Cleaning Up Diesel Trucks and Cooking Stoves Could Reduce Climate Change
Zeroing in on black carbon may slow the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Companies Complying with NSA’s PRISM May Face E.U. Lawsuits
U.S. companies that pass data from European Union citizens to the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program could be breaching the E.U.’s data-protection laws.
Camera Tweaks Should Boost Smartphone Battery Life
Research could make persistent computer-vision more feasible, and improve your smartphone’s battery life.
How Technology Is Destroying Jobs
Automation is reducing the need for people in many jobs. Are we facing a future of stagnant income and worsening inequality?
The Strangeness of Facebook Home
Facebook's new interface for smartphones is at odds with how the world uses computers.
Artificial Spleen Offers Hope for Faster Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
Researchers are designing a “dialysis-like” machine that could identify and remove pathogens responsible for an often lethal blood infection.
Cheaper Ways to Capture Carbon Dioxide
Techniques developed at MIT and Pacific Northwest National Lab could make it more affordable to burn fossil fuels without releasing carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
Virus That Evolved in the Lab Delivers Gene Therapy into the Retina
From millions of random mutations, scientists identify a virus that could make gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases safer and more effective.
NSA Surveillance Reflects a Broader Interpretation of the Patriot Act
Privacy advocates have warned for years about the kinds of surveillance revelations that were aired this week.
The World as Free-Fire Zone
How drones made it easy for Americans to kill a particular person anywhere on the planet.
