A Wave Pulse On A String

from WIRED School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings Playing the guitar is an art form. But the good vibrations you hear are a science. PERHAPS THE MOST iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It’s really just a bunch of strings stretched...

More Number Four

from Stanford Arts Review No Sign of ‘I Am Number Four 2’ Sequel Yet Despite Continued Fan Demand for Next Alien Thriller Installment by Krishan Mehra I Am Number Four was a teen sci-fi movie released in 2011 by Dreamworks Pictures. Based on the novel of the same...

Atouk of the Morning

from The New York Times Morning Person? You Might Have Neanderthal Genes to Thank. Hundreds of genetic variants carried by Neanderthals and Denisovans are shared by people who like to get up early. by Carl Zimmer Neanderthals were morning people, a new study...

Amazon Placing Lasers In Space!

from CNBC Amazon to connect Kuiper satellites with laser links to boost space internet network by Michael Sheetz Amazon will include a key speed-boosting technology in its coming Project Kuiper internet satellites, the company announced Thursday. Amazon says it tested...

Apocalypse Shower

from The Washington Post The massive meteor shower that convinced people the world was ending By Dave Kindy Leonid meteor shower over rural town in 1833. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) This week’s Geminid meteor shower is expected to be one of the most...