Swirling liquids, such as coffee, follow the same principles as transactions with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. No, but really.
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There’s a weird link between coffee and cryptocurrency
Posted by Amy Adams-Stanford on April 24th, 2018
Posted in Physics, Science General, Technology 
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No Comments »Dawkins: DNA is Encoded Digital Information in the “Strong Sense”
Posted by Barry Arrington on September 14th, 2016
From time to time materialists come into these pages and argue that DNA is not a true “code.” This proves nothing other than that materialists are often quite shameless in the arguments they make to prop up their religious views. We would do well to remind that that arch-materialist Richard Dawkins did not get the […]
Posted in Science General Tags: Accuracy, characters, Computers, copied, Copyright, Dawkins, different, digital, Digital Information, encoded, genetic, immense, information, journal, Materialists, reading, reading heads, richard, Richard Dawkins, system No Comments »Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Can you answer these conundrums about information?
Posted by News on June 29th, 2013
“Information is information, neither matter nor energy.” But then the puzzles start. more
Posted in Science General Tags: Alien Language, Biological Structure, Conundrums, Cornell Conference, Digital Information, Digital Noise, Informatics, Information Conference, Information Model, Information Theory, Introductory Comments, journal of science news, Mike Cornell, Norbert Weiner, Origin Of Life, Paper Document, Precise Definition, publication science, Robert J Marks, Robert J Marks Ii, science from world, Science Journal, science live, Science News, science portal, Structure And Function, Uncommon Descent No Comments »NYC Design Contest Reinvents the Payphone
Posted by Scientific American on March 9th, 2013
Will community computers soon be replacing public payphones on city streets? If the winning prototypes from this week’s Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge in New York City are any indication, then yes. The six winners used modern designs and tec…
Posted in Environment, Science General, Technology Tags: Amenities, City Streets, Community Computers, Design Challenge, Design Contest, Digital Information, Hubs, journal of science news, New York City, Payphone, Prototypes, Public Payphones, publication science, science from world, Science Journal, science live, Science News, science portal, Technology,Society & Policy,Consumer Electronics,Communications,Computing,History of Science,Everyday Science No Comments »
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Can you answer these conundrums about information?
“Information is information, neither matter nor energy.” But then the puzzles start. more