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Whether it's tiny robots swimming inside our bodies or super-efficient 3D solar panels, nature never stops providing answers
April 09, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
The new Marlins Park in Miami isn't another retro stadium. No, it's high-tech and arty and a little bit wacky
April 05, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
New research suggests the brain is more organized than previously thought and alsothat a full memory can reside within only a few neurons
April 02, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Some urban planners and architects say we can do a lot better than asphalt slabs and concrete boxes
March 29, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
The big buzzword in digital technology now is "frictionless," meaning the less we humans have to deal with, the better
March 26, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
The rapid development of artificial intelligence is bringing us closer to the day when machines will be able to think for themselves
March 23, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Created by amateur hackers, underground crime syndicates and government agencies, these powerful viruses have done serious damage to computer networks worldwide
March 20, 2012
| By Sharon Weinberger
Technological wizardry is allowing us to see the natural world in stunningly new ways
March 20, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
The innovators behind objects like the cellphone or the helicopter took inspiration from works like "Star Trek" and War of the Worlds
March 16, 2012
| By Mark Strauss
Neal Stephenson created the Hieroglyph Project to convince sci-fi writers to stop worrying and learn to love the future
April 2012
| By Annalee Newitz
Recent research suggests that chemicals used to protect, process and package food could be helping to create fat cells.
March 15, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
In the 1950s and '60s, the newspaper cartoonist dreamed up a madcap American utopia, filled with flying cars and fantastical skyscrapers
April 2012
| By Matt Novak
The celebrated science fiction writer and author of Tomorrow Now, explains why you don't need to be clairvoyant to predict the future
April 2012
| By Bruce Sterling
According to past predictions, we should be living in an era of flying cars and other marvels. But be glad that some advances haven't happened
April 2012
| By Bruce McCall
The buzz at the SXSW conference this year is about mobile apps that tell you when there are people nearby you really should meet
March 12, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Could supercomputers create an artificial brain that can learn new behavior and develop cognitive skills? Some scientists say not if, but when
March 09, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Technology now allows companies to follow your behavior on the Web and customize ads for you based on that data. When does that become invasion of privacy?
March 07, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
At TED and other geek gab events, the focus is not on what is, but rather what's possible. Here are five inventions whose time may soon be coming
March 01, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
This is the year we should find out if plug-in cars are for real. And it doesn't hurt when gas goes over $4 a gallon.
February 27, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Our nervous system can hold on to pain memories for a long time. But scientists may have found a way to make pain go away for good.
February 24, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
It's certainly feels like it. But there is plenty of innovative thinking shaping the future of public transportation. You just need to look elsewhere to find it.
February 21, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Researchers have made a flurry of discoveries related to memory loss recently. But will they really help us find a way to keep brains from shutting down?
February 16, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Can anyone really make sense of romance? Researchers keep trying because, frankly, we want answers.
February 13, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Sure, they're big and they're flat. But TVs still aren't that bright. This, however, could be the year they start acting more like smart phones.
February 09, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
It's not easy to think happy thoughts this time of year. But here are some examples of innovative thinking that remind us it will get better.
February 06, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
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