EVER since Marty McFly arrived in 2015 in “Back to the Future Part II” and discovered a levitating skateboard, people have tried to make one for real. But the film’s prediction, made in 1989... Read more
Danny Hillis outlines an intriguing theory of how and why technological change seems to be accelerating, by linking it to the very evolution of life itself. The presentation technique... Read more
Everything the plant generates can be utilized Some readers might remember the Mr. Fusion unit in Back to the Future that Doc Brown fills with household garbage, including a banana pe... Read more
Animals remember past events in their lives “Let’s see if you bastards can do ninety.” And with that, the DeLorean accelerated forwards and traveled back in time thirty years. Unfortunately,... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Is It an Environmental Boon or Bane? More than 2.5 billion plastic bottles—partially made from plants—are already in use around the world in a bid to replace petroleum as... Read more