Music, if it is to be perfect, can’t be perfectly timed. A perfectly timed musical composition may sound mistimed to our stupid human brains, especially if it’s synthesized. Read more…
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Here’s Why Perfectly-Timed Synthesized Music Can Sound Slightly Wrong
With the future of computing looking increasingly likely to become light-based , it pays to work out how to make the switching of light as efficient as possible. Enter tiny silicon discs, which have now been shown to be the fastest ever optical switches at the nanoscale. Read more…
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A Tiny Silicon Disc Is the World’s Fastest Nanoscale Optical Switch
Earlier this year, the Record Industry Association of America began to pursue Pandora on behalf of record labels to seek royalties for the use of tracks recorded before 1972. Now, it’s reached a settlement that will see Pandora stump up $90 million for using the songs. Read more…
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Pandora Has to Stump Up $90M For Its Use of Pre-1972 Songs
Archaeologists can figure out how old a substance is by radiocarbon dating, but to do that they need to know what the substance is—and that’s not always clear. Radioactive material comes to the rescue again! Read more…
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How We Figure Out the Composition of a Substance by Hurling Neutrons at It
1Password has announced that it’s switching the format it uses to store its users’ data, so that less of the metadata it holds is left unencrypted. Read more…
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1Password’s Changing Its Data Format Following Metadata Criticism
For many years scientists have been trying to find a way to measure the pressure in a patient’s brain without having to drill a hole in the person’s skull. Although this remains the most reliable way to measure pressure in the brain it is invasive, expensive and comes with the risk of infection and bleeding. Read more…
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How Neurosurgeons Can Now Look at Your Brain Through Your Eyes
In developing countries, an unbelievable 45% of food goes bad because of a lack of cold storage. It’s an especially big problem during transportation from farms to outdoor markets, where food sits in the scorching sun for hours on end. But one startup has a solution: solar-powered refrigeration stations that could save the livelihoods of half a billion farmers worldwide. Read more…
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In Nigeria, Solar-Powered Fridges at Outdoor Markets Save Food From Spoiling
Conservationists working at the University of Virginia’s Rotunda have inadvertently uncovered a chemical hearth designed by Thomas Jefferson. The discovery is offering fresh insights into how chemistry was taught over 200 years ago. Read more…
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Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Chemistry Lab Found Hidden Behind Wall
As well as promising the entire world in a FedEx box, Amazon also trades on the quality of its reviews. So it’s actually not that surprising that the company is taking 1, 114 unknown reviewers to court. Read more…
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Amazon is Suing 1,000 Fake Five-Star Reviewers
The United States may be the second largest carbon emitter on the planet, but it’s got a new rival: Forest fires. Indonesia is in the midst of a devastating fire season, one that’s kicking up more greenhouse gases than the entire US economy. Read more…
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Fires in Indonesia are Emitting More Carbon Than All Americans Combined