Airport Security: Everything You Know Is Wrong
In a new book, former TSA head Kip Hawley says we’re spending our money on all the wrong things
Transit of Venus: The Other Half of the Longitude Story
While Harrison was reinventing the clock, astronomers turned the heavens into a celestial timepiece
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Alan Turing: Mathematical Biologist?
His biographer says Turing invented computer science, artificial intelligence, and mathematical biology
Five Essential Skills for the Facebook Era
In a new book, Howard Rheingold says social networks are changing the way we think
iCandy: Electronics for Power and Play
A giant circuit breaker, a virtual pop star, and a wind turbine at a ballpark
Arduino’s Playmate
The $25 Raspberry Pi will do for computing what Arduino has done for robotics
Bright Lights, Quieter Cities?
A Techwise Conversation with acoustic engineer Nick Antonio
The Titanic Launched a Century of Emergency Response Technologies
Emergency communications arose after the great ship went down
This Is Your Brain on Metaphor
Neuroscientists use fMRI to look at our most treasured turns of phrase
Your Favorite Stores Know You All Too Well
A Techwise Conversation with data-mining expert Eric Siegel