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Educating Americans for the 21st Century

Our Special Report highlights the bright spots where dynamic ideas, fascinating people and hard work are transforming education for American kids
April 17, 2013 | By Smithsonian.com

How One Family Helped Change the Way We Eat Ham

The Harris family struck gold when they introduced the ice house to England in 1856, but what were the costs of their innovation?
April 15, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

How to Count to 100,000 STEM Teachers in 10 Years

Talia Milgrom-Elcott is building a coalition of the willing, an army devoted to bringing thousands of educators to the classroom
April 15, 2013 | By Megan Gambino

Manassas Park Elementary School, Manassas, Virginia.

Where Are the Greenest Schools in the Country?

The definition of being eco-conscious is so much more than having solar panels on a roof
April 12, 2013 | By Megan Gambino

Unleashing the Power of One Computer for Every Student

Education reformer and Amplify CEO Joel Klein explains how tablets in schools will revolutionize the classroom experience
April 12, 2013 | By Megan Gambino

Revealed: The Part of Our Brains That Makes Us Like New Music

Imaging technology shows that a reward center known as the nucleus accumbens lights up when we hear melodies we love
April 11, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Document Deep Dive: The Classroom of the Future, Today

A new portable schoolroom boasts environmentally features that will save money and create a space more conducive to learning
April 11, 2013 | By Megan Gambino

Researchers Turn Brains Transparent By Sucking Out the Fat

By turning brains clear and applying colored dyes, connections between neuron networks can now be examined in 3D at unprecedented levels of detail
April 10, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Bean Leaves Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite by Using Tiny, Impaling Spikes

Researchers hope to design a new bedbug eradication method based upon a folk remedy of trapping the bloodsuckers as they creep
April 09, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Do Wind Turbines Need a Rethink?

They're still a threat to bats and birds and now they even have their own "syndrome". So, are there better ways to capture the wind?
April 05, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Video: Researchers Produce Human Tissue-Like Material Using 3D Printing

Using droplets coated in oil as "ink," a 3D printer can construct a network of synthetic cells that mimics brain and fat tissue
April 04, 2013 | By Marina Koren

Scientists Figure Out What You See While You’re Dreaming

A learning algorithm, coupled with brain scans, was able to predict the images seen by dreamers with a 60 percent accuracy
April 04, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

10 New Things We Know About Food and Diets

Scientists keep learning new things about food all the time, from the diet power of olive oil's aroma to how chewing gum can keep you away from healthy foods.
April 02, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Free Online Courses Mean College Will Never Be the Same

They're the biggest innovation in higher education in years, but are they a threat to small universities and community colleges?
March 29, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Ant robots

Sugar Cube-Sized Robotic Ants Mimic Real Foraging Behavior

Researchers use tiny robots to study how ants navigate a labyrinth of networks, from the nest to the food and back again
March 28, 2013 | By Marina Koren

How Digital Devices Change the Rules of Etiquette

Should sending "Thank you" emails and leaving voice mails now be considered bad manners? Some think texting has made it so.
March 25, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Video: This Lizard-Inspired Robot Can Scamper Across Sand

It's a product of the emerging field of terradynamics, which studies the movement of vehicles across shifting surfaces
March 21, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Video: This Mini 3D Display Could Show up on Next Generation Smartphones

The new technology can be packed into a tiny space, requires no glasses and can project images and video in full color
March 20, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

A Partial History of Headphones

Modern headphones have their origin in opera houses, military bases and a kitchen table in Utah
March 19, 2013 | By Jimmy Stamp

The Bay Bridge Gets Its Glow On

When an algorithm-driven light show took over the Bay Bridge last week, it was the latest example of how much technology is transforming how cities look.
March 14, 2013 | By Randy Rieland


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