Earth Tapestry archives planet
William Alba, director of the Science and Humanities Scholars Program at CMU, is working on a project called Earth Tapestry, a collection of Earth's most important landmarks.
HCII hosts seminar on technology and creativity
Joel Brandt, a senior research scientist and engineering manager at Adobe Research, spoke about the way technology can promote creativity and design at this week’s HCII seminar.
Pugwash: Iranian Nuclear Agreement reduces chance of nuclear war
Student Pugwash is a non-advocacy, educational organization that discusses the implications of science. This article is a summary of last week’s discussion on the Iranian Nuclear Agreement.
Lightning forms due to sizeable charge imbalance
This week's How Things Work discusses how lightening forms.
SciTech Briefs
This week's SciTech Briefs cover navigation systems, geographic tongue condition, prairie dogs, smartphone data, and SpaceX.