Society
Culture, traditions and belief systems arising out of the social relationships among a group of people
Can Chemistry Make Healthy Foods More Appealing?
Making healthy foods like tomatoes more palatable may increase our desire to eat these foods while decreasing our gravitation towards sugary snacks
February 20, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Robot Vanna, Trashy Presidents and Steak as Health Food: Samsung Sells Tomorrow
Advertisers love to use futurism as a way to position their products as forward-thinking
February 20, 2013 |
By Matt Novak
These Temporary Tattoos Could Fly Drones
A new electronic tattoo with a microchip inside it could mean people using their minds to fly drones, talk on the phone, and do all sorts of other things using only their minds
February 20, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Vilcabamba: Paradise Going Bad?
Life in this legendary town in Ecuador's Valley of Longevity may be too good—and too long—to be true
February 20, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
This Plastic-Printing Pen Lets You Draw In 3D
By melting then rapidly cooling plastic, this device lets you draw in the air
February 20, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Automating Hard or Hardly Automating? George Jetson and the Manual Labor of Tomorrow
And you think you're having a bad work week, just think about the robots
February 19, 2013 |
By Matt Novak
The Fashion World Has No Excuse, But There’s a Good Reason Bill Cosby Wore Crazy Sweaters
The story behind Bill Cosby's sweaters has a lot more to do with television production than fashion
February 19, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Events February 19-21: Native Voices, a Modern Silent Film and Trumpet Jazz
This week, watch films by American Indian youths, see Academy Award-winner "The Artist" and snap your fingers to some world-class jazz
February 19, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
No Salt, No Problem: One Woman’s Life-or-Death Quest to Make “Bland” Food Delicious
The more salt we eat, the more we crave. This new approach to less-salty cooking might help you step off the treadmill
February 19, 2013 |
By Twilight Greenaway
Geneticists Think They Can Fix Tasteless Tomatoes
By identifying the genes that control the production of volatile chemicals, we could soon turn the bland tomato's flavor back on
February 19, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Nuclear Bombs Made It Possible to Carbon Date Human Tissue
The fallout of the nuclear bomb era is still alive today - in our muscles
February 19, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
What Can We Do About Big Rocks From Space?
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
New York Is Running Out of Ways to Separate Gifted Pre-Schoolers From Well-Prepared Ones
Actually figuring out which four-years-old are naturally smart and which have simply prepared, is harder than you might think
February 18, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Trolls Are Ruining Science Journalism
Negative comments, regardless of their merit, could sway readers' perceptions
February 18, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Any Two Pages on the Web Are Connected By 19 Clicks or Less
There are more than 14 billion pages on the web, but they are linked by hyperconnected nodes, like Hollywood actors connected through Kevin Bacon
February 18, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Libra: The 21st Century (Libertarian) Space Colony
The government can't get their hands on you when you're floating above Earth
February 15, 2013 |
By Matt Novak
Newly Approved Retinal Implants Can Help Blind People See
The first retinal implants ever approved for use in the U.S. could help with a certain type of blindness
February 15, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Water Never Goes Bad, So Why Does It Need a Expiration Date?
Really, you shouldn't be worried about the water, but about the bottle.
February 15, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
How Does McCormick Pick the Top Flavors of the Year?
Ten years ago, the spice company identified chipotle as a taste on the rise. They're back at it again with new predictions for 2013
February 15, 2013 |
By Marina Koren
First Grader Codes Her Own Computer Game
The seven-year-old Philadelphia student just became the world's youngest known person ever to code a computer game
February 15, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
