1. Character Names
[Sweetwind] I can see where some of the character’s names come from:
Princes Hexadecimal, Octal, and Binary form a logical sequence, and it’s funny too :-)
The technolutionaries’ seem to be named after great physicists (Dr. Pi Yukawa after
Hideki Yukawa who discovered the pi meson,
for example). Was there any particular inspiration for the names of [...]

“Normal brain waves would resemble jagged lines with no apparent pattern or order on an electroencephalogram (EEG),” said Andrew Szeri, UC Berkeley professor of mechanical engineering and applied science and technology, and principal investigator of the study. “But in the brains of epilepsy patients, the spreading of a seizure is made manifest by strong coherent [...]

Many scientists from around the world are now studying iron effects in these regions. Though scientific efforts are aimed primarily at understanding these natural systems, there has been some speculation that iron fertilization might be useful in reducing the threat of global warming. However, this idea remains highly controversial in scientific circles given the very [...]

A NewScientist article carries some more details. Apparently this was part of a search for “dwarf” galaxies, which are predicted to be present in the universe at much greater frequencies than so far observed. But this galaxy is no dwarf at all – it just has no stars. Other “dark matter” galaxies have been found [...]