Discussions
Mobile Call Logs Can Reveal a Lot to the NSA
Research shows how much the NSA could glean from call records, and why efforts to downplay the significance of such metadata are misleading.
Adapting to Automation
From different angles, two of our feature stories explore the role of humans in an automated world.
A Popular Ad Blocker Also Helps the Ad Industry
Millions of people use the tool Ghostery to block online tracking technology—few realize that it feeds data to the ad industry.
An Internet for Manufacturing
Imagine a factory where every product remembers how it was made.
How Technology Is Destroying Jobs
Automation is reducing the need for people in many jobs. Are we facing a future of stagnant income and worsening inequality?
Building the Business Case for Energy Storage
A novel software tool could make it far easier to bring new energy storage technologies to market.
Cleaning Up Diesel Trucks and Cooking Stoves Could Reduce Climate Change
Zeroing in on black carbon may slow the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions.
China Reveals First Space-Based Quantum Communications Experiment
The “Chinese Quantum Science Satellite” will launch in 2016 and aim to make China the first space-faring nation with quantum communication capability
App Will Let Health Insurer Track Customer Behavior
Aetna sees cost savings in helping people track their health and fitness.
Repairing
Bad
Memories
A scientist who has anguished over terrors in her family’s history explores how people might erase the trauma from memories.
