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From Dot.Coms to Cloud Computing: What's Old Is New Again

At times it seems cloud computing has no more definition than the atmospheric phenomenon after which it is named

Forecasting the Future of Cloud Computing

Scientific American examines cloud computing, a network-centric approach to delivering information and services

Forecast for Processing and Storing Ever-Expanding Science Data: Cloudy

Outsourced computing power and an abundance of data storage has researchers looking online for resources to help them tackle tough problems

Online 24/7: "Life Logging" Pioneer Clarifies the Future of Cloud Computing

Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell, paperless for more than a decade, envisions data centers saturated with information and services readily available via the Internet

Robots Evolve to Look Out for Their Own

Extrasensory Pornception: Doubts about a New Paranormal Claim

Does new research prove paranormal precognition or normal postcognition?

Threat of Future Cyber Attacks by Al Qaeda Remains Low

How Biometrics Helped to Identify the Master Terrorist

A toolkit used to identify Osama bin Laden in his hideout was probably a lot like the handheld devices used by U.S. soldiers

Osama bin Laden: The Science of His End

From DNA matching to tracking technology, this report reveals how science aided in bringing down the master terrorist

Calendar: MIND events in May and June

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

Amazon.com explains recent outage that took down Foursquare and Reddit

Passion Gear: Autos Appeal to Emotions This Week at the New York City Car Show [Slide Show]

The New York International Auto Show features a fleet of vehicles with brawn, brains and an environmental conscience

Passion Gear: Autos Appeal to Emotions This Week at the New York City Car Show [Slide Show]

The New York International Auto Show features a fleet of vehicles with brawn, brains and an environmental conscience

Too Hard for Science? A digital panopticon

Use It Better: How to Unload Your Old Gadgets

Places that will recycle your obsolete electronics—and they might even pay you for it

Gadgets Are Garbage—So Here's How to Keep Them Out of the Landfill

Your brand-new device is about to be obsolete. Save it from the trash heap

Editors' Roundtable: Science Conference Reports

Scientific American editors Christine Gorman, Robin Lloyd, Michael Moyer and Kate Wong talk about their recent trips to different science conferences: the meetings of the Association for Health Care Journalists, the Paleoanthropology Society, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and an M.I.T...

Highway Robbery: Car Computer Controls Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers

Researchers claim to wirelessly break into automobile networks to take control of brakes and steering as the automobile industry shores up defenses

Electronic health records face human hurdles more than technological ones

Solving the Cocktail Party Problem

Computers have great trouble deciphering voices that are speaking simultaneously. That may soon change