How Solar Can Save India’s Farmers
Water pumps powered by the sun could solve a host of problems for rural farmers and the nation’s power grid
Are Dogs Now Just Furry Kids?
Research is showing how much the bonds between dogs and their owners have become like a parent-child relationship
A Sign For the Times: Digital Wayfinding Adapts to Your Needs
Design agency BREAKFAST is creating the street sign of the future
What Scientists Now Know About Repairing Memories
Recent research suggests that the brain rebuilds a memory every time it is recalled. And that creates a window of opportunity for changing it
How One Day Everything Could Be Recycled
Mix 3-D printers and biomimicry and what do you get? Products that are as strong, resilient, versatile—and biodegradable—as most things in nature
10 More Things We’ve Learned About Dads
Scientists keep finding reasons why fathers matter. They also think it’s not a bad idea for dads to ask their kids, “How am I doing?”
Is Dippin’ Dots Still the “Ice Cream of the Future”?
How founder and CEO Curt Jones is trying to keep the tiny ice cream beads from becoming a thing of the past
How Swarming Drones Can Explore a Hurricane
A University of Florida engineer is building a squadron of hand-sized drones that he says will be able to gather data as they ride on hurricane winds
VIDEO: This Helicopter is Controlled Entirely By A Person’s Thoughts
A new device can read your brain patterns to steer a toy helicopter—the mere thought of clenching your right fist veers the chopper right
Why Navy Scientists Want to Mimic Cicadas
No, it’s not about learning to live underground for 17 years. It’s all about the noise.
Would You Eat Something Wrapped in a WikiCell?
Harvard bioengineer David Edwards believes he’s found a way to cut down on packaging waste
Digging for the Secrets Beneath Antarctica
Scientists have found life in the depths beneath the ice
World’s Newest Atomic Clock Loses 1 Second Every 50 Billion Years
Tired of your clocks losing time? A new clock, which is the most accurate ever, uses ytterbium atoms and lasers to precisely define a second
How You Use Your Phone May Tip Off Health Problems
Among the new technology geared to preventive health care is an app that tracks your social behavior and has been described as a human “check engine” light
The Robot Revolution Is for the Birds
Look up for robotic ravens and cyborg pigeons
8 Things We’ve Learned Lately About Thunder and Lightning
Such as, storms can make your head hurt. And we should expect more turbulence on transatlantic flights
Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Is Coding the New Second Language?
Kids may know their way around a computer, but in order to get a job in the new economy, they will have to know how to write a program, not just use one
The Unclear Fate of Nuclear Power
Two years after the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi, can the nuclear renaissance regain its momentum?
Good-bye, Gas Guzzlers
What will it take for automakers to deliver a fleet of fuel-sippers?
Could ‘Clean Coal’ Finally Live up to Its Name?
An experimental new technology captures more than 99 percent of the carbon dioxide from burning coal
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