Scientists have crunched data to predict crime, hospital visits, and government uprisings—so why not the price of Bitcoin?
Computer Sciences
Oct 22, 2014
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According to TechRepublic, Google produced two of the five worst tech products of 2009 – Android 1.0 and Google Wave. The fact that Google remains dominant suggests that, while not infallible, it's rich enough to take risks ...
Business
Oct 22, 2014
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While we're able to enjoy timeless scenery as we travel in the United States, it's important to realize that the soils and rocks forming the base of these transportation systems may not forever be stable.
Engineering
Oct 22, 2014
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Oil and natural gas production fields can emit large amounts of air pollutants that affect climate and air quality—but tackling the issue has been difficult because little is known about what aspects of complex production ...
Environment
Oct 22, 2014
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When it comes to human trafficking, we often hear about victims being kidnapped or violently taken from their homes. But what about people who are forced into labor in the U.S.?
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2014
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Every year, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory looks at hundreds of objects throughout space to help expand our understanding of the Universe. Ultimately, these data are stored in the Chandra Data Archive, an electronic repository ...
Astronomy
Oct 22, 2014
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Even technologies promoted for good environmental reasons can sometimes have unforeseen negative consequences.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 22, 2014
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In the last 8 months a fully robotic telescope in Tenerife has been carrying out high-precision observations of the motion of stellar surfaces. The telescope is the first in the SONG telescope network and a milestone in a ...
Astronomy
Oct 22, 2014
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One drizzly morning in September, a giant metal tube painted Cornell red was loaded on a truck at the Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory annex to make a slow, steady journey across campus.
General Physics
Oct 22, 2014
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This excellent view of Mars seen together with Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring was captured by Scott Ferguson, Florida, USA, on 19 October 2014 on the morning that the enigmatic object made the closest-known planetary flyby ...
Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2014
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