Archive for November 2004

Paralyzed Patient Walks Again After Stem Cell Treatment?

Monday, November 29th, 2004

The Korean Times is reporting that a patient has regained the ability to walk after 19 years of paralysis following the injection of stem cells into the damaged portion of her spine. The [...]


First Clones, Now Chimeras?

Monday, November 29th, 2004

Over the past couple years, scientists around the world have successfully integrated human cells into animals, resulting in pigs with human blood, mice [...]


The Art of Saturn and Mimas

Monday, November 29th, 2004

The blue background is Saturn (made so by the scattering of blue sunlight), the tiny globe in the middle right is the moon Mimas, and the foreground [...]


Future Wants - Digital Distribution over the Internet

Sunday, November 7th, 2004

In my latest “Future Wants” column, I anticipate the emergence of the Internet as the primary distribution network for all media, including music and movies. When is that going to happen and what are some of the details? Read on…


Prometheus Feeds

Sunday, November 7th, 2004

The moon next to Saturn’s F-ring in the previous image turned out to be Prometheus, one of the ring shepherd moons. The tiny body moves close enough to the ring at times to [...]


Future Wants: Digital Distribution Over the Internet

Sunday, November 7th, 2004

The pirates won.
BitTorrent is a file distribution program used to share data files between computers. BitTorrent now makes up more than one [...]


Raw Image Reveals Saturnian Moon?

Monday, November 1st, 2004

Many of the images downloaded from Cassini are not processed right away. While the spacecraft was heading to and from Titan it snapped pictures of some of the objects in the Saturnian system. [...]