How is the meaning of art and artefacts being altered by the methods we use to: Experience, Define and Preserve them... In other words, in what ways have technologies been used to experience, re-define and/or preserve art and artifacts? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 12 answers

Where can I find which quantitative/technical skills are hot, and which ones aren't? [more inside]
posted on Feb 3, 2008 - 13 answers

What kinds of high-technology things exist now but will only come to light 50 or 100 years from now? Speculative, but asking for concrete answers. [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 41 answers

Can there seriously not be a single science (or even technology) channel on either one of the two satellite radio systems? [more inside]
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - 18 answers

What else can be sensed passively? [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2007 - 17 answers

I am trying to make a list of big new ideas. [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2006 - 15 answers

This is a question about temporal mechanics for scifi readers. [more inside]
posted on Nov 17, 2005 - 67 answers

I am looking for a quote from an article. The quote discussed how the current state of the art in technology usually became the metaphor for how we understand and describe the universe. The article is probably 5-6 years old, but was posted on the web (I probably accessed it through Arts and Letters Daily). [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2005 - 7 answers

"The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda." (See link from here.) What are some examples of leading-edge science and/or technology that might illustrate the truth of this statement? [More inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2003 - 4 answers