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16 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Trouble With Math? Maybe You Should Get Your Brain Zapped

by Emily Underwood
Study shows that electrical brain stimulation speeds mathematical learning
10 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: The True Shape of Snowflakes

by John Bohannon
High-speed camera grabs first 3D shots of untouched snowflakes
3 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Forget Fingerprints, Now There's 'Breathprints'

by Beth Skwarecki
Machine can identify individuals by their exhalations
28 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

A Computer Inside a Cell

by Robert F. Service
Chemical switches can be toggled together to form logic circuits like those in PCs
28 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Video: Robotic Ants Solve Riddles Without Math

by Beth Skwarecki
Tiny machines strike a blow to real ant intelligence
20 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

3D TV, Without the Glasses

by Robert F. Service
Future televisions could project 3D for wide viewing angles
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19 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Cotton Candy for Plants

by Traci Watson
Plants like their sap sugary
8 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Physicists Discover a Whopping 13 New Solutions to Three-Body Problem

by Jon Cartwright
That's four times as many as were discovered in 3 centuries
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6 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Should You Mix Those Two Drugs? Ask Dr. Google

by Sean Treacy
Search engine data reveal side effects of combining prescriptions
22 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Why Queens Prefer Daughters

by Lizzie Wade
Mathematical model examines insect sex selection
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16 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Do We Live Inside a Mathematical Equation?

by Lizzie Wade
A Q&A with MIT physicist Max Tegmark
23 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Half a Million DVDs in Your DNA

by Robert F. Service
Researchers store books, images, and audio files in our genetic material
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23 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: The Future of Supercomputers

by Robert F. Service
Talk to experts about the next generation of powerful machines; NOTE: chat will be at 4 p.m. EST
21 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

New Form of Quantum Computation Promises Showdown With Ordinary Computers

by Adrian Cho
Optical computation could be first to best regular computer
12 September 2012 | ScienceNOW

ABC Proof Could Be Mathematical Jackpot

by Barry Cipra
A Japanese mathematician's novel theory could solve a host of open problems
24 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

New Computer Memory Material Goes Easy on the Juice

by Robert F. Service
Organic compounds could help retain data without a continuous trickle of electricity
16 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive

by John Bohannon
A new system archives digital data by encoding it as DNA on chips
15 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

Birdsong Not Music, After All

by Emily Underwood
It may sound melodic, but the stats suggest otherwise
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15 July 2012 | ScienceNOW

Imagining Tomorrow's Computers Today

by Jop de Vrieze
Intel futurist Brian David Johnson tries to forecast how we'll interact with technology in 2020
20 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Get Ready for Gigapixels

by Sid Perkins
Prototype camera can spot a silver dollar 1 kilometer away
18 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

Computer Program 'Evolves' Music From Noise

by Elizabeth Norton
DarwinTunes helps explain how composers refine their compositions based on audience input
15 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

Forget Movie Critics, Mindless Internet Chatter Predicts Blockbusters and Bombs

by Dennis Normile
Method for predicting box office success developed by Japanese physicists
5 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Dino Twinkle Toes

by Sid Perkins
Fossil-scanning technique suggests that some dinosaurs were lighter on their feet than previously thought
18 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Disposable Keypads

by Jane J. Lee
High-tech paper gets buttons
14 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

Keeping Greenhouse Emitters Honest

by Sid Perkins
New technique can track changes in a city's carbon dioxide emissions, ensuring compliance with climate change treaties
9 April 2012 | ScienceNOW

Of Robots and Cocktails

by Daniel Cossins
Humanoid machine helps researchers understand how we home in on conversations
21 March 2012 | ScienceNOW

Endre Szemerédi Wins Math's Biggest Prize

by Barry Cipra
Award honors contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science
21 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

It's Official: Physics Is Hard

by Kate McAlpine
Even computers think finding equations that describe the progression of a system through time is difficult
7 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Hot Idea for a Faster Hard Drive

by Jim Heirbaut
Tiny heat pulses promise new way to flip magnetic memory "bits," could increase speeds hundreds of fold
31 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: A Brain Wave Worth a Thousand Words

by Gisela Telis
Computer program reconstructs what a person hears based on brain activity alone
5 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

A Whale's Virtual Reality

by Elizabeth Pennisi
New technology shows Earth's largest animals in motion as they feed
28 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: More Than a Pretty Face?

by Sara Reardon
New algorithm measures how much photos of models have been digitally altered
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18 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Tractor Beams, Leonardo’s Trees, and More

by David Grimm and Stewart Wills
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
14 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Leonardo's Formula Explains Why Trees Don't Splinter

by Kim Krieger
Geometry rule probably evolved to help prevent wind breakage
8 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Christmas Ornaments, Packed Like Sardines

by Kim Krieger
Physicist figures out a better way to pack spheres into cylinders
2 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Jumping Rope by the Numbers

by John Bohannon
Mathematical model shows how a subtle bend in the rope helps reduce drag
9 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

How the Ear Distinguishes Sweet Sounds From Sour Notes

by Kim Krieger
A mathematical model could point to the neurological roots of our sense of harmony
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2 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Hatching the Milky Way

by Ken Croswell
Astronomers produce a virtual galaxy on a computer
29 August 2011 | ScienceNOW

Aztec Maps Put Cortés to Shame

by Daniel Strain
Early land surveys were surprisingly accurate
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5 August 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Basketball Math, Vampire Bats, and Earth's Two Moons

by Natalie Villacorta and Kerry Klein
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
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