Smithsonian Channel, free for the iPad, has hundreds of videos on science, nature, space, etc. We watched a three-minute video on a snow leopard who… Read more
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In 2013, Intel will come out with a chip that will let laptops stay on and active for 24 hours, or for ten days on standby. Even more incredible, the… Read more
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From the mid 19th through the 20 century, America was the world leader in technology. Perhaps the most important driver of those advances was kids… Read more
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Kickstarter.com started out as a way to bring patrons together with struggling artists. Now they’ve branched out to technology, theater, food,… Read more
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Northwestern University scientists are uncovering ways to make the Internet lightning-fast. It has to do with photons moving through a… Read more
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Computers that roll up into a wristband and unroll like a newspaper. Sounds sci-fi but it’s getting closer to reality. Scientists at Rice… Read more
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We’re not professional mathematicians, scientists or engineers, so when the new “Mathematica 8” came out recently, we let a Northwestern… Read more
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Here’s a recap of “Making Stuff Smarter,” the last episode in New York Times columnist David Pogue’s excellent four-part series, in case you missed… Read more
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PBS.org recently added new science and technology sections. Click “Explore Topics” at the top of the screen. We read about deaf dolphins, an… Read more
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On “How Smart Are Animals?” we watched a border collie retrieve any toy by name from a group of a thousand. Then the host, Niel deGrasse Tyson,… Read more
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