Buckle Up Your Seatbelt and Behave

Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there's a new answer
April 2009 | By William Ecenbarger

Video Games Improve Your Vision

Yes, you read that headline right. Video games, specifically first-person shooter games, train your brain and help you see better.Twenty-two lucky students and staff at the University of Rochester participated in this new study, the results of which were published online this week by Nature Neurosc...
March 31, 2009 | By Sarah Zielinski

Remote-Controlled Cattle

This piece of news isn't directly about food, but I find it fascinating. I mean, I don't run across too many press releases that manage to combine satellites, computers, stereo headsets, and...cows.The USDA's Agricultural Research Service recently licensed a new method of cattle herding, something ...
March 30, 2009 | By Amanda Bensen

Under the Radar with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The five-pound RQ-14A takes high-tech reconnaissance to new heights
March 2009 | By Owen Edwards

Rebuilding Greensburg Green

Everyone assumed this Kansas town was destined to fade away. What would it take to reverse its course?
February 27, 2009 | By Fredric Heeren

Converting Energy Waste into Electricity and Heat

Energy recycling wiz Tom Casten explains how to capture power that goes up in smoke
February 27, 2009 | By Bruce Hathaway

Turn the Page

Electronic books may soon vie with library cards for space in your pocket
January 15, 2008 | By Eric Jaffe

Driving Miss Lazy

The race is on for cars that drive themselves
November 14, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Site Seer

Faced with the Internet's overwhelming clutter, Joshua Schachter invented a deceptively simple tool that helps us all cut to the chase
October 2007 | By Adam Rogers

Hot Idea

Christina Galitsky's energy-efficient cookstove makes life a little easier for Darfur's refugees
October 2007 | By Neil Henry

Hatching a New Idea

Electronic eggs hatch new insights into breeding exotic birds at the National Zoo
October 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

Kiwi Ingenuity

A fleet of inventions aims to protect albatrosses from harm
September 2007 | By Kennedy Warne

Seeking Friendlier Skies

Can radar networks eliminate airplane turbulence?
September 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

The World After Oil

As the planet warms up, eco-friendly fuels can't get here fast enough
April 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Second Time Around

Invented by Ben Franklin but lost to history, the glass harmonica has been resurrected by modern musicians
February 01, 2007 | By Catherine Clarke Fox

Old World, High Tech

An ancient Greek calendar was ahead of its time
December 2006 | By Eric Jaffe

Inventive Abe

In 1849, a future president patented an ingenious addition to transportation technology.
October 2006 | By Owen Edwards

Interview: Amy Smith, Inventor

Amy Smith, a practitioner of humanitarian engineering, wants to solve everyday problems for rural families in the developing world.
September 2006 | By Amy Crawford

35 Who Made a Difference: Bill Gates

The king of software takes on his biggest challenge yet
November 2005 | By Jimmy Carter

35 Who Made a Difference: Tim Berners-Lee

First he wrote the code for the World Wide Web. Then he gave it away
November 01, 2005 | By Tom Standage

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