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WikiLeaks Breach Highlights Insider Security Threat

Even the toughest security systems sometimes have a soft center that can be exploited by someone who has passed rigorous screening

How Will WikiLeaks Transform Mainstream Media?

Modern technology has made online groups the top destination for leaked information, but it does not have to signal the end of traditional outlets

Can the U.S. Prevent Future WikiLeaks Document Releases?

One obvious way is to use the classified label more sparingly, according to one expert

The Web Turns 20: Web Science Reveals Human Interactions, Part 4 of 4

In this fourth article of a four-part series commemorating the World Wide Web's 20th birthday, Tim Berners-Lee tells Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti that we still have a lot to learn about the Web's design, operation and impact on society...

Dear Santa: Please Send Owl Puke

SA asked scientists to recommend their favorite educational gifts for kids

The Web Turns 20: Free Bandwidth Connects the Masses, Part 3 of 4

In this third article of a four-part series commemorating the World Wide Web's 20th birthday, Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti describes an effort to bring free Internet access to African communities...

The Web Turns 20: Social Machines Redesign Democracy, Part 2 of 4

In this second article of a four-part series commemorating the World Wide Web's 20th birthday, Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti explains how online games and other Web-enabled social machines build machine intelligence--and help us, too...

The Web Turns 20: Linked Data Gives People Power, Part 1 of 4

In this first article of a four-part series commemorating the World Wide Web's 20th birthday, Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti explains the power of linked data

The Web is (not) dead...if you believe Scientific American, not Wired

Don't leave it to the experts: Why scientists have a few people to thank!

World Changing Ideas 2010

Ten thoughts, trends and technologies that have the power to transform our lives

Demonic device converts information to energy

Experiment inspired by a paradox tempts a bead uphill.

I'm not a real scientist, and that's okay

That's Nice, Now Get Out: Why We Sometimes Punish Generosity

Generosity is sometimes unwelcome

Going with the Flow: Can the Similarity between Gravitation and Electromagnetism Be Exploited?

Could electrical transformers have a gravitational analogue?

From gadfly to bureaucrat: The FTC's new chief technology officer

The Trouble with E-Readers, by David Pogue

Electronic books are still far too crude to replace ink and paper

Three-dimensional holograms move toward real-time "telepresence" capacity

What Is Quantum Mechanics Good for?

Physicist James Kakalios, author of The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, wants people to know what quantum physics has done for them lately--and why it shouldn't take the rap for New Age self-realization hokum such as The Secret...

Study of Facebook Users Connects Narcissism and Low Self-Esteem

If your status update was "I'm so glamorous," you might not really think much of yourself