Articles by John Muyskens

John Muyskens

John Muyskens is the Chimes science and technology editor for the 2012-13 school year.

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Canonical gives a promising preview of Ubuntu for phones and tablets

I’m always excited to see a new mobile operating system. Therefore, as soon as Canonical released the Ubuntu for phone...

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Largest ever Mersenne prime number discovered, has millions of digits

Prime numbers have always fascinated mathematicians. They pepper the natural numbers with a disconcerting degree of unpr...

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Aaron Swartz, indicted in JSTOR downloading, is dead

Whenever a young person commits suicide, our understanding of the universe dies a little. It is especially so in the cas...

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Richard Mouw speaks about dialogue with Mormons

Chimes editor John Muyskens sat down with Richard Mouw for a discussion about dialogue with Mormons, evangelism and stud...

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Peter Diamandis speaks about the consequences of an abundant future

Peter Diamandis is the founder of the X Prize foundation and the chair of Singularity University. His January Series tal...

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Christian business lecture lacked practical examples

I will admit that I entered Jeff Van Duzer’s talk slightly late and slightly skeptical. I held the idea that business ...

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Apple, Amazon announce new gadgets

Unveiled this past week, a host of new tablets, e-readers, smartphones, and portable media players are sure to inspire g...

John Muyskens shares some technology tips for the 2012-13 school year. Photo courtesy Dropbox.
Back to school tech tips

Dropbox. There is no easier solution for keeping files backed up to the cloud, synchronized across your devices and acce...