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The Urban Gun-Detection System helps police pinpoint gunshot locations, but privacy advocates worry about the secondary uses this listening technology holds.
Internet service providers have filed suit against the FCC over its recent decision to regulate broadband internet as a public utility.
How much homework should students do each night? One group of researcher says 70 minutes strikes the perfect balance.
A 29-year-old tutor faces felony charges after allegedly hacking into a California high school's network to change students' grades. The maximum sentence is 16 years in prison.
Mastery of a second language alters the way one perceives situations, offering a more complete worldview. It's like two minds alive within one person.
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Former NASA astronaut Ron Garan explains how the cooperative lessons learned through space exploration are applicable in other realms of life.
Cancer's scars aren't just physical. Sufferers and survivors alike must battle on a separate front to combat the effects of depression and mental illness.
Two recent examples from The New York Times, one from a columnist and one in an editorial, illustrate the danger of news media coverage of risk that is alarmist, incomplete, and inaccurate.
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There are 21 strategies for changing habits, says author Gretchen Rubin. The most fun is one that incorporates the usage of treats.
How providing people with evidence about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines can backfire.
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Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, explains that the aims of online education don't differ much from those of traditional learning.
A brain-training program developed for children diagnosed with ADHD has shown promise in its ability to reduce inattention and help children concentrate more effectively over the long term.
Will a law regulating the BMI of models help change an industry obsessed with beauty and unhealthy weight ideals? France thinks it might.
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have created the most high-tech solution to teenage anxiety yet: a treatment for acne that uses a combination of ultrasound, gold-covered nanoparticles, and lasers.
Researchers think they may have found a way to make people more empathetic. Perhaps one day in the future we'll be able to prescribe "kindness" pills.
Director Shiho Fukada sheds light on a growing problem in Japan, internet café refugees. For most temporary workers, a stall in one of these net cafés is all they can afford.
The highest-resolution panorama ever taken by a rover illuminates unprecedented detail of the red planet’s surface. “Studying whether there’s life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there’s something […]
Online dating allows you ample opportunity to run a campaign of trial-and-error in order to fully optimize the dating experience.
Language conveys a lot about who we are and how we perceive the world. In terms of human migration, we give out the label of expat or immigrant to foreign migrants, and each word has its own connotation.
A new sensor device, developed by a Stanford Ph.D. student, promises to change the way students, educators, and science enthusiasts explore the world — from elementary school to the Ph.D. lab and beyond.