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Architects should experiment with cues that encourage potential thieves to make unconscious decisions not to steal.
Sound waves can do useful things and move physical objects, so a sonic screwdriver isn’t out of the question.
The spread of online images of “perfect” bodies is worrying but eating disorders have much more complex causes.
The pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and woo spreading across the world wreaks havoc on those that buy into it.
CERN’s huge particle accelerator has been switched back on after a two-year upgrade to continue its search for answers.
A German court says Adblock software is legal, but is it such a big deal for the web advertising model?
All interaction depends on rules, written or unwritten, to ensure a smooth ride. But in cyberspace there are none.
If frogs can freeze and live to tell the tale, why can’t humans?
Computer scientists used to calculate how to make the modern world better by drawing analogies with nature. But now the backlash has begun.
The technology behind Silk Road is still sound, but with the potential for a life sentence it would take faith to deploy them.
Riding a bike for 60 minutes doesn’t sound like the hardest thing in the world, but trying to cover 55km will push the Tour de France winner to the limit.
Why would our software turn against us when without us it’s useless?
Astrophysicists found out after the January 2014 solar flare that their predictions of solar weather were not very accurate. Here’s the fix (kind of).
What do pencillin, polythene and Mexican yam have in common?
Technology might make online access to medical records possible, but that doesn’t mean we should.
A decision against Google in its court case against Oracle this week could lay the ground for upheaval in the industry.
Out research showed that motor skills in 7-month-old babies predicted the rate of language development in children that went on to develop autism spectrum disorder.
Social biases like racism and sexism can be weakened after a good night’s sleep, suggests study.
The UK and other governments seem set on the idea that finding needles can be made easier by radically increasing the size of the haystack.
The new government should link policies on education, career progression and welfare to tackle the lack of women in science.
What we see in online dating is not always what we get.
There’s massive support for the legalisation of assisted dying, but getting UK parliaments to pass a law remains a problem.
Software is now too critical to how the world works, so we need to enforce ways to ensure it’s better.
Our minds have always adapted to their environment but advertisers are exploiting opportunities for distraction like never before.