Information
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Lo and Behold: the Internet
October 29, 2009
On the 40th anniversary of the first internet connection, a look back on how a flash of insight and a 20-minute meeting got it all started.
communication, information, innovation, networks, technology
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A Writing Revolution
October 20, 2009
Nearly universal literacy is a defining characteristic of today’s modern civilization; nearly universal authorship will shape tomorrow's.
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Technology in the Trash
August 06, 2009
In the Trash Track project, garbage becomes a window through which we are able to see our once invisible and energy-intensive removal chain, prompting us to consider the impact of our waste.
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Seed State of Science: Intellectual Property
July 29, 2009
How can scientific progress occur when everyone owns a tiny piece of the pie—and charges for the privilege of studying it?
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Immortal Information
June 15, 2009
A new nanoscale storage device could preserve all the digital information you want, for as long as you want—and longer.
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Art Exhibit Links Darwin to Degas
June 06, 2009
A new exhibition reveals the extent of Darwin’s impact on 19th-century artists, from Monet to Rheinhold, and how art, in turn, shaped Darwin.
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Why We’re Not Obsolete
May 12, 2009
As scientific data accumulates, volume can overwhelm understanding. A new Cornell computer program is using the technological advances that created this data-understanding problem to help solve it.
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Week in Review: May 1
May 01, 2009
Swine flu looms large, a study finds prayer has no effect on medical treatment, Obama speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, neuroscientists plan to beef up Wikipedia, and a Republican senator switches to the Democratic Party.
diplomacy, disease, ethics, information, pandemics, politics, week in review
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The Tricorder Arrives
May 01, 2009
Cell phones will soon be able to sense our environment and its pollutants. This new power may change the way we move through the world, but can it motivate us to change it?
data, information, innovation, networks, systems, technology
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Week in Review: April 24
April 26, 2009
Fire bombings over animal research, Jim Carrey and the anti-vaccine movement, fossil of walking seal discovered, senator proposes science envoys, and transcription mapped.
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Climate Change in High Definition
April 22, 2009
Earth the movie opens today in the US, 7 years since the Planet Earth franchise first started production. Has the footage become a chronicle of an already vanished world?
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Found in Translation
March 24, 2009
The process of creating a nuclear-security glossary matters as much as the finished product.
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Garrett Lisi’s Exceptional Approach to Everything
November 17, 2008
How a physicist published and vetted his revolutionary work signals the potential future of an open, transparent peer review process.
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The Damnedest Lies
October 30, 2008
The success of fivethirtyeight.com is a credit not only to statistical prowess but also to keen intuition about social habits.
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Say Hello to sci-Phone
July 16, 2008
The top 10 science applications for the iPhone.
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Out of the Blue
March 03, 2008
Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer?
cognition, complexity, design, information, innovation, neuroscience
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Cribsheet #14: Exoplanets
February 14, 2008
Seed's downloadable tool for living in the 21st century.
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The Future of Science…Is Art?
January 16, 2008
To answer our most fundamental questions, science needs to find a place for the arts.
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Betting on Baseball
November 10, 2005
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World
Sad Sacks
As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
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Ideas
Sweet Obesity
As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
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Books
Books to Read Now
November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.
