Futureland is a series of nine connected stories of science fiction writer Walter Mosley in a society overseen by rich technocrats. 100 years from now, thngs have become more of what they are now: more drugs, daily grind and the world’s knowledge exists on a computer chip. Then, it is a crime to be poor. […]

This story is about a boy who believes his father has been replaced by an alien facsimile. He and his friends create a plan to handle the imposter–without adult assistance. It is a metaphor for the fact the the alien imposter within us is age and our children have to learn on their own to […]

A growing outbreak of tubruculosis in British Columbia, which could have expanded to other nations was deciphered and controlled as a result of a unique melding of social media data mining and human genome sequencing of the actual TB DNA. The findings, to be published today in the New Englnd Journal of Medicine are expected […]

For what its worth, I send this message to smartphone and cell phone makers: The recent study conducted by Nora Volkow M.D. of the National Institute of Health showing that metabolism in the brain region closest to the antenna had a 7% increase in brain activity as measured by glucose metabolism should be your wake […]

Researchers lead by Jennifer Aker of Stanford University say that they examined 60 academic studies and drew links which are a guide to individual happiness. Their findings include the following: 1. Spend time with the “right” people who you enjoy the most; 2. Avoid small talk and gossip as it tends to make people unhappy; […]

Two 30 minute black and white films shot in 3D in 1936 were found by Australian director Philippe Mora who is making a documentary on how Nazis used images to manipulate reality. The Nazi’s were decades ahead of Hollywood in creating 3D movies which were shot on 35 mm films using a prism in front […]

A robot/computer known as Eve, using articifial intelligence and data mining to analyse the results of pharmacological experiments, is making informed predictions has to the effectiveness of of drug treatments. Eve relates the chemical structures of different chemical compounds to their pharmacological activity to learn which compounds should be tested based on which are most […]

Dr. David Shaywitz and Mathai Mammen MD suggest using social media for research and development. Drug discovery is often a result of chance in which compounds have unexpected side effects that prove to be lifesaving breakthroughs. These two researchers suggest that social networking with a web of patients and doctors could help to systematically recognize […]

As a result of a One Million Dollar On-Line crowdsourcing contest, patients with the neuromuscular disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease are a step closer to finding a treatment. Last week, the non-profit ALS Prize4Life named neurologist Dr. Seward Rutkove of The Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, winner of their […]

The Egyption government has arrested four anti-government protesters, members of the April 6 Youth, organized primarily through Facebook and other social media tools. Security officials detained the activitists in Cairo’s Hisham Mubarak Law Center, a group that provides legal assistance to detainees. Its director, Ahmed Sief was also taken into custody. Facebook said it has […]