Physicist Stephen Hawking has done it again. This time he’s sent shock waves around the world by arguing that God didn’t create the universe; it was created spontaneously. Shocking or not, he actually understated the case. For over 2,000 years the question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" has captured theologians and philosophers. While [...]

The real deal on owning a velomobile One fateful day back in 1984, I read an article in Popular Science entitled “Pedal-power slingshot.” It was about a vehicle called the Cyclodyne, which was a recumbent human-powered tricycle enclosed in a full polyester-and-epoxy streamlined shell. The writer claimed that he had easily got the thing up [...]

  It goes without saying, but we’re gonna go ahead and say it anyway: Nobody likes getting a speeding ticket. And that’s especially true when said ticket isn’t issued by a human officer, but from a machine set up to catch unwary motorists off guard. If only there was some way to get back that [...]

Republicans are so determined to stop what they say is abusive and unlawful expansion of the federal government under President Obama that they are willing to abdicate power to the states to do it. Taking its cue from the Bill of Rights, the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative House Republicans, says that the [...]

The shape-memory alloy actuators might power minimally invasive surgical devices or tiny laptop cameras Shape-Memory Alloy Actuator Stretch me tiny Jason Dorfman/CSAIL Shape-memory alloys that change shape when heated could become tiny mechanical muscles for electronic devices. New mechanical devices based on the alloys produce three to six times more torque than electric motors, and [...]

Nathan Flynn (ABC 4 News) SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – Daylight Saving Time in Utah is safe, thanks, in no small part, to a 13-year-old boy. A House legislative committee was debating a bill Tuesday to do away with daylight saving time when 13-year-old Nathan Flynn came to the rescue. At, 8:32 am, [...]