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Letters of Alfred Russel Wallace Go Online

The near-complete archive allows the sometimes overlooked 19th-century naturalist to emerge from Darwin's shadow

Google Asks FCC for Wireless Spectrum, but Don't Get Too Excited

Google has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for permission to apparently conduct testing on, well, something

Digital Activist's Suicide Casts Spotlight on Growth of Open-Access Movement

Aaron Swartz was threatened with criminal trial for downloading millions of academic articles. Although he may have employed questionable methods, the data-access principles he fought for are becoming widely embraced...

Why Do Computers Slow Down?

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Bloggers Put Chemical Reactions through the Replication Mill

An online project seeks crowd-sourced help to reproduce chemists' published results

Apple Shouldn’t Make Software Look Like Real Objects

Why digital design doesn't have to imitate the physical world

Brin Wears His Google Glasses on NYC Subway: Um, Why?

In recent times, Google's Sergey Brin has become an ambulating, flying billboard for his company's next great invention, Google Glasses

Chipmaker Races to Save Stephen Hawking’s Speech as His Condition Deteriorates

Intel is developing communication technology that can quickly process and respond to signals Hawking sends from the few muscles in his body that he can still control

Justice System "Overreach" Blamed in Suicide of Open-Access Technology Activist

Aaron Swartz faced an imminent trial for having downloaded some four million articles from a not-for-profit scholarly archive, and a possible penalty of 35 years in prison and a $1-million fine, which some call disproportionate to his actions...

The Future: A History of Prediction from the Archives of Scientific American

Futurology has always bounced around between common sense, nonsense and a healthy dose of wishful thinking

10 Technologies That Turned Our Heads: 2013 CES in Pictures [Slide Show]

Scientific American’s trip to this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show turned up some oddities

10 Technologies That Turned Our Heads: 2013 CES in Pictures [Slide Show]

Scientific American’s trip to this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show turned up some oddities

Does Continual Googling Really Make You Stupid? [Excerpt]

Preliminary data suggest that all those tweets, status updates and other digital distractions may actually stave off cognitive decline

Science Policy Issues That Matter Most

Energy, free speech and health care lead the list of urgent policy decisions for the next four years

Men and Women of (Limited) Letters: Must-Follow Twitter Accounts of 2013

Make a New Year's resolution to stay informed by following the best and brightest science reporters and commentators

Breaking the Mold: Could Additive Manufacturing Resuscitate a Once-Proud U.S. Industry?

This week key players from government, business and academia meet at Penn State to discuss new technologies and techniques they hope will lead to a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing

Patent Watch: Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensor Device

The Windows 8 Glossary

Microsoft's new operating system comes in three versions and runs two different kinds of programs. Here's our guide to keeping it straight

Why Touch Screens Will Not Take Over

Why personal computers still need the keyboard and mouse, despite Microsoft's best efforts to kill them off

How to Root Your Android Device

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