worldspy - 15.11.11 17:29 Tweet Director Tim Burton surrounded by dictaphones at Comic Con 2009, one of 50 images made available by Wired as part of its new creative commons plan. Image: Wired.com Wired.com has made what looks like a canny move in deciding to license its own images under creative commons in return for a mention and a [...] mehr bei blogs.journalism.co.uk

worldspy - 11.11.11 23:41 It’s not just apps making their way to the Kindle Fire — some 400 magazines and newspapers will also be made available when the de… mehr bei mashable.com

lenchen - 14.10.11 11:30 The tributes to Dennis Ritchie won’t match the river of praise that spilled out over the web after the death of Steve Jobs. But they should.

And then some. mehr bei wired.com

lenchen - 12.10.11 10:15 A systems model of how ethnic tensions flare into violence has passed a test in Switzerland, where harmony prevails except for one region flagged by the analysis. Though tests of the model are still in early stages -- Switzerland is the third country to be analyzed -- they raise the alluring possibility that propensities to social violence can be... mehr bei wired.com

lenchen - 11.10.11 09:48 The eyes of humans and many animals can autofocus almost instantaneously and with stunning accuracy. Researchers say they are now one step closer to understanding how the brain accomplishes this feat. mehr bei wired.com

lenchen - 10.10.11 10:22 Theoretical physicist Lisa Randall thinks about many things. Not just particle physics and cosmology, which are her forte, but also about the process of science, the nature of risk and uncertainty and even the approach that art and religion take to understanding the world. mehr bei wired.com

lenchen - 09.10.11 10:34 After this year's Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Tomas Transtromer, blogger David Dobbs received an audio clip that seized his heart: a 1954 recording of Ernest Hemingway reading his acceptance speech. mehr bei wired.com

lenchen - 07.10.11 08:11 A tribute to Steve Jobs and the legacy he has left the world. mehr bei wired.com

lenchen - 05.10.11 12:54 We're never disappointed with the photos from the Nikon Small World contest, and the top 20 judges picks contained in this gallery suggest that the photographers just keep getting better. This year's winners include images of a dinosaur bone, a microchip, a mouse nerve and HeLa cells. mehr bei wired.com

lenchen - 03.10.11 13:26 Though some research suggests that women unconsciously advertise their fertility, a new study shows that their voices are misleading to would-be mates. mehr bei wired.com