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January 13, 2015

Game-changers: 15 technologies that could change your life

From cancer killing nanoparticles to truly intelligent robots, this is life on the cutting edge. Check out the best of the latest emerging technologies.

January 13, 2015

Coincidence? The 9 craziest cases of simultaneous invention

Throughout history, major scientific breakthroughs and notable inventions have occurred simultaneously and independently among different thinkers and inventors, who, more often than not, had no direct contact with each other. The phenomenon is known as "multiple discovery." The only problem? Who gets credit? In the case of "the first flight," the argument continues.

January 8, 2015

Google launches crisis map anticipating hurricane Isaac

With Tropical Storm Isaac rolling over the Gulf of Mexico toward Louisiana and likely to sustain hurricane-force wind by the time it hits the state’s swampy coast early Wednesday, Google has launched a new site to help out.