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The rapid development of artificial intelligence is bringing us closer to the day when machines will be able to think for themselves
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When Cameras Trick Us and We Love It
Technological wizardry is allowing us to see the natural world in stunningly new ways
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Top Ten Most-Destructive Computer Viruses
Created by underground crime syndicates and government agencies, these powerful viruses have done serious damage to computer networks worldwide
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Ten Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction
The innovators behind objects like the cellphone or the helicopter took inspiration from works like “Star Trek” and War of the Worlds
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Is There More to Obesity Than Too Much Food?
Recent research suggests that chemicals used to protect, process and package food could be helping to create fat cells
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Need a Little Social Discovery in Your Life?
The buzz at the SXSW conference this year is about mobile apps that tell you when there are people nearby you really should meet
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How Do Some Clocks Set Themselves?
With Daylight Saving Time set to start, take a look inside the radio-controlled clocks that adjust automatically
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Could supercomputers create an artificial brain that can learn new behavior and develop cognitive skills? Some scientists say not if, but when
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Technology now allows companies to follow your behavior on the Web and customize ads for you based on that data. When does that become invasion of privacy?
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The Sound Gun That Will Leave You Speechless
A new device uses an auditory phenomenon to silence people remotely
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Welcome to the Feel Good Future
At TED and other geek gab events, the focus is not on what is, but rather what’s possible. Here are five inventions whose time may soon be coming
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Will High Gas Prices Jolt Electric Cars?
This is the year we should find out if plug-in cars are for real. And it doesn’t hurt when gas goes over $4 a gallon
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Our nervous system can hold on to pain memories for a long time. But scientists may have found a way to make pain go away for good
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Is the U.S. Out of Love with Cutting-Edge Transit?
It feels like it. But there is plenty of innovative thinking shaping the future of public transportation. You just need to look elsewhere to find it
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What’s Science Got to Do With It?
Can anyone really make sense of romance? Researchers keep trying because, frankly, we want answers
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How Smart Does a TV Need to Be?
Sure, they’re big and they’re flat. But TVs still aren’t that bright. This, however, could be the year they start acting more like smart phones
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10 Bright Ideas to Get You Through February
It’s not easy to think happy thoughts this time of year. But here are some examples of innovative thinking that remind us it will get better
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An Astronomer’s Solution to Global Warming
The technology developed for telescopes, it turns out, can harness solar power
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Is that what it will take for NASA to get its mojo back? Or are there better ways to spend its money?
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