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The (Sometimes Sordid) History of X-ray Vision, Part 2
Aug 24, 2012 — The modern age of x-ray vision kicked off in the 1930s, though maybe not where you think. The Lady With the X-Ray Eyes, an absurdist novel by Bulgarian writer Svetoslav Minkov was published in Germany in 1934. Here, a young woman suffering strabismus is treated by a surgeon who somehow also gives her the ability to see through assorted materials, including — naturally — the human body. Using this device, Minkov was able to critique the superficial nature of modern society. ...
The (Sometimes Sordid) History of X-ray Vision, Part 1
Aug 10, 2012 — The implementation of whole-body scanners in airport security lines and news about the possibility of using smartphones to detect terahertz radiation have inevitably led to talk about x-ray vision. We often use this as shorthand for “the...
The Ongoing Struggle Over Translational Research
Aug 1, 2012 — If the National Center for Advancing Translational Science were a person with feelings and a fragile sense of self-worth, it might be feeling snubbed and even a bit wounded these days. Sure, the Obama administration’s budget proposal released...
True Invisibility Remains Elusive
Aug 1, 2012 — But research moves toward practical applications of cloaking technology. Invisibility cloaks have long captured our imaginations, whether actual cloaks imbued with magical powers – see the Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter series –...
New Frontiers in Academic Publishing
Jul 18, 2012 — Academic publishing today employs many of the models that have served it for decades, even as the IT revolution has otherwise swept across the publishing landscape. The Swiss-based open-access publisher Frontiers is looking to change this. In only a...
This Helium Thing Is Serious
Jul 5, 2012 — Reporters and copywriters have had a field day with the current helium shortage, the result of — or at least aggravated by — the 1996 Helium Privatization Act and the US government subsequently selling off stockpiles of the gas at rates...
A Little More “Sci,” a Little Less “Fi”
Jun 15, 2012 — How would you feel if Neil deGrasse Tyson called you out publicly on your knowledge of astronomy? Now, how would you feel if you spent the better part of a decade and untold millions of dollars making a big sci-fi movie and Neil deGrasse Tyson...
Tupac, Freddie, and Building a Better Hologram
May 30, 2012 — When is a hologram not a hologram? Well, pretty much always in the music world. We’ve heard quite a bit about holography lately. It all began last month when an apparition of rapper Tupac Shakur, who died in 1996, showed up at the Coachella...
Cancer-killing Waves and the Politics of Research
May 16, 2012 — My music professor thinks he’s found a cure for cancer. And he can’t wait to tell you about it. Anthony Holland, a composer and electronic music guru at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., developed the idea of bombarding...
The Artistry of Science
Apr 30, 2012 — You’ve never seen a goblin spider-claw in quite the same way. The American Museum of Natural History in New York City is currently showcasing images obtained by its scientists using an array of advanced techniques. The exhibition,...
Rock ’n’ Roll Optics
Apr 13, 2012 — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame holds its 27th annual induction ceremony in Cleveland this Saturday. I happen to be in the area, and optics is never far from my mind. So, naturally, I decided to draw up a list of the Top 5 Optics Moments featuring...
No One Likes the Medical Device Tax
Mar 30, 2012 — With the US Supreme Court hearing arguments this week over the constitutionality of the health care mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — otherwise known, of course, as Obamacare — another provision of the law is...
When Texas Tells You to Have a Sonogram
Mar 20, 2012 — Transvaginal ultrasound doesn’t often show up on the comics and editorial pages, as it did in a Doonesbury storyline that ran all of last week. But then, transvaginal ultrasound isn’t often wielded as a political tool demanding satire....
The Not-so-secret Science Club
Feb 29, 2012 — The neuroscience talk is totally full, the sign said. “Stick around, though. We are playing the audio in the front bar.” That would be the front bar of The Bell House, a converted warehouse on a lonely, formerly industrial stretch...
“… For I Never Have Seen an Infidel Astronomer”
Feb 17, 2012 — I’d intended to write more about Newt Gingrich’s plans to reshape the face of the moon. Things change. When I wrote my last post, for example, people and pundits alike had largely written off Rick Santorum’s candidacy and were...
Colonies on the Moon and the Economy of an Irish Pub
Jan 31, 2012 — Some 20 years ago, in the crowded back room of an Irish pub in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., two or three friends and I came up with a truly inspired plan: We would push a couple of tables together, raise a tiny flag and declare ourselves a sovereign...
Convert Light to Electric Current, Baby, Convert Light to Electric Current
Jan 17, 2012 — It wasn’t exactly “drill, baby, drill,” but it was a minor kerfuffle about national parks and energy independence. Surely I would find something there to distract me. The turbid waters of the Pacific curved away as the plane...
Who Has the Conn?
Jan 1, 2012 — The “conn” is the area of the submarine from which the rudder is controlled and where the periscope is located. Fans of sub movies – and any submariners among our readers – know that “Who has the conn?” is never...
Music of the Spheres
Dec 22, 2011 — The folks at NASA must be a pretty hip bunch, judging from the ideas they’ve come up with to engage people about the many mysteries of the cosmos. The most recent example: “Hubble’s Hubble,” a video in which images captured...
A Communist Chocolate Hellhole
Dec 6, 2011 — Here’s what bothers me about time travel movies: When faced with someone claiming to be from the future, people will express disbelief for maybe a minute or two. After that, it’s all, “Oh please, Captain Tomorrow, please stop those...
Cracks in the Ivory Tower
Nov 29, 2011 — It’s been a rough couple of weeks for student relations on college and university campuses. On Nov. 18, administrators at the University of California, Davis sought to quell a nonviolent Occupy Wall Street demonstration — in its first...
The Forest for the Trees
Nov 23, 2011 — It was a crisp autumn afternoon in New York’s Washington Square Park and I found there a familiar bustle of activity. A photographer’s assistant checking light levels on a model perched on the edge of the fountain. A collection of honey...
Leave the Polar Bears Out of It
Nov 1, 2011 — There are a number of unanswered questions swirling around the so-called “Polar bear-gate” scientific misconduct case, which involves Department of the Interior researchers who published a report of apparently drowned polar bears in the...
When the Future Catches Up With You
Oct 18, 2011 — I burst into a chorus of the 1980 Queen song “Flash” last Saturday night during intermission at a Japanese koto and shamisen performance. Not at full volume, of course — I have some sense of propriety — but still with a...
President Perry and the Future of Science, Pt. 2
Sep 30, 2011 — “I remember when Sputnik was launched,” Dr. Gallagher said. “I remember what a transformational effect this had on education.” In the wake of the Soviet Union’s introduction of the first artificial satellite, he...
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