HANDS-FREE BUT NOT BRAIN-FREE
Is Google Glass Dangerous?
Glass may inadvertently disrupt a crucial cognitive capacity, with potentially dangerous consequences.
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UNCODED
People With Autism Are Not Necessarily Meant To Be Computer Programmers
A lot of people are telling me that as an “autism mother,” I should be thrilled that SAP, the German software company, is looking to hire hundreds of adults with the same disability as my son. But I am not thrilled. I am worried.
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BLOW HARD
Scott Storch Raked In Hip-Hop Millions And Then Snorted His Way To Ruin
Constantly snorting bumps of coke, Storch paired his jewelry with shirts stained from "blood that would just gush out of his nose at any given time."
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TRICK QUESTION
Is The FBI Dumb, Evil, Or Just Incompetent?
The FBI may be looking back with dewy-eyed nostalgia on the phone wiretaps of yore, but I think we can all agree that those would have been ridiculously ineffective if anyone with anything to hide had been able to easily acquire and attach tiny devices that made wiretapping impossible.
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THESE GAMES AREN'T PLAYING
Get Good Or Get Beaten
In praise of brutally hard games.
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PRODUCT PLACEMENT
'The Internship,' Now Starring Google
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy "The Internship," but the real star of the film is Google.
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HARD TO BE A SOFT G
Why Are There Two Pronunciations For The Letter 'G'?
In English, words beginning with 'g' can have a soft (giraffe) or hard (give) pronunciation. And therein lies the problem.
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BUREAUCRAT FOR LIFE
Why Is it So Hard To Fire A Low-Performing Government Employee?
In the case of the IRS scandal, the very system aimed at keeping politics out of the civil service is helping the person who admitted to targeting tea party groups stay on the government payroll.
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CELEBRATE PRINCESS LEIA IN A BIKINI
'Return Of The Jedi,' 30 Years Later: When The Force Found Its Cute Side
The "Star Wars" saga unfolds over 20,000 years and involves 17,000 characters dwelling on several thousand planets. But the hugely popular franchise celebrates a milestone on Saturday that reminds us how briefly it has actually been in existence.
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MORE FLYING BATHTUBS, PLEASE
The Only Company That Still Thinks A Manned Spacecraft Should Fly Back To Earth
In a hangar next to an enormous dry lake in the Mojave desert, a new spacecraft that could launch the next generation of space travel is about to begin the testing. What it sets it apart is it’s the only manned spacecraft currently being built that can actually fly back home.
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THE NEW POINTILLISM
Gorgeous Mosaic Portraits Made Of Pushpins
Mosaics always offer a visual treat, and artist Eric Daigh adds a new spin by taking everyday office supplies — multicolored pushpins — to new heights with his collection of portraits.
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LET THE SECOND BACKLASH BEGIN
Zach Braff's Kickstarter Campaign Beats Its Goal By Over $1 Million
Braff had initially sought $2 million, a figure he said would allow him to retain the creative control he sought for the project. The campaign broke that number within three days.
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COMING TO A DRIVEWAY NEAR YOU
The Trickle-Down Economics Of Self-Driving Cars
While Google’s autonomous driving vehicle costs $75,000, a 19-year-old Romanian student just built his own for $4,000.
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GIVE GREAT BATHROOM DIRECTIONS
Brazilian Government Invests In Robocops To Prep For World Cup And Olympics
The same robots used by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan come to Brazil.
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THE COOKIE CUTTER ATTACK
The Most Terrifying Description Of Ocean Swimming I've Ever Read
A marathon swimmer meets a tough, weird little shark in the middle of the night.
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WRONGLY ACCUSED
Saudi Man Investigated After Boston Marathon Speaks Out
The “easy-going, good humored” Saudi Arabian student who briefly became an object of intense suspicion after the Boston bombings broke two months of silence this week, telling "The Islamic Monthly" that media attention since the attacks “double injured” him.
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IF THEY BUILD IT, WE WILL COME
Hunting For Alien Megastructures
Perhaps a highly advanced alien civilization is building structures large enough for us to see.
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POSSIBLY WANTS TO DEFECT
High School Student Builds Working Submarine
A high school sub usually means your teacher's sick and you get a free period to screw around. But for one student, its meaning is a little more literal.
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INSIDE THE MACHINERY AND MACHINATIONS
What It's Like To Work In Science
You get a degree, you get an academic job. Then what?
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MAC IN THE DAY
How Vintage Apple Computers Used To Be Sold
The story behind the 1997 sale of an Apple-1, which now resides at the Computer History Museum, shows how the market used to work, when the transactions were simpler but more personal.
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ANIMAL SLURP-OFF
Who's The Best Drinker? Dogs? Cats? Or Pigeons?
All you'll ever need to know about the science behind animal tongues.
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