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One Day Your Phone Will Know If You’re Happy or Sad
By analyzing every tiny facial gesture, voice inflection or even how quickly we tap out a text message, devices are getting good at reading our emotions
May 22, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
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Some scientists think we'll be able to define great art by analyzing our brains when we see or hear it. Critics say don't hold your breath
May 17, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Among then: They answer a lot of questions and their spit is good for us
May 10, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
They're mining it and selling it. But don't worry, it's all anonymous. Maybe
May 08, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Scientists have found a way to slow the aging process. Unluckily for us, they've only been able to do it in mice
May 03, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
This week one of the strangest flying machines you've ever seen will start its journey across America--without a drop of fuel.
April 30, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Companies will rely more and more on analyzing mountains of data to determine who's the best fit for a job.
April 26, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
It's right up there with food, sex and drugs when its comes to stirring up pleasure responses in our brains.
April 24, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Some say the best way to improve American education--and get teachers more respect--is make them take challenging entry exams like doctors and lawyers do.
April 19, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
The FDA is investigating whether doctors aren't getting enough training before they start using machines to do surgery. Is the "wow" factor to blame?
April 15, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
They're still a threat to bats and birds and now they even have their own "syndrome". So, are there better ways to capture the wind?
April 05, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Scientists keep learning new things about food all the time, from the diet power of olive oil's aroma to how chewing gum can keep you away from healthy foods.
April 02, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
They're the biggest innovation in higher education in years, but are they a threat to small universities and community colleges?
March 29, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Should sending "Thank you" emails and leaving voice mails now be considered bad manners? Some think texting has made it so.
March 25, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
When an algorithm-driven light show took over the Bay Bridge last week, it was the latest example of how much technology is transforming how cities look.
March 14, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
More and more scientific research is showing that sleep is more important to our state of mind--and body--than we ever could have imagined.
March 08, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Actually, fairly smart. And we're only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year.
March 05, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
March 01, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
The White House wants to fund a huge project that would allow scientists to see, in real time, how a brain does its work.
February 25, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Last week's close encounters with space rocks have raised concerns about how we deal with dangerous asteroids. Here's how we would try to knock them off course.
February 19, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Don't understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
February 13, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
The debate over drones stirs up questions about whether robots can learn ethical behavior. Will they be able to make moral decisions?
February 08, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
Pro football is turning to screens--some massive, others on smart phones--to try to keep its fans entertained.
February 01, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
We're getting closer to the day when your smartphone knows you have a cold before you do
January 30, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
As cities like New York prepare for what appears to be a future of more extreme weather, the focus increasingly is on following nature's lead.
January 23, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
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