Pocket Avatars, an app developed through Intel Labs, uses sophisticated facial-tracking to map your emotions and send them to your friends.
Seventy-five years after its Technicolor premiere, trace the earliest steps on the yellow brick road
The 80’s fad should’ve fallen into obscurity—somehow it didn’t
New analysis of an ancient document reveals classical roots of fake wrestling
Here are the 11 endangered sites—including the prison where Solomon Northup was held—on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2014 list
The World Cup has its own system. But new technology could help spot the pigskin through a 10-lineman pileup on the gridiron.
Brazil's Ilha de Queimada Grande is the only home of one of the world's deadliest, and most endangered, snakes
Top places you should see before they die... or at least disappear
Journalists got a sneak preview of what's coming up when the new museum opens its doors this coming December
Tech innovators are hoping they can store energy more cost-effectively with mechanical systems that use the most basic materials: air, water, and steel
Forget the lions and tigers, these prowling felines have much more to tell us about the natural world
Our intrepid writer devises a scavenger hunt in a low-tech geocaching game that every beer lover can enjoy
Color can be subjective, but in the 19th-century, color dictionaries provided a common language for scientists to describe different hues found in nature
With carbon nanotubes, researchers are manipulating imaging technology to make everything from MRIs to food inspection more efficient and compact.
Doctors could use our genetic map to pinpoint the best treatment for our diseases. But how much do we want to know about what's lurking in our DNA?
From swirling aurora borealis to bioluminescent beaches, these award-winning photographs capture rare views of our world at night
A Smithsonian curator chronicles the genesis of the project that hearkens back to when ancient navigators traveled the oceans
Ask China, they’re buying the most of it
Do you find yourself spending endless hours waiting at the airport? Here's what math says about the perfect time to arrive for your next flight
The International Space Station’s upcoming non-rigid BEAM module may be the key to making the future of space more roomy and affordable.
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