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Eight New Things We’ve Learned About Music
It’s right up there with food, sex and drugs when its comes to stirring up pleasure responses in our brains
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Neuroscience Explores Why Humans Feel Empathy for Robots
Brain scans show that the neurological patterns linked with pangs of empathy for humans also occur when we see a robot treated harshly
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Do Teachers Need Their Own “Bar Exam”?
Some say the best way to improve American education—and get teachers more respect—is make them take challenging entry exams like doctors and lawyers do
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Should We Fall Out of Love with Robot Surgery?
The FDA is investigating whether doctors aren’t getting enough training before they start using machines to do surgery. Is the “wow” factor to blame?
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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?
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10 New Things We Know About Food and Diets
Scientists keep learning new things about food, from the diet power of olive oil’s aroma to how chewing gum can keep you away from healthy foods
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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?
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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
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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.
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Lousy Sleep Isn’t Good For Your Body, Either
More and more scientific research is showing that sleep is more important to our state of mind—and body—than we ever could have imagined
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Actually, fairly smart. And we’re only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year
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The War on Cancer Goes Stealth
With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
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The White House wants to fund a huge project that would allow scientists to see, in real time, how a brain does its work
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What Can We Do About Big Rocks From Space?
Last week’s close encounters with space rocks have raised concerns about how we deal with dangerous asteroids. Here’s how we would try to knock them off course.
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Don’t understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
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The debate over drones stirs up questions about whether robots can learn ethical behavior. Will they be able to make moral decisions?
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Primal Screens: How Pro Football Is Amping Up Its Game
Pro football is turning to screens—some massive, others on smart phones—to try to keep its fans entertained.
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These Machines Will Be Able to Detect Smells Your Own Nose Cannot
We’re getting closer to the day when your smartphone knows you have a cold before you do
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Learning From Nature How to Deal With Nature
As cities like New York prepare for what appears to be a future of more extreme weather, the focus increasingly is on following nature’s lead
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Can a Buzzing Fork Make You Lose Weight?
HapiFork, a utensil that slows down your eating, is one of a new wave of gadgets designed to help you take control of your health
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