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Roads may be overall safer with them, but the public will have to accept the reality that technical glitches will occasionally kill More »
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Edward Tenner is a historian of technology and culture. He was a founding advisor of Smithsonian's Lemelson Center and holds a Ph.D in European history. More
Roads may be overall safer with them, but the public will have to accept the reality that technical glitches will occasionally kill More »
The skill's recent revival shows how heritage crafts can still flourish in the modern world, not in spite of, but with help from the Web More »
Commenting on Apple, Fareed Zakaria ignores how today's companies avoid far-sighted projects and the years required for invention More »
Abandoning higher education is hardly the recipe to financial success that some news suggests More »
The Titanic remains an icon of Belfast shipbuilding, but centennial celebrations of the doomed ship ignore its technological failings More »
Jonathan Franzen warns about our superficial, "like"-based economy, but recent grads may have a hard time avoiding it More »
Is carving stones with words the ultimate information medium? More »
From import tariffs to settlements, today's trade policy makes little economic or ethical sense More »
A new study says that doctors and other people who disclose conflicts of interest feel are more likely to indulge in bad behavior More »
Ted Kaczynski never wanted his personal items sold, but the man must, for his part, be humiliated by the low bidding prices they're receiving More »
Their mathematical brilliance and big payouts may actually help gambling halls due to the less skilled imitators that follow in their tracks More »
Can technology be programmed to indicate when it's becoming less reliable? A firm warning could be a good reminder when leaving zones of high-reliability base maps. More »
As schools embrace new ways to engage, an old question returns: Why aren't they comfortable raising their hands in the first place? More »
Half a century later, the simple (and ubiquitous) wooden structure can still carry up to 1,500 pounds of weight. The pallet's look and function has never been modified. More »
It's an old belief validated again in recent studies. But sometimes, directors of laboratories inadvertently stifle innovation. More »
John Hopkins drops its high-tech new faucets after realizing they permit even more contamination than the old-fashioned kind More »
Economic laws keep most industries running smoothly. But medicine can be different—and right now it's out of control. More »
Don't dismiss calligraphy as silly Luddism. Handwriting has been surprisingly relevant technologically. The skill offers countless benefits, from better fonts to better thinking. More »
Institutional safeguards, whether financial or nuclear power regulation, need to evolve and change hands every two or three decades More »
Decades after the genius' death, the question of who controls his publicity rights continues. Even his prodigious imagination could not predict the media world of the early 21st century. More »
