SCIENCE IN THE NEWS WEEKLY
Artificial Life Forms Evolve Memory
The digital offspring of researchers at Michigan State University "live" in a computer and replicate using strings of computer code instead of DNA. An article in New Scientist reports that they might even eventually evolve to become artificially intelligent life forms.
In other technology news, the Economist looked at the future of airships and the development of a new generation of blimps.
The astrophysics rumor mill has been working overtime lately. The New York Times calls it a result of the two-sigma blues, mathematical jargon for a discovery that "sticks up high enough above the random noise to be interesting but not high enough to really mean anything conclusive."
And, finally, the Associated Press reported that Corning Inc. could have a hot new product on its hands, an ultra-strong glass that has been around since 1962 waiting to fulfill a purpose. Gorilla glass, as it's called, could become the face of touch-screen tablets and high-end TVs.
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