http://discovermagazine.com Science, Technology, and The Future http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/02-three-words-that-could-overthrow-physics The standard model still doesn't describe magnets' spooky action at a distance. Bruno Maddox 2008-04-24T06:05:13Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/20-deflating-the-bogus-insomnia-epidemic Who started the tall tale about this "epidemic," anyway? The Big Pharma-funded National Sleep Foundation, a dodgy polling firm working for a hotel chain, and some sensationalistic journalists. Bruno Maddox 2008-02-22T05:13:10Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/dec/blinded-by-science The short line from hunks of meat on spits to cranberry foam on Top Chef Bruno Maddox 2007-12-27T03:43:40Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/nov/a-modest-proposal-for-science-end-it-don.t-mend-it Science was rendered obsolete by its own smashing victory. Bruno Maddox 2007-11-06T04:08:10Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/oct/quasars-say-earth-is-1.2-a-pinkie-smaller We now know the planet is quite mushy—but at least we know. Bruno Maddox 2007-10-15T03:43:35Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/sep/google-taught-me-how-to-cut-my-own-hair In the Internet era, the most accessible information is the most valuable. Bruno Maddox 2007-09-28T04:09:41Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/aug/blinded-by-science Verne accurately predicted the moon shot, Wells predicted the atomic bomb, and Adam Brin predicted the Web. But has reality become so fantastic recently that sci-fi itself has lost its predictive power and is therefore obsolete? Bruno Maddox 2007-10-15T05:56:02Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/blinded-by-science Deep in the Utah desert, there is a place where earthlings practice being Martians in the hope of a future home on the Red Planet. Bruno Maddox 2007-07-09T12:44:52Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/blinded-by-science From the land of breast implants and Botox, a plastic surgeon uses Pythagoras' theories to try to geometrically design the perfect face. The golden rectangle may well figure in, but the math isn't quite there yet. Bruno Maddox 2007-07-05T07:55:34Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/may/blinded-by-science IQ is a fictional attribute. The real question is what's your Ideaphoria, Foresight, and Number Facility scores? The test for Ideaphoria is surprisingly simple: just watch how fast someone writes... Bruno Maddox 2007-07-05T07:55:47Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/blinded-by-science-addicted-to-beef In the future they'll say, "The British ate lots of beef and conquered the world, but they didn’t care whether the beef tasted nice or where it came from and so they died." Bruno Maddox 2007-07-05T07:55:15Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/mar/blinded-by-science-hypnosis-enters-a-new-era It's benevolent, it's peaceful, and your iPod can be the hypnotist. Bruno Maddox 2007-07-05T07:55:40Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/feb/blinded-creation-museum-kentucky The designers of the Creation Museum insist that science is fundamental. Bruno Maddox 2007-07-05T07:55:22Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jan/blinded-binladen-find-afghanistan It is difficult to map a land, and Afghanistan remains as elusive as a terrorist in hiding. Bruno Maddox 2007-07-25T08:15:12Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2006/dec/blinded-twins-birding-instinct How birding in Central Park in an age of terror makes the man Bruno Maddox 2007-07-05T07:54:12Z Print Article