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Voting experts David Becker and Thad Hall discuss the technologies that could forever change the way we register and cast our votes
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Brain scans suggest Democrats and Republicans actually are different biologically. Welcome to the world of political neuroscience.
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Is the crippling of New York City enough to motivate other cities to protect themselves against extreme weather?
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Incredibly powerful supercomputers and a willingness to acknowledge that they're not perfect has made weather scientists become much more effective in forecasting hurricanes.
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In a new book, Oxford research psychologist Kevin Dutton argues that psychopaths are poised to perform well under pressure
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A Microsoft prototype called Digits could put the power to control everything from TV screens to smart phones in a device you wear on your wrist
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The war on cancer has been going on for more than 40 years. Here are 10 small--and maybe not so small--victories scientists have had this year
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It sounds funny, but when Google created a huge computer network that was able to identify cats from YouTube videos, it was a big leap forward for artificial intelligence.
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A lot of police departments will soon have their own flying robots. How far should they be allowed to go in shooting video from the sky?
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Here are 10 things scientists have learned about trees this year. Thanks to climate change, it's not a pretty picture.
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Cutting-edge research in regenerative medicine suggests that the future of health care may lie in getting the body to grow new parts and heal itself.
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New research suggests that most people may not be as committed to their moral principles as they think they are
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Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Salman Khan, a rising star in the education world, has a vision for a new kind of classroom
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Set to be christened in 2013, this new naval warship will amaze, leaving almost no wake in the open seas
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Smith trucks are powered by batteries, not diesel, which could make a big difference in the fight against climate change
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A new breed of scientists says that if you want to understand why people make financial decisions, you need to see what's going on inside their brains
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Here's the latest on robots that work with humans, a revolutionary camera, home 3-D printers, mobile wallets and Google's driverless car
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In a new book, Steven Johnson encourages us to lose top-down hierarchies, typical of companies, and instead organize around peer networks
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Thanks to GPS, sensors, artificial intelligence and even algorithms based on the behavior of E. coli, it's possible to imagine the end of commuting madness
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Man's best friend is becoming a key player in fighting cancer, allowing scientists to speed up the process of connecting dots between genetics and disease
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