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The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers? Turning Into Datacenters Google

The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers? Turning Into Datacenters

At least, that's one thing Sears is trying out.

Xbox One: Our Servers Will Have More Power Than All the Computers in 1999! Us: Really?! Expert: Almost. Microsoft
How the Watson Computer Is Personalizing Cancer Care

How the Watson Computer Is Personalizing Cancer Care

What happens when you let the world's foremost oncologists train the world's smartest computer?

Why Watson Matters to Doctors and Patients

Why Watson Matters to Doctors and Patients

A leaner, faster, smarter system poised to transform how healthcare is taught, practiced and paid for

McKinsey Names the Most Over-Hyped (and Under-Hyped) Major Technologies Out There

McKinsey Global Institute disses renewable energy.

Not Safe for Anything: Don't Watch This Cicada Cam Science Channel

Not Safe for Anything: Don't Watch This Cicada Cam

Yick, ack, ugh! It is gross. But it is also impossible to stop watching.

Do You and Google Need a Relationship Counselor? Reuters

Do You and Google Need a Relationship Counselor?

Yeah, probably, legal scholars say. Meet the "People's Terms of Service."

The 'Dance of the Planets' Is an Actual Thing, and It's Happening Now

The 'Dance of the Planets' Is an Actual Thing, and It's Happening Now

Get out your tuxes, everyone! We're about to see "the closest grouping of three planets until January 2021."

Two Bits of Life-Getting-Better Tech News

America is not in decline! Latest evidence.

'Real Books From Real Trees for Real People': Microsoft's Fun eBook Predictions From 1999 Microsoft

'Real Books From Real Trees for Real People': Microsoft's Fun eBook Predictions From 1999

Weirdly, they were more correct when it came to 2010 than 2001.

Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaska's Erupting Volcano NASA

Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaska's Erupting Volcano

Images of volcanoes from space are often kind of disappointing. These, we assure you, are not.

These Artists Are Mapping the Earth ... With Facial Recognition Software Onformative

These Artists Are Mapping the Earth ... With Facial Recognition Software

The faces of the planet, as seen from space

Felted Atomic Weapons: Most Incongruous Medium/Content Pairing Ever? Nifer Kilakila/Flickr
Why Aren't There More Storm Cellars in Oklahoma? Reuters

Why Aren't There More Storm Cellars in Oklahoma?

Going underground was the best way for people to stay safe during yesterday's tornado. But there weren't always places for them to do that.

The Moore Tornado, as Seen From Space NASA

The Moore Tornado, as Seen From Space

A gif of the storm from more than 400 miles above gives a sense of the storm's location and scale.

Why Does It Seem Like Small Towns Always Get the Worst of Tornado Season? Wikimedia Commons

Why Does It Seem Like Small Towns Always Get the Worst of Tornado Season?

The Earth is a dartboard, tornadoes are tiny pins, and the big population centers are -- thankfully -- still quite small.

The National Weather Service's Last Pre-Tornado Briefing Warned About School Safety in Oklahoma City Region National Weather Service

The National Weather Service's Last Pre-Tornado Briefing Warned About School Safety in Oklahoma City Region

"We had storms that went from virtually nothing to producing large hail and tornadoes in less than an hour in some cases. So it's gonna go fast today."

Tornadoes in America: The Oklahoma Disaster in Context Doswell

Tornadoes in America: The Oklahoma Disaster in Context

A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma.

The (Slow, Tentative) Greening of the GOP AP

The (Slow, Tentative) Greening of the GOP

House members like Rep. Kevin McCarthy are still avid fossil-fuel proponents, but they've begun to advocate for renewables, too.

NASA's 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa NASA
'On Average, Humanity Has Built One Large Dam Every Day for the Last 130 Years' Google/Philip Bump

'On Average, Humanity Has Built One Large Dam Every Day for the Last 130 Years'

Ours is a planet and a time deeply shaped by one species -- us.

Quiz: GeoCities or Tumblr? GeoCities via Yahoo

Quiz: GeoCities or Tumblr?

In 1999, Yahoo acquired GeoCities. The deal left behind little more than a press release.

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Finland in World War II

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