The New $100 Bill Will Have Thousands of Tiny Lenses Built In
The $100 is the note most frequently targeted by counterfeiters
Ancient Australia’s First Settlers Probably Came There On Purpose
Rather some chance encounter with the continent down under, researchers think that the original migrants set out to deliberately colonize Australia
Ancient Maya Were Cultural Sponges
Rather than the Maya influencing the Olmec or vice versus, similarities between their cultures represent a general shift in ancient Mesoamerica
Russia’s Cold War Plan to Reverse the Ocean and Melt the Arctic
A giant dam across the Pacific could re-route ocean currents and melt the Arctic, and the Soviets wanted to try
How Do You Say ‘Star Wars’ In Navajo?
The Navajo Nation teamed up with Lucasfilm to translate the classic space opera
Almost All That Remains of This Woman, Perhaps the First Queen of Windsor, Is Her Jewelry
Though her clothes long since decomposed and her bones are almost completely decayed, her lavish jewelry remains behind, giving hints to her identity
Playing Video Games Can Cure Your Lazy Eye
A special version of Tetris can help adults with a lazy eye see
The ‘FlipperBot’ Is Almost as Cute as the Baby Sea Turtles It Mimics
This bio-inspired robot could help conserve and restore beaches as well as teach us about how our ancient aquatic ancestors evolved to walk on land
This Is the New, Non-QWERTY Keyboard You Will Use to Compose Your Thumb-Powered Opus
A new keyboard layout could fix two-thumb typing
This Is How the New Bird Flu Could Get to You
If H7N9 learns to transmit from person to person, here is how it could spread around the world
Oxford Principal Nixes Student Plan to Have Live Shark at Ball
The tipoff that it would appear at all came from a poster for the ball that simply says, in large white letters, “Ginglymostoma cirratum (you should really go look that up)”
NYC Kids May Have to Wait Until They’re 21 to Buy Cigarettes
New York City is tightening its campaign to rid the metropolis of its most significant cause of preventable deaths
Prisoners Have Some Ingenious Ideas on How to Make the Most of Tiny Apartments
In Italy, prisoners teamed up with designers to re-imagine the cell
Chili Peppers Do To Your Skin What Migraines Do To Your Brain
Researchers are working on new medication to prevent migraines
As Tigers Dwindle, Poachers Turn to Lions for ‘Medicinal’ Bones
Because wildlife managers are overwhelmed by the rhino horn poaching epidemic, investigations into missing lions will likely take second place
Can Cloning Giant Redwoods Save the Planet?
Redwoods are mighty trees, but would planting more of them help combat climate change?
Animal Rights Activists Make Off With One Hundred Mutant Mice
Animal rights activists ruined years of important research on diseases such as autism and schizophrenia
Should the Higgs Boson Be Renamed to Credit More Scientists?
Peter Higgs didn’t discover the elusive speck on his own, and now some are wondering whether it should be renamed to honor some of the other scientists too
Math Prodigy Shakuntala Devi, ‘The Human Computer,’ Dies at 83
In 1977, Devi faced off against a computer in a speed calculation race. She won twice
Artificial Brains May Be the Best Way to Control Electricity
Researchers attempted to put the brain - or at least its cells - to the task of intelligently managing the country’s future power supply
Page 951 of 1030