Dr. Noah Smith, economics columnist for Bloomberg View, tells us, “The real danger of the ‘rise of the robots’ is not that they’ll take… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“The cheapest orbit available is LEO (Low Earth Orbit). People often think that "orbit" means there's no gravity. This is incorrect. In fact, the… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“YOU PROMISED ME MARS COLONIES, AND ALL I GOT WAS ALL OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE INDEXED AND AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE ON EARTH FOR FREE.” — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
“This sort of thing sometimes causes people undue distress, as in the recent MIT Technology Review cover, featuring moonwalker Buzz Aldrin with the headline… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
