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IBM scientsts say their new "cognitive" chip is a key step toward developing computers that think and learn more like human beings and less like calculators
August 24, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
Corporate execs say they're looking for independent thinkers, but many schools are stilled geared to assembly lines. Here are ideas to spur imaginative learning
August 22, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
Scientists and inventors borrow from nature to innovate in the burgeoning field of biomimicry. Why not steal ideas from something that's been millions of years in the making?
August 17, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
Some folks say this should be declared National Relaxation Day. Here are some products that claim to help you get your mellow on
August 15, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
Forward-thinking companies are starting to figure out ways to convert their logos to tools of engagement. Why be satisfied with having people look at your logo when you can get them to use it?
August 10, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
Clothing embedded with nanotechnology taps into our growing desire to turn everyday things into electronic gadgets
August 03, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
To start rebuilding our faith in government, we need to go local. And our smart phones will help us
August 01, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
So I admit I’m bewildered, yet duly impressed by a group of intensely self-quantifies, people who want to know everything about themselves, at least everything that can be expressed in data readouts
July 27, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
Now comes the tricky part, where innovation runs the gauntlet of cost/benefit analysis, legal murkiness and, in this case, fear of robots—or more accurately, the fear of them making us lesser humans
July 26, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
An introduction to our new blog about people and ideas that likely will shape the way we will live one day
July 26, 2011
| By Randy Rieland
A cycling entrepreneur has turned to the durable plant as a low-tech and affordable option for building bikes
June 29, 2011
| By Jeff Greenwald
Corked bats and juiced balls have long plagued baseball, but do they really help a player’s game? Four scientists found surprising answers
June 24, 2011
| By Christopher Solomon
Investigators at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey track changes in the sky and some of the universe’s great mysteries
May 13, 2011
| By Ryan Kearney
Will unmanned aerial vehicles—drones—soon take civilian passengers on pilotless flights?
June 2011
| By Richard Conniff
Outer space has many mysteries, among them are these fables about NASA that have permeated the public’s memory
April 15, 2011
| By Mark Strauss
Scientists are probing deep beneath the surface of our nearest star to calculate its profound effect on Earth
April 2011
| By Robert Irion
Two unsung space telescopes create eye-opening images of the universe from light we can't see
February 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
The "alternate reality game" designer looks to develop ways in which people can combine play with problem-solving
February 2011
| By Amanda Bensen
Five of science history's most bizarre cosmic delusions
December 2010
| By Erik Washam
Humans have searched for extraterrestrial life for more than a century. What will we do when we find it?
December 2010
| By Sarah Zielinski
To study some of the most elusive particles, physicists have built detectors in abandoned mines, tunnels and Antarctic ice
November 2010
| By Ann Finkbeiner
The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 talks about that fateful day, being a pilot and his future
November 2010
| By Megan Gambino
Scientists at the Natural History Museum search for the elusive "recipe" that endows the famed gem with its unique blue color
November 2010
| By Joseph Caputo
Chemist Angela Belcher looks to manufacture high technology out of viruses
August 2010
| By Michael Rosenwald
Google’s “Chief Internet Evangelist” talks about the direction of online connectivity and communication
August 2010
| By Brian Wolly
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