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How to Save a Dying Language
Geoffrey Khan is racing to document Aramaic, the language of Jesus, before its native speakers vanish
Most of What You Think You Know About Grammar is Wrong
And ending sentences with a preposition is nothing worth worrying about
Why Are Superachievers So Successful?
Two authors spoke to dozens of the highest-achieving people in the world. Here’s what they learned
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From glasses that fight jet lag to a plant that waters itself to a rocking chair that fires up the iPad, here are presents no one will forget.
December 07, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Health and medical mobile apps are booming. But what happens when they shift from tracking data to diagnosing diseases?
December 04, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Senility isn’t the answer; IQ scores are increasing with each generation. In a new book, political scientist James Flynn explains why
December 03, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
Follow along as we award the best innovators of the year
November 28, 2012
| By Brian Wolly
The recipient of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for natural sciences blazed a new view of how to treat infectious diseases via genetics
December 2012
| By Seth Mnookin
Born in desperation and long mocked, the social media platform has become a popular research and intelligence-gathering tool.
November 30, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
The innovative bassist and winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for performing arts is taking jazz to a whole new place
December 2012
| By dream hampton
The winner of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for technology hopes to launch a revolution with his spaceship and electric car
December 2012
| By Carl Hoffman
Retailers are mining personal data to learn everything about you so they can help you help yourself to their products.
November 27, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
James Anderson, the winner of a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, has discovered the alarming link between climate change and ozone loss
December 2012
| By Sharon Begley
A high school sophomore won the youth achievement Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for inventing a new method to detect a lethal cancer
December 2012
| By Abigail Tucker
Pollutants from crude stoves are responsible for many deaths – a D.C.-based NGO has a solution
December 2012
| By Ingfei Chen
Sebastian Thrun, winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for education takes is redefining the modern classroom
December 2012
| By Tom Vanderbilt
The Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award winner for visual arts transformed filmmaking as he assembled a new myth out of Hurricane Katrina
December 2012
| By Franz Lidz
Anne Kelly Knowles, the winner of Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards, uses GIS technology to change our view of history
December 2012
| By Tony Horwitz
Bryan Stevenson, the winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award in social justice, has taken his fight all the way to the Supreme Court
December 2012
| By Chris Hedges
Sure, it can get aggravating, but here are some innovations that are making it easier and more enjoyable to take a trip
November 20, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Only if utility companies are able to make their power grids smart enough to spot outages and "heal" themselves.
November 16, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Meet the most famous inventor you’ve never heard of – whose greatest invention may be himself
December 2012
| By Franz Lidz
Get ready for the day when your big screen and your small screens work together to connect you with shows and products.
November 09, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Voting experts David Becker and Thad Hall discuss the technologies that could forever change the way we register and cast our votes
November 06, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
Is the crippling of New York City enough to motivate other cities to protect themselves against extreme weather?
November 02, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Incredibly powerful supercomputers and a willingness to acknowledge that they're not perfect has made weather scientists become much more effective in forecasting hurricanes.
October 29, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
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
October 22, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Brain scans suggest Democrats and Republicans actually are different biologically. Welcome to the world of political neuroscience.
November 05, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
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