Daily Archives: August 19, 2013

“Believe it or not, the electric storage battery — a technology that has been around since the eighteenth century — could change the economic course of the twenty-first century. Thanks to breakthroughs on the horizon, batteries qualify as one of … Continue reading →

Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed — Eratosthenes’ calculation of the Earth’s circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau’s measurement of the speed of light … Continue reading →

For those interested in learning more on the hyperloop science proposed by Tesla’s Elon Musk last week, we can read this proposal now available on the Tesla web site. And as pointed out by one of my readers, the science … Continue reading →