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The Most Amazing Projects We Saw At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012
Technology

The Most Amazing Projects We Saw At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012

Energy-saving auto-dimming lights and gloves that know sign language were among the winners of this week's innovation contest

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
Projects

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

A quick blood type test, an app that syncs music playback on your phone and more

Rainy days make everything worse—even restaurant reviews
Climate Change

Rainy days make everything worse—even restaurant reviews

Cloudy with a chance of lousy meatballs

The Last Drops: How to Bridge the Gap Between Oil and Green Energy
Fossil Fuels

The Last Drops: How to Bridge the Gap Between Oil and Green Energy

Oil won't run the world forever, but it will for the next few decades--so how do we get from here to the next energy economy?

Frustrated couple in bed
Life Skills

How to share a bed with a restless sleeper

Sharing a bed with a restless sleeper can be exhausting for everyone.

Rockets from ships landing on a fort on a island in an old painting
Military

What is the ‘red glare’ in the Star Spangled Banner?

A history of rocket technology.

Are ‘heat days’ the new snow days?
Climate Change

Are ‘heat days’ the new snow days?

As temperatures heat up, we need to rethink how can we best support students and outdoor workers.

Videos show a surreal ‘eye of fire’ in the Gulf of Mexico after gas pipeline ruptures at sea
Fossil Fuels

Videos show a surreal ‘eye of fire’ in the Gulf of Mexico after gas pipeline ruptures at sea

The hellish inferno took five hours to get under control.

Albert Einstein and Elsa Einstein in black and white
Health

Go ahead, marry your cousin—it’s not that bad for your future kids

Just don't turn it into a family tradition.

Is marijuana a performance-enhancing drug? The best evidence says no.
Health

Is marijuana a performance-enhancing drug? The best evidence says no.

Weed isn't going to help you win the Olympic Gold.

Unidentified aerial phenomena filmed from a US Navy jet
Space

The sky is full of potential UFOs—here’s why

The technology that surveys our skies isn't designed to spot and identify everything that flies.

Aliens where are they Fermi paradox new answer
Space

Where are all the aliens? Struggling and hustling, just like us.

Conventional wisdom has it that aliens should be either everywhere, or nowhere. A new model suggests they can be both.

Extreme heat and wildfires have caused literal firestorms across Canada
Climate Change

Extreme heat and wildfires have caused literal firestorms across Canada

It’s at least as terrifying as it sounds.

10 absolutely wild facts about babies
Health

10 absolutely wild facts about babies

We all may have started out as babies, but some things about them are absolutely alien.

How do you make AI trustworthy? Here’s the Pentagon’s plan.
AI

How do you make AI trustworthy? Here’s the Pentagon’s plan.

The Department of Defense wants to scale up how it uses artificial intelligence, and it wants everyone to be able to trust those algorithms.

Unidentified aerial phenomena filmed from a US Navy jet
Space

5 explanations for 144 mysterious flying objects in the government UFO report

"We will go wherever the data takes us."

Close-up of mosquito on human skin.
Health

China becomes the largest country to officially eradicate malaria

After a 70-year effort, the WHO confirmed the country has maintained zero cases for more than four years.

bike resting against wall
COVID-19

How to wheel your way through the global bike shortage

As cycling becomes more popular, shortages will likely be more common.

hemp plants
Health

Why you’re suddenly hearing about delta-8 THC

Another version of the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana has exploded in popularity—but it might be short-lived.

An artistic image inspired by a black hole-neutron star merger event, with lots of blue and red hues.
Black Holes

Black holes can gobble up neutron stars whole

The discovery means astronomers have now caught all three major types of gravitational waves.