Talking oven mitts, anyone? At the Counter Intelligence Project, research wizards are creating the culinary gizmos of tomorrow
It's a fast and furious time in science and technology, and a man who knows promises only more of the same
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Before the phonograph and lightbulb, the electric pen helped spell the future for Thomas Edison
Every subatomic particle has its opposite number, but luckily it's not true on a larger scale
But 60 mph was a breeze to Barney Oldfield, better known as the "speed king" of the horseless carriage world
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Computer technology is expanding the way we preserve and develop our photographic memory
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A detective working the computer crime beat still needs street smarts, but there's a lot of uncharted legal territory out there
NASM's new "How Things Fly" gallery is hands-on to the max! At 50 visitor-operated displays, you can see and feel the basic principles of flight in action
Most Americans believe science and technology make their lives better, two out of five are "very interested" in them, but not many know how they work
When the FBI moved in across the street 60 years ago, Smithsonian anthropologists began a tradition of helping to solve crimes
At RH Lyon Corp, noise-busting engineers tackle everything from leaf blowers to ticking clocks in their search for the right sound
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MIT sculptor Arthur Ganson is on a roll, creating machines that whir and clack as they seem to take on a life of their own
Today's physics allow outrageous possibilities: faster-than-light travel across the galaxy, or even our learning to make new universes to specification
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