Here’s news about using nanotech to develop extremely small and extremely sensitive devices to detect cancer biomarkers, mainly proteins. Universities like CalTech are devoting a lot of work to molecule-level early detection. If you are among the third of the population who will someday develop cancer, your body will contain warning signs well before your doctor is able to diagnose ...

Okay, if pure speculation is too flaky for you, here’s an opportunity to read some hard-core cancer research articles in Nature. These are real journal articles with the constrained, incremental  factoids of science that pile up into a heap of real facts over time. The reason I post them is that they’re accessible free!  Usually you need a costly subscription ...

I always hafta laugh when I see these articles about how some guy just figured out how to make distribution of content easier by putting together two pieces of evolving technology. In this case it’s combining peer-to-peer with RSS. The chuckle is that the music and movie industries and about every other content provider hates this and takes legal steps ...

Fast Company’s  last couple of issues have featured a lot of content about innovation. Like this article. Can biology teach us anything about innovation? The essence of Darwinism is that progress is created by adaptation to changed conditions. What starts as a random mutation can also spread to become the norm through a process of natural selection.