On Monday, the 2014 winners of the Google Science Fair, an international competition for 13- to 18-year-olds, will be announced. All the finalists are scarily impressive, but Kenneth Shinozuka, winner of the Scientific American Science in Action Award, st
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eBay is offering a way to get Black Friday deals without having to trample other shoppers. The online auction site is offering daily sales this week of all kinds of items, from tech to toys to clothing. The deals start on Thursday, and each lasts one d
Continue reading >>customizable form letter released by Microsoft to publicize its Xbox One console was decried as sexist and patronizing earlier this week, forcing the company to change the letter and eventually issue an apology. Xbox One's "We got your back" promotion
Continue reading >>Amazon.com is testing delivering packages using drones, CEO Jeff Bezos said on the CBS TV news show 60 Minutes Sunday. The idea would be to deliver packages as quickly as possible using the small, unmanned aircraft, through a service the company is
Continue reading >>The online mega-retailer unveiled plans on Sunday for a new delivery service called Prime Air, which uses unmanned aerial vehicles -- or drones -- that look like toy helicopters. The "octocopters" aren't ready to take flight yet. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sa
Continue reading >>On November 21, 2013, science lost a great friend in Fred Kavli, an advocate, an innovator, a visionary and a champion. He was 86 years old. Born and raised in Norway, Fred Kavli was a man inspired. Walking the mountainsides and along the fjords, watch
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