Vacation Photos
Computer scientists are using vacation photos found on the internet to create virtual 3-D models of historical cities and archaeological landmarks.
Podcast
Science or Nonsense? Science confronts alternative medicine and vaccine myths. Also: Can we learn anything from violent video games?
Baby Robots
Researchers have developed a new way for children once left behind by their peers to explore the world around them.
Bus Schedule Math
Engineers have developed a mathematical algorithm for optimizing bus schedules.
Podcast
How spiders avoid getting caught. Plastic that's as strong as steel. A purpose for the appendix? And more.
Vocal Joystick
A new computer program allows users to operate a mouse using just the sound of their voice.
Podcast
A computer with a sense of humor. Frisky foxes. Giant insects of the ancient earth. And more.
Podcast
Dinosaurs and their rivals, a computer that solves checkers, the placebo effect and the brain, keeping fruits and vegetables fresh, and the evolution of walking and talking.
Checkers Solved
After eighteen years of work, scientists have designed an unbeatable checkers computer.
Podcast
Sparrows that prefer up-to-date songs, glaciers and global warming, upwardly mobile robots, bacteria to combat oil spills, and how self-tanners work.
Hill-Climbing Robots
Scientists are teaching a robot how to climb hills.
Podcast
Life-and-death decisions from computers, video games are good and bad, seeing red hurts test scores, Dr. Tatiana on animal sex, and the link between obesity and puberty in girls.
End-of-Life Computer
Computers could help people make end-of-life medical decisions for their loved ones.
Podcast
Cars that communicate with each other, reasons to get rid of the penny, improving the information in video games, chubby hamsters help with obesity research, and why snow is white when water and ice are clear.
Gaming Information
Video games are chock full of information--story lines, character traits, and maps, to name a few. But is it all getting across to players?
Feeling Machine
A new computer program addresses teenage girls' emotional needs
Hiring Roundup
Would you trust a computer to match you with your perfect job--or your perfect mate? One researcher thinks you will.
Podcast
Baby's ear for language, the effects of streams on salamanders, what kids do online, how marital stress can be bad for your heart, and a computer that picks perfect employees.
Spin Algorithm
How can you tell when a politician is telling the truth or laying on the spin? A new computer program may help.
Podcast
A better way to browse music, sexual orientation in the brain, a great locust migration, the tectonic future of California, and why the desert is an Amazon.
Browsing Music
Scientists are coming up with new, more sophisticated ways to browse digital music.
Internet Roundup
Looking at power lines to deliver data, and getting medical info online might worsen a patient's condition.
Internet Video
Software that enhances the important parts of a video to decrease downloading time.