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How science fiction can help predict the future

How do solar panels work?

Forget shopping. Soon you'll download your new clothes

The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars

A robot that runs and swims like a salamander

The story behind Marvel's Muslim-American superheroine

Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms

Forget shopping. Soon you'll download your new clothes

How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them

The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life

How do hard drives work?

How computers translate human language

How a few scientists transformed the way we think about disease

What makes technology so habit-forming?

The race to sequence the human genome

An underwater art museum, teeming with life

Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it

A delightful way to teach kids about computers

Forget Wi-Fi. Meet the new Li-Fi Internet

The incredible collaboration behind the International Space Station

Why great architecture should tell a story

Theater healed my community after Hurricane Katrina

When we design for disability, we all benefit

4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought

What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary

La importancia de la improvisación

Can you solve the bridge riddle?

How I teach kids to love science

The physics of playing guitar

The benefits of good posture

Solid liquid gas and … plasma?

How do pregnancy tests work?

How an entrepreneurial potter helped restore beauty to a city

A solution for building a generation of inventors

How X-rays see through your skin

How to detect a supernova