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First Commercial Quantum Computer Is Sold

But critics say that D-Wave's system is still something of a black box.

Citizen Scientists and Social Media Aim to Help Prevent Frog Extinctions

Tweeting the Bull or the Bear

Hack My Ride: Cyber Attack Risk on Car Computers

Increasingly sophisticated onboard computers may put cars in danger of cyber attacks

String Theory: Violinist Taps Artificial Intelligence to Interact with Her Unique Sound [Video]

"Subharmonics" innovator Mari Kimura connects herself with a computer using a wireless, fingerless glove that meticulously tracks bow strokes to get to the root of expression

No X-aggeration: How Companies Can Gather Information and Still Preserve Privacy

Chinese Prison Inmates Forced to Moonlight as World of Warcraft "Gold Farmers" for Guards

MIND in Pictures: Driven to Distraction

Will 10 Billion People Use Up the Planet's Resources?

Kepler Spacecraft Shows That Smaller Planets Abound

NASA's planet-hunting satellite is making the case that it's a small-world galaxy, after all

Critical Mass: How to Maintain the Power of Online Reviews

The wisdom of crowds can be brilliant. It can also be corrupt

Use It Better: The Best Customer-Review Sites

Sure, you know Yelp and TripAdvisor, but what if you're looking for a guitar or a new doctor? A collection of less familiar user-review sites

Secret to Stopping Spam: Follow the Money

Single Laser Optical Approach Transmits 700 DVDs of Data per Second

By doing away with an analog conversion, researchers have transmitted 26 terabits of data per second over a 50-kilometer distance with a single laser. Christopher Intagliata reports

Hands-Off Training: Google's Self-Driving Car Holds Tantalizing Promise, but Major Roadblocks Remain

Driverless automobiles lack common sense but are getting better at using mapping, GPS and sensing technologies to hold the road

Information Is Everywhere, How Can Science Protect It?

Patent Watch: Registering Impacts in Sports

Patent no. 7,891,231 B2

Why Bayes Rules: The History of a Formula That Drives Modern Life

A new book about the now ubiquitous theorem traces its road from 18th-century theology to 21st-century robotic cars

Twitter Helped Doctors Tell Patients Where to Get Meds After Japan Earthquake

Participatory Urban Sensing

Through the use of sensors built into your mobile phone (cameras, motion sensors and GPS) and Web services that can aggregate and interpret the assembled information, a new collective capacity is emerging: one in which people like you participate in sensing and analyzing aspects of life that were previously invisible...