Beyond Moore's Law and the future of processing

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-moores-law-future-processing-paul-graham

Antibiotics that kill gut bacteria also stop growth of new brain cells

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160519130105.htm

Aerial Images Show Decades of Foothill Forest Growth Erased Due to California’s Extreme Drought

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/aerial-images-show-decades-of-foothill-forest-growth-erased-due-to-california-s-extreme/

AMAZING U.S. MILITARY RAILGUN SUPERWEAPON USES MAGNETIC PULSES TO FIRE AT 4,500 MPH

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/amazing-u-s-military-railgun-superweapon-uses-magnetic-pulses-fire-4500-mph/

Antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ reaches the US for the first time, sets root in Penn.

https://www.rt.com/usa/344527-antibiotic-resistant-superbug-us/

Do Spider Robots Dream of 3D Printing?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/lovesick-cyborg/2016/05/21/2595/

Ancient Mars Was Wet and Wild

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/05/19/ancient-mars-was-wet-and-wild/

NASA’s SDO Peers Into Huge Coronal Hole

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-sdo-peers-into-huge-coronal-hole/

Ultra-low power graphene-based transistor could enable 100 GHz clock speeds

http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-transistor-clock-speeds-100-ghz/43499/

Pepper Robot Getting Ready to Take Orders at Pizza Hut

http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/eric-scheiner/pepper-robot-getting-ready-take-orders-pizza-hut

Did Harvard Scientists Secretly Discuss Making a Human from Scratch?

http://mattiviikate.newsvine.com/_news/2016/05/25/35588279-did-harvard-scientists-secretly-discuss-making-a-human-from-scratch

McDonald’s ex-CEO: $15/hr minimum wage will unleash the robot rebellion

http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/05/mcdonalds-ex-ceo-15hr-minimum-wage-will-unleash-the-robot-rebellion/

An artist is growing a hand out of human stem cells

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/an-artist-is-growing-a-hand-out-of-human-stem-cells/

A driving experience of a different kind – the F 015 - Mercedes-Benz original (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWB4xj7EILg

India Successfully Tests Space Shuttle, Meanwhile Obama Keeps NASA Grounded

http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/24/india-successfully-tests-space-shuttle-meanwhile-obama-keeps-nasa-grounded/

Technology Feels Like It’s Accelerating — Because It Actually Is

http://singularityhub.com/2016/03/22/technology-feels-like-its-accelerating-because-it-actually-is/

The World's Biggest Cruise Ship Just Set Sail on Its First Voyage (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch&v=s87tT2Gd3EE

NASA: Solar Storms May Have Been Key to Life on Earth

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-solar-storms-may-have-been-key-to-life-on-earth/

House tells NASA to stop messing around, start planning two Europa missions

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/house-budget-provides-260-million-for-two-life-tracking-europa-missions/

Is the World Ready for Synthetic Life? Scientists Plan to Create Whole Genomes

http://singularityhub.com/2016/05/22/is-the-world-ready-for-synthetic-life-scientists-plan-to-create-whole-genomes/

Mirror-image enzyme copies looking-glass DNA

http://www.nature.com/news/mirror-image-enzyme-copies-looking-glass-dna-1.19918

Google created a VR painting tool (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLKfWL8IXgKBte4TfD53pLaHONfSYCX0RH&v=I8OuSJKSkwE

How Giraffe Necks Stretched to New Heights

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/05/17/how-giraffe-necks-stretched-to-new-heights/

STEM Stories - Robots Are Brushing Up On Creativity

http://repubhub.icopyright.net/freePost.act?tag=3.16823%3Ficx_id%3D27080&utm_campaign=repubHub%20Twitter_TechScience&utm_content=34399385

Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe: Review

http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/GMO-genetically-modified-crops/2016/05/18/id/729360/

A Virtual Reality Manifesto: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

http://singularityhub.com/2016/05/19/a-virtual-reality-manifesto-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly/

THANKS, COMET PLUTO. SOLAR SYSTEM NOMENCLATURE NEEDS A MAJOR RETHINK

http://www.universetoday.com/128836/thanks-comet-pluto-solar-system-nomenclature-needs-major-rethink/

Tummy problems? Just swallow this stomach-repairing origami robot made of meat

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/tummy-problems-just-swallow-this-stomach-repairing-origami-robot-made-of-meat/

This Nifty Infographic Is a Great Introduction to Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Therapy

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/this-nifty-infographic-is-a-great-introduction-to-neuroplasticity

Is Coconut Water Really Better Than Sports Drinks?

http://www.motherjones.com//blue-marble/2010/07/coconut-water-sports-drinks

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Scientific Studies (HBO) (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw

The connected car may be the dumbest idea ever, but it’s not going away

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05/its-time-for-a-candid-talk-about-connected-cars/

ENJOY FACE TIME WITH SEVEN OF EARTH’S 3-5 MILLION MITE SPECIES

http://insider.si.edu/2016/05/enjoy-facetime-seven-earths-3-5-million-mite-species/

America's No. 3 killer is medical errors, study finds

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/05/04/americas-no-3-killer-is-medical-errors-study-finds.html

IBM Is Now Letting Anyone Play With Its Quantum Computer

http://www.wired.com/2016/05/ibm-letting-anyone-play-quantum-computer/

ResetPlug is a $60 device to keep you trapped in crappy Wi-Fi hell

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/resetplug-is-a-60-device-to-keep-you-trapped-in-crappy-wi-fi-hell/

How IBM’s new five-qubit universal quantum computer works

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/how-ibms-new-five-qubit-universal-quantum-computer-works/

Alpha Ransomware Attack does not want Bitcoin but Gift Card, iTunes, Amazon payment. What?!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alpha-ransomware-attack-does-want-bitcoin-gift-card-itune

Cambridge researchers map all genes that can cause breast cancer

http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Health-and-Science/Cambridge-researchers-map-all-genes-that-can-cause-breast-cancer-453023

Public Funding of Medical Research Pays for Itself

http://www.rand.org/blog/2016/04/public-funding-of-medical-research-pays-for-itself.html

Digital Transformation Trends to Watch: APIs Ignite a Cultural Shift Within Businesses

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-transformation-trends-watch-apis-ignite-cultural-ross-mason

Missing Electrons in the Atmosphere Possibly Found

http://www.space.com/31510-missing-atmospheric-electrons-explained.html

Moons of Saturn may be younger than the dinosaurs

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/03/moons-of-saturn-may-be-younger-than-the-dinosaurs

The leap second: Because our clocks are more accurate than the Earth

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/04/the-leap-second-because-our-clocks-are-more-accurate-than-the-earth/