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How IBM Helped The Nazis Carry Out The Holocaust

IBM technology helped the Nazis carry out the Holocaust. But to what extent can we blame the tech giant?

By All That's Interesting • Nov 17, 2016

How IBM Helped The Nazis Carry Out The Holocaust

IBM technology helped the Nazis carry out the Holocaust. But to what extent can we blame the tech giant?

By All That's Interesting • November 17, 2016

How Artificial Intelligence May Change Human Relationships

Artificial intelligence has opened up a whole new world of human-machine interaction. But what happens next?

By Richard Stockton • Aug 1, 2016

How Artificial Intelligence May Change Human Relationships

Artificial intelligence has opened up a whole new world of human-machine interaction. But what happens next?

By Richard Stockton • August 1, 2016

Lasers Reveal Medieval Cambodian Cities Hidden In Jungle

Archeologists used lasers to uncover several ancient Cambodian cities that might shed new light on the history of the Khmer Empire.

By Elisabeth Sherman • Jun 13, 2016

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Lasers Reveal Medieval Cambodian Cities Hidden In Jungle

Archeologists used lasers to uncover several ancient Cambodian cities that might shed new light on the history of the Khmer Empire.

By Elisabeth Sherman • June 13, 2016

What Happens To Your Online Self After You Die?

We don’t know what happens after we die, but our virtual selves carry on in some surprising ways. EVERYBODY EVENTUALLY DIES, leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces and move on. In the past, this was simple; you died and somebody backed a truck up to your house and...

By Richard Stockton • May 16, 2016

What Happens To Your Online Self After You Die?

We don’t know what happens after we die, but our virtual selves carry on in some surprising ways. EVERYBODY EVENTUALLY DIES, leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces and move on. In the past, this was simple; you died and somebody backed a truck up to your house and...

By Richard Stockton • May 16, 2016

Can You Perform Surgery In Zero Gravity?

As interest in travel beyond our atmosphere continues to grow, what happens when you're in need of surgery in space, miles above the Earth?

By Abby Norman • May 16, 2016

Can You Perform Surgery In Zero Gravity?

As interest in travel beyond our atmosphere continues to grow, what happens when you're in need of surgery in space, miles above the Earth?

By Abby Norman • May 16, 2016

How Far Are We From Time Travel?

Time travel has long-been invoked in works of science fiction. But how close is it to becoming a reality?

By Teresa Cantero • May 10, 2016

How Far Are We From Time Travel?

Time travel has long-been invoked in works of science fiction. But how close is it to becoming a reality?

By Teresa Cantero • May 10, 2016

Your World This Week, May 1 – 7

This week in tech: Unbelievable new hoverboard record, Elon Musk’s “gym” for robots, drinking wine is actually good for your gut, and how a weasel managed to shut down the Large Hadron Collider. Astounding New World Record For Longest Hoverboard Flight Just Set In the three weeks since French company...

By All That's Interesting • May 2, 2016

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Your World This Week, May 1 – 7

This week in tech: Unbelievable new hoverboard record, Elon Musk’s “gym” for robots, drinking wine is actually good for your gut, and how a weasel managed to shut down the Large Hadron Collider. Astounding New World Record For Longest Hoverboard Flight Just Set In the three weeks since French company...

By All That's Interesting • May 2, 2016

Then And Now: The World’s First Cell Phone Looks A Lot Bulkier Than Today’s

On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a very consequential phone call. Dialing up AT&T’s Joel Engel from midtown Manhattan, Cooper informed Engel that Motorola had beaten AT&T to the punch on a new project they’d both been trying to develop: The world’s very first cell phone. Cooper’s...

By John Kuroski • Apr 13, 2016

Then And Now: The World’s First Cell Phone Looks A Lot Bulkier Than Today’s

On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a very consequential phone call. Dialing up AT&T’s Joel Engel from midtown Manhattan, Cooper informed Engel that Motorola had beaten AT&T to the punch on a new project they’d both been trying to develop: The world’s very first cell phone. Cooper’s...

By John Kuroski • April 13, 2016

Can People Actually Get Turned On By Robots?

Stanford researchers have just pushed knowledge on the relationship between humans and robots one step further. Is robot sex in our future?

By All That's Interesting • Apr 6, 2016

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Can People Actually Get Turned On By Robots?

Stanford researchers have just pushed knowledge on the relationship between humans and robots one step further. Is robot sex in our future?

By All That's Interesting • April 6, 2016

Airlander 10, The World’s Largest Aircraft, Is Almost Ready To Take Off

The Airlander 10, the long-awaited behemoth that is now the world's largest aircraft, has finally been unveiled. Join us in a first look.

By John Kuroski • Mar 27, 2016

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Airlander 10, The World’s Largest Aircraft, Is Almost Ready To Take Off

The Airlander 10, the long-awaited behemoth that is now the world's largest aircraft, has finally been unveiled. Join us in a first look.

By John Kuroski • March 27, 2016