Science & Technology – Week of 11.23.14

Graphene Shows Promise for Bulletproof Armour
Henry Maddox | 25 November 2014
Observations using an electron microscope revealed…

What Google’s Eric Schmidt Doesn’t Understand
Henry Maddox | 25 November 2014
When will we practice human…

Two Dramas in Slow Motion
Pew Research | 10 April 2014
It’s uncharted territory, not just for…

Researchers Uncover Government Spy Tool Used to Hack Telecoms and Belgian Cryptographer
Wired | 24 November 2014
That’s because the espionage tool—a malicious…

The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed
Wired | 23 October 2014
They won’t continue to log on if…

A Sad Fact of Life: It’s Actually Smart to Be Mean Online
Wired | 11 November 2014
This so-called negativity bias works both ways…

Google Glass Basecamp Stores Closing in the US?
Digital Spy | 23 November 2014
The launch of the consumer version could be…

Stars in Their Eyes: As the Rosetta Mission Shows, Britain is Getting it Right in Space
Economist | 22 November 2014
The innovative technology developed…

Life on the Edge: the Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden, review: ‘brilliantly well-explained’
The Telegraph | 21 November 2014
By far the most controversial…