Building a Smarter Forest
Cutting-edge tech -- algorithms and robots and drones -- could save lives during natural disasters.
Cutting-edge tech -- algorithms and robots and drones -- could save lives during natural disasters.
Indiana University
The number of followers you have and the exact wording matter less than you think. What makes a difference is having the right message for the right people.
NASA
The conventional wisdom of space exploration suggests that robotic probes are both more scientifically efficient and cost effective. Not so, argues a professor of planetary science.
Twitter
The Department of Homeland Security turned to social networks to gather information about the emerging crisis.
Reuters
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the latest government agency to capitalize on the wealth of public information flowing through social networks.
Library of Congress
While marketers may want to boil down people's sharing behavior to one, easy equation, that's just not how the social networks function.
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Sites such as YouTube, StumbleUpon, and Twitter have rolled out redesigns that give established media outlets a special place
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In a nondescript building in Virginia, analysts are tracking millions of tweets, blog posts, and Facebook updates from around the world
Google Patents
A patent from 1965 for a machine that would rotate a woman to help propel a child out of her with less effort
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By harnessing the vast wealth of publicly available cloud-based data, researchers are taking facial recognition technology to unprecedented levels
Arbor Networks
It's not Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, or Syria. With a single Internet service provider, Qatar's Web access could go down with just one click.
Conflict History
A new website, Conflict History, overlays information from Wikipedia on Google Maps to create a comprehensive look at conflict
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A cumbersome legal process provides less accurate information on a phone's whereabouts than a third-party application
Google Patents
After a rash of high-rise hotel fires, a man in California patented a breathing device for trapped civilians in need of fresh air and awaiting rescue from emergency responders
Reuters
Probably not, but new research from Pew suggests that social networks will continue to shape how we consume information online
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The Department of Defense's tech incubator is looking for a few bright minds to revolutionize how the military uses social networks
Reuters
The Holy See has tried to use new tools to keep an eye on those technologies that are turning humans into masters of their own domain
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In our "Question of the Day" feature for this year's Ideas Special Report, our readers tackle some of the emerging issues defining our time
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In our "Question of the Day" feature for this year's Ideas Special Report, our readers tackle some of the emerging issues defining our time
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Members of the digital encyclopedia's cult of knowledge are finding their way into some of America's most celebrated institutions
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