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Why We May Not See the Next Sandy Coming

Failing weather satellites will reduce our ability to forecast and track future storms
October 30, 2012 | By Colin Schultz

The Halloween Tradition Best Left Dead: Kale as Matchmaker

Be happy this Scottish tradition is passé, your future marriage may have depended on it
October 30, 2012 | By K. Annabelle Smith

The Best Video Game Players Are Also the Jerkiest

How do people who are really good at these games make moral choices?
October 29, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

In Honor of Wikipedia’s Near-Completion, Here Are Its Most Awesomely Weird Entries

Many of the main articles that the encyclopedia might have, from history to math and science, are almost complete. Thankfully we still have the weird Wikipedia entries to keep us entertained
October 26, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Young People Still Love Libraries

Most Americans between 16 - 29 still use the library to get books—real, paper books
October 23, 2012 | By Colin Schultz

President Lyndon Johnson uses a teleprompter in a speech in Wilmington, Delaware during the 1964 campaign.

A Brief History of the Teleprompter

How a makeshift show business memory aid became the centerpiece of modern political campaigning
October 23, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

This Robot Dances Gangnam Style Better Than You

Charli, already a renowned soccer player, is now a slick dancer
October 22, 2012 | By Colin Schultz

Don’t Waste Your Best Ideas on Focus Groups

The best ideas would do terribly in focus groups, says designer Gianfranco Zaccai, because people don't know that they're going to like new things
October 19, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

This is What a Viral Image Spread Looks Like

Much like the fungus of the internet, viral images and posts spread and creep across all social media platforms
October 19, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

161 Years Ago Today Ahab First Battled the White Whale, and Critics Hated It

Today marks the 161st anniversary of Moby Dick, the epic seafaring tale by Herman Melville, and Google is celebrating with its own Doodle
October 18, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Either Curiosity Is Shedding Or Mars Is Covered in Weird Shiny Particles

After an unknown object turned out to be nothing but plastic, scientists were surprised to find more shiny things buried in the dirt
October 17, 2012 | By Colin Schultz

Inside Google’s Top Secret Data Centers

It's the physical network of thousands of fiber miles and servers that create the multibillion-dollar infrastructure that makes Google Google
October 17, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

Turn Your Favorite Words of Wisdom into Beautiful Art

A new company called Epic Frequency turns historic audio files into artwork
October 17, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

Alpha Centauri Has a Planet

A newly discovered planet circling Alpha Centauri is only four light years away and could point the way to habitable planets nearby
October 17, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Today We Celebrate a Woman Who Saw the Future of Computers

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day celebrating the life of Lady Lovelace, a seventeenth century countess who published a paper that might be the first computer program ever devised
October 16, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Should All Students Be Forced to Learn Computer Science?

Kids these days are computer wizzes, but they don't actually know how computers work.
October 16, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

Yesterday’s Google Doodle Celebrates Little Nemo, Takes You Back to Childhood Fantasy Land

Yesterday's Google Doodle celebrated the 107th anniversary of Little Nemo in Slumberland, a comic strip by Winsor McCay that hit the presses for nine years
October 16, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

To Avoid Poison Ivy Rashes, Make the Plant’s Sap Glow

What happens when a geologist who's immune to the poison ivy, marries a chemist who's allergic?
October 15, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

This Helmet Knows When You’ve Crashed And Calls for Help

A new helmet, registering the impact of a mini-van's passenger door on your body, has sent out a signal for medical assistance
October 12, 2012 | By Rose Eveleth

A New Great Depression and Ladies on the Moon: 1970s Middle School Kids Look to the Year 2000

The ideal future according to a ten-year-old: shorter school days, lower taxes, and lots and lots of robots
October 12, 2012 | By Matt Novak


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