Science & Technology – Week of 09.29.13

Bitcoin Forum Hacked in Aftermath of Silk Road Takedown
Naked Security | 04 October 2013
The popular Bitcoin discussion forum, Bitcointalk.org…

IBM’s Watson Gets Its First Piece Of Business In Healthcare
Forbes | 02 August 2013
IBM‘s Watson, the Jeopardy!-playing supercomputer that scored one for Team Robot Overlord two years ago…

Jelly Fission? Jellyfish Invasion Leads to Swedish Nuclear Reactor Shutdown
RT | 02 October 2013
Sweden’s biggest nuclear reactor was forced to cease operations in a queer twist…

Scientists Create Never-Before-Seen Form of Matter
Phys Org | 25 September 2013
Harvard and MIT scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom about light…

Finally: a 3-D Printer for Space
Yahoo! News | 27 September 2013
Sure, 3-D printers can print pretty much any three-dimensional object you can think of – but can they print in zero gravity?