Currently being tested in Iowa and Florida, Starchase fires the bullets from the grill of a pursuing police car, which then stick to the fleeing vehicle and deliver coordinates to a computer or smartphone.
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Have you ever noticed how long people look at a painting in a museum or gallery? Surveys have clocked view times anywhere between 10 and 17 seconds. The Louvre estimated […]
Next month, the first of nine episodes of “Sheriff Callie’s Wild West” will air exclusively on the Watch Disney Junior app and a related Web site. It’s a blatant attempt to grab the growing audience of tablet-using kids ages 2-7.
Fifty-two percent of Americans believe the death penalty is applied fairly in the United States — a smaller figure than the 60% who favor the death penalty.
For two years, researchers tracked over a million Facebook adults who were married or “in a relationship.” Among many findings, they learned that the more mutual friends a couple had, the more likely it was that they’d break up.
The company has begun a three-month trial of Wikipedia Zero in Kenya. It works exclusively via SMS and is designed to reach the millions of people who have mobile phones but no Internet access.
Oil is not properly priced from anyone’s standpoint. Coal is not an acceptable answer. Where does that leave us?
We are searching for the medium that allows people to both learn and teach.
Vancouver is now home to a machine that accepts and dispenses only cash and Bitcoin account data. The goal, say its owners, is to make the virtual currency easier to buy and sell.
The video below, released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mars Express, is a stunning flyover of the planet, showcasing grabens, dendritic valleys, lava flows and the highest known mountain in the Solar System.
So the new X-Men film trailer is out. It’s being Tweeted, Facebooked; it’s probably rising through the ranks of YouTube, Vimeo and so on. It’s easy content for sites, a blessing of […]
Gloria Feldt: I have my religious beliefs too and they tell me that using birth control is a good thing and that birth control is basic healthcare that should be part of any insurance plan.
How long must creative people wait for the Web’s new wealth to find a path to their doors?
Whether we are looking at climate change, whether we are looking at AIDS, whether we are looking at war and conflict, the stem of it comes into making sure that people are educated.
South Africa’s best satirical cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro (AKA Zapiro), is in hot water for depicting the Hindu god Ganesh in a cartoon. As usual, those who worship said god are […]
Brain decoding is the technique by which neuroscientists are able to decipher what a person is experiencing during a dream.
Markets can move mountains. But we must guide their power, using empirical behaviors. They should serve us, not we them.
Most traffic is the result of extremely subtle changes in the flow of traffic, caused, for instance, be drivers speeding up or slowing down ever so slightly. This has a ripple effect.
At the end of next month, Comet ISON is expected to be at its brightest, when it is nearest to the Sun. Still, no one knows exactly what it will look like.
Having been raised with traditional views of womanhood, Fatimah Asghar says “I was invisible for most of my life.” That is no longer the case for the award-winning poet and performer.
There is evolutionary significance to the petty acts of aggression that were famously portrayed by Lindsay Lohan and other young women in the 2004 film Mean Girls.
The AI company Vicarious has created an algorithm that can solve CAPTCHA “with greater than 90% accuracy.”
A recent report shows that bikes outsold new cars in 27 European Union member countries last year. While it’s tempting to cite the economic crisis as a reason, some predict that it may be a sign of greater change.
It is so easy now to mock the millions who freaked out at the “War of the Worlds”, the Halloween radio play 75 years ago this week about an […]
Yaron Milgrom’s Local Mission Market will offer, among other things, homemade pasta, bread, jams, and cured meats to San Francisco residents at what he claims will be affordable prices.
Although Saturday’s (Oct. 26) planned protest was partially thwarted by a heavy police presence, activists are encouraging women to continue driving — and to post the proof online — in defiance of culturally-imposed restrictions.
Last week the parliament passed the measure by one vote, overturning a ban implemented by the country’s former colonial ruler and creating a potentially radical shift in the rare earths market.
Stockholm-based SMSLifesaver was created in response to the challenge of delivering timely ambulance services. CPR certification is the only requirement for volunteering. So far 9,600 residents have signed up.
Several studies note that people working in a particular environment — the classroom, the office — can be affected by the sounds and smells around them. Now researchers and others are investigating ways to use this information for the public good.
While professional players are schooled in the art of the stoic visage, new research indicates that their arm movements — specifically, the smoothness of them — may give away the quality of their hand.