Just three years ago, science journalist Farhad Manjoo wrote an article for Slate called “Better Batteries Will Save the World.” The subtitle, however, quickly undercut the headline’s...
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How Big Data Can Save You Big Money on Business Taxes
I awoke with a start the other night, realizing the end of March had crept up on me and I still hadn't done my taxes. Just thinking...
The biggest biotech discovery of the century is about to change medicine forever
On a November evening last year, Jennifer Doudna put on a stylish black evening gown and headed to Hangar One, a building at NASA’s Ames Research Center...
That tap saves water. A brilliant idea won a prestigious design award.
Simin Qiu a Product Designer from London, England, graduated from Royal College of Art has designed a tap that saves water. In 2014, his project won a...
Student science experiment finds plants won’t grow near Wi-Fi router
Ninth-graders design science experiment to test the effect of cellphone radiation on plants. The results may surprise you. Five ninth-grade young women from Denmark recently created a...
How startups build their first R&D labs
The UpTake: It's part of growing up as a startup: that moment when you realize you need your own space, and it's time to move out of...