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The country's achievements in education have other nations, especially the United States, doing their homework
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A company called Booktrack Introduces a new kind of e-book. It plays music or sound effects to accompany your reading
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Most climate scientists say we should expect extreme weather to happen more often in the future. Do we have to be satisfied with just being prepared?
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The Apple CEO's resignation has prompted an outpouring of tributes you rarely, if ever, see for corporate executives
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IBM scientists say their "cognitive" chip is a key step toward developing computers that think and learn more like human beings and less like calculators
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Corporate execs say they're looking for independent thinkers, but schools are stilled geared to assembly lines. Here are ideas to spur imaginative learning
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The new Smithsonian magazine blog about innovations gets a new title: Innovations
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Some folks say this should be declared National Relaxation Day. Here are some products that claim to help you get your mellow on
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Forward-thinking companies are starting to figure out ways to convert their logos to tools of engagement
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Clothing embedded with nanotechnology taps into our growing desire to turn everyday things into electronic gadgets
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To start rebuilding our faith in government, we need to go local. And our smart phones will help us
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An introduction to our new blog about people and ideas that likely will shape the way we will live one day
A Smithsonian/Pew poll finds optimism about science and social progress despite worries about the environment and population growth
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How an ambitious experiment in ecological living led to a goat pen
A quick questionnaire with Trenton Doyle Hancock
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