
Social Technologies Are Making Us Less Social
For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human?

Social Technologies Are Making Us Less Social
For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human?

Acoustic Holograms Create Complex Floating Patterns
Researchers can create complex patterns in air and water using ultrasonic waves.
This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on September 21, 2016. It is a Nature Video production.


Who Cares about 5G Wireless?—You Will
The Internet of Things, streaming virtual reality and many other much-hyped technologies cannot exist without a complete rethinking of how mobile devices get online

These Eagles Snatch Hostile Drones from the Sky
The Dutch National Police are training juvenile bald eagles to use their sharp talons to ground rogue flying robots

Can an App Save an Ancient Language?
From the Chickasaw Nation to Congo, tribes try new tech to keep their ancient tongues alive

The Telephone at War, 1916
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: September 9, 1916

Never Mind Apple’s Courage, Removing iPhone’s Headphone Jack Stinks
Critics of Apple have lashed out at the company for acting as if it knew better for years, and I'm finally ready to join them

How to Use Your Smartphone to Pick the Best Apples
A prototype device measures ripeness by studying the fruit’s color

iPhone 7 Event Preview: 5 Big Questions Apple Must Answer
Apple finds itself playing catch-up with Android smartphones when it comes to design and camera quality

Digitize Those Memory-Filled Cassettes before They Disintegrate
Bite the bullet and have them digitized—I wish I'd done it sooner

Digitizing Your Analog Movies Is Just the Beginning
To preserve your data, you’ll have to migrate them to a new digital format every decade or so

Generation Z: Online and at Risk?
For today’s teens, more followers online may mean fewer friends in real life—and a path to behavioral and psychological problems later on