Innovation

Educating Americans for the 21st Century

Why School Should Be More Like Summer Camp

Salman Khan, a rising star in the education world, has a vision for a new kind of classroom

September 30, 2012

Introducing the USS Zumwalt, the Stealth Destroyer

Set to be christened in 2013, this new naval warship will amaze, leaving almost no wake in the open seas

October 2012

Forget the Volt, Make Way for Electric Trucks

Smith trucks are powered by batteries, not diesel, which could make a big difference in the fight against climate change

October 2012

How Brains Make Money

A new breed of scientists says that if you want to understand why people make financial decisions, you need to see what’s going on inside their brains

September 28, 2012

Hope and Change: 5 Innovation Updates

Here’s the latest on robots that work with humans, a revolutionary camera, home 3-D printers, mobile wallets and Google’s driverless car

September 25, 2012

Who Needs a Boss When You Have Your Co-Workers?

In a new book, Steven Johnson encourages us to lose top-down hierarchies, typical of companies, and instead organize around peer networks

September 24, 2012

Getting Smart About Traffic

Thanks to GPS, sensors, artificial intelligence and even algorithms based on the behavior of E. coli, it’s possible to imagine the end of commuting madness

September 20, 2012

How Dogs Fight Cancer

Man’s best friend is becoming a key player in fighting cancer, allowing scientists to speed up the process of connecting dots between genetics and disease

September 17, 2012

Wearable Tech Makes a Fashion Statement

When models wore Google’s goggles on the runway, it signaled that the next wave of digital devices may actually go post-geek.

September 13, 2012

It’s a Woman’s World With the End of Men

Men are floundering in the 21st century, according to Hanna Rosin, and the shift has wide-ranging implications for the workplace and the home

September 10, 2012

10 Inventions You Haven’t Heard About

Apple’s iPhone 5 will get all the attention this month, but here are some lesser-known innovations whose time has also come

September 10, 2012

What’s the Perfect Book to Get Over a Breakup?

Alain de Botton has provided a valuable service: giving reading prescriptions for a “shelf-help” approach to everyday problems

September 9, 2012

NASA Sparks Its Imagination

Rovers that ride winds on Venus, robots that roll like tumbleweeds and other wild ideas for exploring space

September 7, 2012

Rare People Who Remember Everything

Scientists are taking a closer look at the extremely rare people who remember everything from their pasts. And yes, their brains are different.

September 4, 2012

A Sneak Peek at the First Commercial Spaceport

The hub of Richard Branson’s plans for Virgin Galactic, where tourists and scientists alike take off for the great beyond

September 2012

Attack of the Superbugs

Gene detectives tracking a outbreak at the National Institutes of Health reminded of how much we don’t know about how infections spread through a hospital

August 31, 2012

How Looking to Animals Can Improve Human Medicine

In a new book, UCLA cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz reminds us that humans are animals too. Now, if only other doctors could think that way

August 27, 2012

What is the Future of College Education?

More and more top American universities are offering courses online for free. Going to college will never be the same again

August 27, 2012

Is That a Computer in Your Shoe?

Sensors in sports shoes get all the attention, but other devices can identify you by how you walk and help Alzheimer’s patients find their way home

August 23, 2012

Cooking With Robots

Along with motion-sensing cameras and projectors creating augmented reality, they’ll likely be among the tools training chefs of the future

August 20, 2012