We All Need to Help NASA Find Killer Asteroids

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Welcome to the NASA Grand Challenge, where everyone from government agencies to citizen scientists will compete to figure out the best way to detect and study earth-threatening asteroids.

By John Hudson

Oct 18, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Zuckerberg Explains What's Wrong with 'The Social Network'

He didn't build Facebook to impress the ladies. He just likes "building things."

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By John Hudson

Oct 18, 2010

How Harmful Is Facebook's Privacy Breach?

Assessing the severity of the breach and what users can do about it

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By Max Fisher

Oct 18, 2010

Why Republicans Deny Climate Change

Their ideology is unique in the free world

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By John Hudson

Oct 15, 2010

The Genius of Steve Jobs

The man who ousted him from Apple reflects on the CEO's creative brilliance

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By Heather Horn

Oct 15, 2010

Facebook Co-Founder Reflects on 'The Social Network'

Eduardo Saverin gets inspired by watching his own life on screen

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By Heather Horn

Oct 15, 2010

By John Hudson

Oct 15, 2010

By John Hudson

Oct 14, 2010

Does an AOL-Yahoo Merger Make Sense?

The pros and cons of a Web portal union

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By Heather Horn

Oct 14, 2010

Can the Government Do With Clean Energy What It Did With the Internet?

A climate change solution that may be more politically feasible than cap and trade

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 13, 2010

Thanks to Facebook, Bing Will Give You Search Results Based on Your Friends

The search engine will now be able to "consult the tastes" of your near and dear

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By John Hudson

Oct 13, 2010

Has Apple Discovered How to Ban 'Sexting'?

A new dispatch from the War on Sexting

Comments | 345 Views

By Alex Eichler

Oct 13, 2010

All Eyes on First Clinical Stem-Cell Trial

It's just a preliminary step, but could lead to big things

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By John Hudson

Oct 12, 2010

Why Is Google Investing in Wind Farms?

The search giant drops money on an ambitious green project

Comments | 422 Views

By John Hudson

Oct 10, 2010

The Google Self-Driving Car

Genius innovation or misguided investment?

Comments | 225 Views

By John Hudson

Oct 8, 2010

Apple's Plan to Kill Spotify and Own the Music Industry

A window into Cupertino's latest power grab

Comments | 1,095 Views

By John Hudson

Oct 8, 2010

Google, Microsoft, and Adobe's Acquisition Love Triangle

If someone's going on a shopping spree, who is it?

Comments | 172 Views

By Alex Eichler

Oct 7, 2010

By Alex Eichler

Oct 7, 2010

Verizon to Finally Carry the iPhone in Early 2011

According to The Wall Street Journal, anyway

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By John Hudson

Oct 6, 2010

What the New Set-Top Box Means for Google TV

The device maker brings Internet TV to life

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By John Hudson

Oct 6, 2010

Facebook Lets Users Download Their Data: Why It's a Big Deal

It's smart, it's helpful and users will be grateful

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By Max Fisher

Oct 5, 2010

How Obama Lost Climate Change

Who is at fault?

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By Heather Horn

Oct 5, 2010

Winner of Joke Nobel Wins Real Physics Nobel Prize

The man who levitated a frog is now producing a super-material using Scotch tape

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By John Hudson

Oct 4, 2010

Google's Growing Problem With 'Creepy' PR

Perceptions of the "Don't Be Evil" company are shifting for the worse

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By John Hudson

Oct 1, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: The Scariest Environmentalism Ad You'll Ever See

It makes Reservoir Dogs look like a Disney film

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By John Hudson

Oct 1, 2010

Is Digg Finished?

After a "botched" redesign, the site is hemorrhaging users

Comments | 55 Views

By Heather Horn

Oct 1, 2010

U.S. Infected Guatemalans With Syphilis

Case disgusts media and the international community

Comments | 16 Views

By Heather Horn

Sep 30, 2010

New Planet: A Breakthrough in the Search for Life?

Say hello to our Earth-like cousin, the poetically-named Gliese 581g

Comments | 230 Views

By Heather Horn

Sep 29, 2010

Quote of the Day: Susan Orlean Explains How Gardening Is Like Math

The New Yorker writer loves autumnal pruning

Comments | 29 Views

By Heather Horn

Sep 29, 2010

Kids Say They Want Digital Books, Also Candy, Firetrucks

Children would read more—if only they had those nifty gadgets

Comments | 30 Views

By John Hudson

Sep 28, 2010

Is Malcolm Gladwell Wrong About Twitter?

Debating the social network's revolutionary capacity

Comments | 863 Views

By Heather Horn

Sep 27, 2010

Zero-Carbon City of Masdar: A Model for the Future?

If the future also has jetpacks, perhaps

Comments | 179 Views

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