Modern copyright law can’t keep pace with thinking machines

This past April, engineer Alex Reben developed and posted to YouTube, "Deeply Artificial Trees", an art piece powered by machine learning, that leveraged old Joy of Painting videos. It generate gibberish audio in the speaking style and tone of Bob Ro...

Seawater desalination will quench the thirst of a parched planet

Humanity has sought to make the Earth's oceans potable for thousands of years. The Norse tale of Utgarda-Loki tells of Odin being tricked into drinking from a horn connected to the sea, while Exodus 15:22–26 of the Bible likely describes Moses...

Scientists use 3D scans to ‘unwrap’ an ancient scroll

The scientific world is developing a knack for reading texts without opening them. Researchers in Israel and the US have conducted the first "virtual unwrapping" of a heavily damaged scroll, the En-Gedi scroll, to read its contents without destroyin...

Crazy Horse Monument: Ruth Ziolkowski Dies


Ruth Ziolkowski often addressed crowds that appeared at the Crazy Horse Monument. A bit on the short side, the matriarch told them how she had come to the spot when she was in her teens. She and...

Noah’s Ark could have been a Round Boat


A new babylonian tablet surfaced revealing instructions on how to build a round boat. According to British museum expert Irving Finkel the ark never existed, but a new found tablet that he decoded...

At Christmastime 2013, What Would Jesus Ask Of Us Today?


The entire country pauses on Dec. 25, as Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, known to Christians as God’s Christ and Savior, and known to many as The Prince of Peace. The impact...
    






The Bible is Used in Password Cracking


A password security researcher named Kevin Young was so adept at cracking codes that he had managed to infiltrate 60% of the passwords on a particular site. But the remaining 40% remained safe and...