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Predicting the Future of Robotics
A look at the past and future of robot technology.
4:31
A Climate Tradeoff for Fuel-Efficient Engines?
Fuel-efficient direct injection engines are taking over the market for new vehicles. Here’s why they might be an imperfect solution.
17:35
Sorting Out Your Recycling Questions
Darby Hoover from the Natural Resources Defense Council answers your blue and green bin questions.
12:20
Tracking Online Terrorist Networks With Mathematical Models
Researchers tracked the growth and decline of online extremist networks through models typically used to map complex systems in the natural world.
17:38
Will Pokémon Go Push Augmented Reality Forward?
Tracking the ways that augmented reality could transform how we interact with the digital world.
The Big Sort: An Insider’s Tour Of A Recycling Plant
Every day at the Sims Municipal Recycling facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, roughly 800 tons of recyclables meander through a tangle of machines, scanners, and conveyor belts.
Hearing Color Through A Cyborg
At the electronic music festival Moogfest, self-described cyborg artist Neil Harbisson showed an audience what it’s like to hear color.
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The Art, and Science, of the Biodesign Challenge
A competition challenges art and design students to face the brave new world of biotechnology.
10:13
A Geological Tour From 30,000 Feet Up
Flyover Country, a new app, will help you spot geological features during your next long-haul flight.
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A New Threat to Cell Phone Videos?
Apple patents a technology that could stop our phones from recording concerts. How does it work, and could this be abused?