Science

Severe pain? Reach for the yeast. Genetically engineered yeasts can now efficiently produce a range of opiates, including morphine and oxycodone. With growing anxieties about supplies of opium...

With a temperature below -268 degrees Celsius, liquid helium keeps MRI machines and particle accelerators properly cooled (yay!). Take liquid helium's temperature even lower than that, however, and...

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have discovered that humans prefer increased autonomy for robots. And no, those researchers were not robots. More robot...

All About Genetics Genetics is the study of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms It is generally considered a field of biology, but it intersects frequently with many of the life...

All About Electronics Electronics deals with electrical circuits that involve active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive...

>> STRICKLAND: Hey there. I'm Henry Strickland, our speaker is Virgil Griffith he's talking about Polyworld using evolution to design artificial intelligence and having had to take artificial...

Horizontal alignment part I. After completing this lesson the student will be able to identify various designed elements related to horizontal alignment. The student will be able to appreciate the...

So far in this course, we have been focusing on analysis of the response moments, probability distribution function of the state variables and reliability measures, using both analytical and Monte...

Today we will talk about the distribution of water. A water distribution network consists of pipes with appurtenances and it transports water from the treatment plant to the consumers tap. It includes...

All About Economics Economics is the social science that studies the behavior of individuals, households, and organizations (called economic actors, players, or agents), when they manage or use scarce...