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The Collaborative Art Revolution
One of the Web's basic tenets is that small contributions from lots of people can amount to somethin... posted on Aug 27 2009, 2 cmts
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When A Phone Is Not Just A Phone
A cellphone is not just for calling, texting and taking pictures anymore. Several startup business v... posted on Jul 15 2009, 3 cmts
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How to Build a Bigger Brain
People have many strategies for building bigger muscles and stronger bones. But what can one do to b... posted on Jul 04 2009, 6 cmts
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15-year-old Social Entrepreneur-Inventor
At the tender age of 9, Javier Fernandez-Han found his calling: inventing to help the world's poor m... posted on Jun 20 2009, 2 cmts
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The Genius of Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci is known for the "Mona Lisa" and other art masterpieces. But the Renaissance man a... posted on May 24 2009, 0 cmts
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4 Students, A Camera & A Balloon
Teenagers armed with only an inexpensive camera and latex balloon have managed to take stunning pict... posted on Mar 20 2009, 1 cmts
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Why Stress is Not Always Bad
Is stress always bad? It can be, but it can be good for you, too. Certainly, much can be done to unl... posted on Mar 15 2009, 6 cmts
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10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question pr... posted on Dec 08 2008, 8 cmts
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What Changed Your Mind?
What happens when leading figures are asked what has changed their minds about some of the biggest i... posted on Aug 27 2008, 11 cmts
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A Reflection on Science and Wonder
When we look at the wealth of opportunities hovering on the horizon of science -- genomic sequencing... posted on Aug 24 2008, 6 cmts
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MIT Summit: Designs For A Better World
For three weeks this summer, masons and mechanics, farmers and welders, scientists and a pastor thre... posted on Aug 22 2008, 2 cmts
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The Mathematics of Altruism
A simple mathematic formula is starting to explain the counter-intuitive prevalence of altruism in s... posted on Jul 20 2008, 2 cmts
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The New Nobel Prizes for Science
As a boy, Fred Kavli watched the aurora borealis from his family's farm. Surrounded by the mountains... posted on Jul 08 2008, 3 cmts
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Virutally Waterless Washing Machine
British inventors have designed a washing machine that takes eco-friendliness to a new level: it use... posted on Jun 17 2008, 1 cmts
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Man-Made Noise
Bernie Krause listens to nature for a living. After having recorded nature for 40 years, he's notic... posted on Jun 09 2008, 1 cmts
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MIT's Humanitarian of the Year
Innovations need not be as complex as they are made out to be; in fact, it is often the simple ideas... posted on Jun 05 2008, 1 cmts
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Science Reinvented
The explosively growing World Wide Web has rapidly transformed retailing, publishing, personal commu... posted on Mar 10 2008, 6 cmts
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14 Engineering Challenges
Throughout human history, engineering has driven the advance of civilization. From the metallurgists... posted on Feb 21 2008, 5 cmts
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Cell Phone That Reads to The Blind
If you have normal vision and can read, there are thousands of things you do every day without even ... posted on Feb 07 2008, 9 cmts
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A New Kind of Office Heating
A Swedish company plans to harness the body heat generated by thousands of commuters scrambling to c... posted on Jan 10 2008, 5 cmts
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