Wednesday, January 7, 2009

‘Science’ News

Patent in Science: Promoting or Retarding Science?

Patent in Science: Promoting or Retarding Science?

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 14:37 | Written by Knol Today Editor

Can patent and science get along well? According to a knol written by Don Moyer, patent, on certain cases, can bring science 'to life' and offer benefits to ...

Deciding What Knowledge to Believe

Deciding What Knowledge to Believe

Thursday, October 23, 2008 16:54 | Written by Knol Today Editor

Knowledge is powerful. So powerful, that it is formed not on the basic true or false, or bad or good, but on what your decide to believe and how. An excellent knol ...

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How Weblogs Can Accelerate Learning

How Weblogs Can Accelerate Learning

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 16:14 | Written by Knol Today Editor

Do blogging and reading blogs actually help you learn things more and better?...

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International Space Portal

International Space Portal

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 12:18 | Written by Knol Today Editor

I just found another great portal knol. This time, it's on space-related knols. International Space Portal, a portal knol by Sebastien Requier, list many interesting ...

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Theories of Relativity

Theories of Relativity

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 16:27 | Written by Knol Today Editor

The theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein is one of the most known physics theories of all time. Not only the most known, but also the most interesting theories The theory that one of the implementations change the ...

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Carbon Management in Buildings

Carbon Management in Buildings

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 15:06 | Written by Knol Today Editor

One of the applications in go green movement today is carbon management. Carbon needs to be managed because everything we do that involve energy always leave carbon footprints. This includes office buildings. Carbon footprint is ...

Trying to Understand Capitalism? Understand the Direction of Time First!

Trying to Understand Capitalism? Understand the Direction of Time First!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 17:05 | Written by Knol Today Editor

Capitalism - you hate it but you need it. In fact, it is regarded as a force of nature that not even communism can handle. Why capitalism exist and prevail? I found a clue from an unexpected place - science. I have ...