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Cops Could Soon Use Breathalyzers to Test for Illegal Drugs
Swedish researchers are developing a system that tests for 12 different drugs on your breath, including cocaine, marijuana and amphetamines
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Google Search Terms Can Predict the Stock Market
An investing strategy based on the frequency of certain words Google searches, it turns out, might yield sizable profits
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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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A Night at the Museum with the Smithsonian’s Laser Cowboys
A look at the future with Adam Metallo and Vince Rossi, who recently spent two nights scanning the Natural History Museum’s entire Dino Hall in 3D
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In the wake of the Boston bombing, Amy Henderson explores parallels between the era of Edison and the mediascape of today that helped solve the crime
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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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Q+A: What Is the Future of GPS? Are We Too Dependent?
Geographer Andrew Johnston discusses some of the applications and risks of the satellite-based technology, as well as its future
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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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How One Family Helped Change the Way We Eat Ham
The Harris family struck gold when they introduced the ice house to England in 1856, but what were the costs of their innovation?
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Lost in Space and Other Tales of Exploration and Navigation
A new exhibit at the Air and Space Museum reveals how we use time and space to get around every day, from maritime exploration to Google maps
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Revealed: The Part of Our Brains That Makes Us Like New Music
Imaging technology shows that a reward center known as the nucleus accumbens lights up when we hear melodies we love
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Researchers Turn Brains Transparent By Sucking Out the Fat
By turning brains clear and applying colored dyes, connections between neuron networks can now be examined in 3D at unprecedented levels of detail
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Bean Leaves Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite by Using Tiny, Impaling Spikes
Researchers hope to design a new bedbug eradication method based upon a folk remedy of trapping the bloodsuckers as they creep
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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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Video: Researchers Produce Human Tissue-Like Material Using 3D Printing
Using droplets coated in oil as “ink,” a 3D printer can construct a network of synthetic cells that mimics brain and fat tissue
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How IMAX Pulled Spaceflight Down to Earth
The 1985 film that famously revealed the lives of astronauts in zero gravity returns to the big screen
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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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Sugar Cube-Sized Robotic Ants Mimic Real Foraging Behavior
Researchers use tiny robots to study how ants navigate a labyrinth of networks, from the nest to the food and back again
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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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