http://mooreslore.corante.com/ en-us dana@a-clue.com 2006-02-26T15:00:45-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/26/evolution_changes_its_mind_again.php One of the great absurdities of the “intelligent design” debate is when someone says “science says.” Scientists say a lot of things. Scientists agree (and sometimes disagree). The consensus among scientists is what science “teaches.” But that consensus can change,... 49336@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Science 2006-02-26T15:00:45-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/24/alternative_energy_no_longer_an_option.php John Robb of Global Guerillas has posted a blog entry that should curl your hair. (The picture is from Drexel University.) The control over the price of oil is in now in the hands of global guerrillas -- the open... 46996@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ energy 2006-01-24T17:00:28-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/03/where_is_the_power.php I have something interesting in common with Sun COO Jonathan Schwartz. That is a fascination with a scene in history. The year is 1881, and in J.P. Morgan's mansion on Madison Avenue an experiment is taking place. It's overseen by... 45292@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Economics 2006-01-03T09:49:24-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/21/law_order_twist_in_blackberry_case.php The patent case concerning the RIM Blackberry has taken a twist that could have come out of the TV show Law & Order. You know, those shows where the fights are over which of two adults killed the mistress and... 44582@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Consumer Electronics 2005-12-21T11:43:22-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/14/monopolists_at_the_academic_gates.php For the last few days I've been needlessly obsessed with a study I found at Georgia State University, about peer-reviewed journals. (The image is of Fondren Library at Rice University, where I got some really great naps during the 1970s,... 40510@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Digital Divide 2005-12-14T15:03:47-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/14/the_right_way_to_economic_development.php This month Atlanta lost Rafael Furcal to a $40 million LA Dodger contract, but picked up Jeffrey Skolnick for $7 million. I'd say we came out ahead. Skolnick is a leader in bioinformatics, the use of computer technology to model... 40493@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Investment 2005-12-14T13:25:42-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/06/buckytubes_phone_home.php One tragedy of the late Richard Smalley's life was that his beloved Buckytubes did not make more progress into the world of real products. So I'm sure he's smiling from heaven at this news, word that Fujitsu has learned to... 39640@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Moore's Lore 2005-12-06T11:41:05-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/10/31/how_the_bucky_man_transformed_my_alma_mater.php Dr. Richard Smalley passed away last week. Few men have ever transformed an institution as profoundly as Dr. Smalley transformed my alma mater, Rice University in Houston. It started before he got there. When I was an undergraduate I went... 37593@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Science 2005-10-31T12:28:01-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/10/28/replacing_edison.php Thomas Edison was America's greatest inventor. He was wonderfully prolific, a symbol of the 19th century who stayed active well into the 20th. But many of his inventions have been replaced: His ideas on the use of DC current were... 37542@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Moore's Lore 2005-10-28T10:08:03-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/10/25/rich_and_poor.php Once there were three classes in America. Now there are two. You are rich or you are poor. How do we tell the difference? It's quite easy: In the 19th century the rich were fat. Prosperity meant you had enough... 37280@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2005-10-25T13:55:55-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/09/29/another_route_toward_longterm_research.php Funding effective long-term research -- cutting-edge stuff that helps your bottom line -- is where nearly every company falls down. Microsoft has been pouring billions into its research effort for nearly a decade, but in terms of breakthroughs it has... 36663@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Business Strategy 2005-09-29T16:28:26-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/09/27/no_news_may_be_news.php One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a reporter is to become dependent on press releases. When you do that, you're telling the story the vendors want you to tell. And you're ignoring the story the vendors want... 36576@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Consumer Electronics 2005-09-27T11:08:36-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/09/18/rice_wins_again.php No, not on the football field, silly. (The original Rice seal, to the right, dates from 1911, and carries its own story, including Confederate gray "warmed into life by a tinge of lavender.") I'm talking about the laboratory, where... 8956@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Semiconductors 2005-09-18T10:15:30-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/09/13/meanwhile_back_in_space.php One good thing about covering space is that it puts what's happening to this Big Blue Marble into proper perspective. See if you don't agree: Closer to the Big Bang -- Space is a time machine. When you detect light... 8945@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Space 2005-09-13T13:57:53-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/07/14/the_finnish_example.php There's a long, admiring story in today's Washington Post extolling Finland as a possible model for European development. Finland has invested heavily in scientific research, especially since it backed a big winner during the early 1990s in Nokia. Nokia stock... 8831@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2005-07-14T12:21:42-05:00