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Estonia’s Teaching 100 Percent of Its First Graders to Code

Estonia is implementing a new curriculum that will teach 100 percent of its publicly educated students to write code
September 06, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

Future Parents Will Always, Always Know Where Their Kids Are

There may be 70 million people tracking their family members through GPS-enabled phones in 2016
September 05, 2012 | By Colin Schultz

Why Do Students Give Teachers Apples and More from the Fruit’s Juicy Past

The perfect back-to-school treat has a colorful past that once brought the wrath of an axe-wielding reformer
September 05, 2012 | By Leah Binkovitz

Crazy Lies Haters Threw at Rachel Carson

Silent Spring turns 50 this month, but Rachel Carson's ecological game-changer was not always the beloved green bible it is today
September 04, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

The Best Backroad Bike Rides of the California North Coast

Cycling the West Coast is easy, whether you're riding from Canada to Mexico or Portland to San Francisco. To add some spice to this predictable and popular route, I've taken to the backroads
September 04, 2012 | By Alastair Bland

The At Symbol

The Accidental History of the @ Symbol

Once a rarely used key on the typewriter, the graceful character has become the very symbol of modern electronic communication
September 2012 | By William F. Allman

How Can a Jellyfish This Slow Be So Deadly? It's Invisible

One of the world's most devastating predators is brainless, slow and voracious
September 2012 | By Abigail Tucker

How Steve Jobs' Love of Simplicity Fueled A Design Revolution

Passionate to the point of obsessive about design, Steve Jobs insisted that his computers look perfect inside and out
September 2012 | By Walter Isaacson

Real-Life Cyborg Heart is Beating at Harvard

Harvard scientists infused rat heart cells with wires and transistors that monitor the tissue's electrical impulses
August 30, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

Blind Woman Sees the Light Thanks to Bionic Eye

A patient with no vision was recently outfitted with a bionic eye that restored some of her sight
August 30, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

At a Glance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Oregon Coast

The coastal Highway 101 route, through rainforest and redwoods, is as beautiful as it is popular
August 29, 2012 | By Alastair Bland

Today Was the World’s Biggest Food Fight, Welcome to La Tomatina

What does it look like when 40,000 people start throwing 100 metric tons of tomatoes at each other?
August 29, 2012 | By Jeanie Riess

Playing Video Games At Home Turns 40

The Magnavox Odyssey went on sale 40 years ago, sparking the home video game revolution
August 29, 2012 | By Colin Schultz

Your Significant Other Might be Spying on You

About a third of people think it's okay to snoop on a significant other's cell phone or email if they suspect foul play
August 28, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Five Epic Patent Wars That Don’t Involve Apple

The recent Apple patent decision was a big one, but here are some historical patent wars you might not have heard of
August 27, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Your Password Will Probably be Hacked Soon

Passwords are getting weaker and hackers are getting better at figuring them out
August 27, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Check Out the Milwaukee Police’s Mind-Blowing, Crime-Busting Site

The Milwaukee Police are tackling crime with creativity and great web design
August 27, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

Why is Bluetooth Called Bluetooth? (Hint: Vikings!)

Bluetooth's odd name harkens back to Swedish telecommunication company Ericsson's Viking heritage
August 27, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

Who Needs to Wash Their Twitter Mouth Out? A Map of Profanity on Twitter

Watch the Twitter users of the United States wake up and greet their followers with either a good morning, or something a little less appropriate
August 21, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Bill Gates’ Potty Mouth – His Eco-friendly Toilet Contest Hands Out $100,000 in Prizes

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Reinvent the Toilet Challenge invited entrepreneurs and researchers to try their hand at creating novel ways of disposing of - or even better, making use of - human waste
August 20, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer


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