
User Manuals Are Mostly Gone—Which Is Both Good and Bad
Google happened, and something important was lost

User Manuals Are Mostly Gone—Which Is Both Good and Bad
Google happened, and something important was lost

NASA Technology Fights Flight Delays
A new air traffic control system could ensure that you spend less time flying the crowded skies


Ghost in the Sell: Hollywood’s Mischievous Vision of AI
With the new sci-fi flick Ghost in the Shell hitting theaters this week, Scientific American asks artificial intelligence experts which movies, if any, have gotten AI right

Data Privacy: Is Trump's FCC Redefining Public Interest as Business Interest?
Recent U.S. Senate and FCC activity favors large Internet companies at the expense of their customers

Calculating Imponderable Complexity with Quantum Supercomputers
Large quantum computers are difficult to build, but they can answer questions too complicated for conventional computation, unlocking new research possibilities in fields like protein modeling and data encryption.
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Opening a Window into the Minds of Language-Impaired Children
Researchers are using eye-tracking technology to learn more about children afflicted with specific language impairment

Warning: Your New Digital World Is Highly Addictive
Technology now is designed to make it “irresistible,” argues psychology and marketing professor Adam Alter

IBM Will Unleash Commercial "Universal" Quantum Computers This Year
The cloud-based "IBM Q" service is not expected to outperform conventional computers—yet

Polymath Stephen Wolfram Defends His Computational Theory of Everything
Creator of Mathematica and A New Kind of Science remains confident that he can transform science and other realms of knowledge

This Beat-Bot's Got Groove!
Could the drummer robot lead its cyber brethren to march in sync—or maybe someday even start a band?

3-D Printing Modification Yields Adorable Micro-Tools
A new method of 3-D printing draws inspiration from the semiconductor industry

The Search for a New Test of Artificial Intelligence
Researchers need new ways to distinguish artificial intelligence from the natural kind