The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium.

Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find read more

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: read more

In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to another computer, you're linking up to every computer that that computer has ever linked up to.

The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. read more

The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.