Editors' Picks
Virtual Superhuman Powers Translate into Real Life Helpfulness
Thinking like a superhero in virtual reality may induce people to be more helpful in real life
Mona Lisa Travels by Laser, to Space And Back Again
To test the reaches of laser communication, NASA beamed a digital image of Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait to a satellite orbiting the moon
These Machines Will Be Able to Detect Smells Your Own Nose Cannot
We're getting closer to the day when your smartphone knows you have a cold before you do
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Canadian researchers have created a computer model that performs tasks like a human brain. It also sometimes forgets things.
December 14, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
The digital pioneer and visionary behind virtual reality has turned against the very culture he helped create
January 2013
| By Ron Rosenbaum
In the future, your cell phone's accelerometer could help detect earthquakes
December 05, 2012
| By Colin Schultz
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
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
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
Pollutants from crude stoves are responsible for many deaths – a D.C.-based NGO has a solution
December 2012
| By Ingfei Chen
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
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
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
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
Brain scans suggest Democrats and Republicans actually are different biologically. Welcome to the world of political neuroscience.
November 05, 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
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
October 26, 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
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.
October 18, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
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?
October 15, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
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.
October 05, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
A new breed of scientists says that if you really want to understand why people make financial decisions, you need to see what's going on inside their brains.
September 28, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Here's the latest on robots that work with humans, a revolutionary camera, home 3-D printers, mobile wallets and Google's driverless car.
September 25, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
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.
September 20, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Set to be christened in 2013, this new naval warship will amaze, leaving almost no wake in the open seas
October 2012
| By Mark Strauss
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