quote [ Avoidance, matching, and centering. There were a few finer points?the farther towards the periphery each ?boid? drifted, for example, the stronger its pull back towards the center of the flock was. But that was, largely, it.? ]

quote [ Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will?the latest in a plague of web bugs that?s affected a dozen carmakers. ]

quote [ In all likelihood, in the next 25 years, we?ll find evidence of life on another planet. I?m willing to say this because I?m not a scientist and I don?t work in media relations for NASA. But all evidence points to us getting closer, every year, to identifying moons in our solar system, or exoplanets beyond it, that can sustain life. ]

quote [ In layman terms, information foraging explains why people don?t scroll mindlessly or click on every single link on the page: because they attempt to maximize the rate of gain and get as much relevant information in as little time as possible. ]

quote [ An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The mini-moon will spend about two months in Earth's orbit, before being flung back on its normal path around the sun. ]

quote [ These mavericks crave responsive tech. And a more humane AI. But are they humane & responsive enough to deliver? ]

quote [ A study by Dr Saul Justin Newman (Centre for Longitudinal Studies) has won the first-ever Ig Nobel award in Demography at this year?s 34th Ig Nobel Prizes. His work reveals fundamental flaws in the data about the world?s oldest people and patterns of extreme longevity. ]

quote [ September?s full moon delivers a rare trifecta for lunar enthusiasts: a supermoon, a partial eclipse and a harvest moon ]

quote [ When searching for answers, sometimes Webb finds questions. ]

quote [ The similarities between Navajo weavings and the patterns in integrated circuits have been described since the 1960s. Marilou Schultz's weavings of integrated circuits make these visual metaphors into concrete works of art. ]