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Landsat satellites have been taking photos of Earth for a long time, but only now can you watch zoomable, time-lapse images of the planet’s transformation.
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New Tech May Have Athletes Climbing the Walls
How the Nova, the latest in artificial climbing wall design, goes from in-home gym to living room gallery
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Gooooal! Two Technologies Compete to Sense Soccer Goals
A major botched call by referees during the World Cup has opened the door for computerized replacements
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Counterterrorism strategy now includes everything from trolling on extremists’ websites to studying how the brain responds to storytelling
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It may seem like getting around is the same old grind every day. But take heart. There’s a lot of original thinking going on about how we go places
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A treatment for the disease has eluded scientists for almost two decades. But new research offers hope that they finally may be on the right path
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A lot of police departments hope so. They’re starting to invest in software that uses algorithms to forecast where crimes are most likely to happen
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10 Ways Tech Makes Old Age Easier
With their populations aging rapidly in coming decades, many countries, including the U.S., will rely heavily on technology to take care of seniors
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As weather, from droughts to violent storms, becomes more likely, tech companies are developing tools to help us deal with the worst nature has to offer
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Batteries, so much a part of our daily lives, are being transformed. Now scientists say they’ve created one out of spray paint
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Where Do All Those Facebook Photos Go?
On the outer boundaries of the Arctic Circle lies a massive construction project funded by Facebook: the future home of thousands of server farms
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The Future of Cheating in Sports
As technology advances, so will access to ingenious—and troubling—new techniques
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The Top Athletes Looking for an Edge and the Scientists Trying to Stop Them
Behind the scenes there will be a high-tech, high-stakes competition between Olympic athletes who use banned substances and drug testers out to catch them
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Man or Computer? Can You Tell the Difference?
Could you be fooled by a computer pretending to be human? Probably
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Spanx on Steroids: How Speedo Created the New Record-Breaking Swimsuit
After Olympic officials banned the swimsuit that caused records to fall at the 2008 games, scientists are back with a new outfit that might break even more
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Upside down skyscrapers. Vacuum tubes whisking away trash. Welcome to the future of cities as they begin exploring the next urban frontier
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In some cases, they’re learning to work with humans. In others, they’re taking over the whole plant
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They sure make pretty pictures, but are we exaggerating what they can really tell us about what’s going on inside our heads?
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