Study: U.S. Colleges Ain’t What They Used To Be
Educational achievement has been stagnant for three decades. Can online learning help?
Trackable Banknotes, at Last
Saudi Arabia is developing a new RFID chip to be embedded into its currency
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Where Will You Be December 18th at 6 P.M.?
Long-term prediction is hard, but researchers are on the case
Theodore Roosevelt, Captured on Spinning Wax
A Roosevelt impersonator and an Edisonian audiophile bring the former U.S. president’s words to life
The Amazon Smartphone
Rumors of an Amazon smartphone are too loud to be ignored
Microsoft's KinEtre Animates Household Objects
New Kinect technique lets your body control virtual versions of anything
What Makes a Digital Document Real?
How do we authenticate a birth certificate if it’s just ones and zeros?
Training the Brain for Happiness
There’s new data on the complicated genetic basis of depression and happiness
The Art of Failure 2012
Failure analysts show off the strange stuff they find in their microscopes
Does Reddit’s Self-Policing Go Too Far?
The social news website explains why top publications and editors sometimes get banned