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Shutterstock Researchers gave hundreds of computers to California students who didn't have them at home. Nothing changed.
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Discovery of the Day: How to Weaken a Hurricane
The answer lies in Marine Cloud Brightening, exactly what it sounds like.
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Can Altering a Stoplight's Yellow Signal Help Save Lives?
Take a trip to the "dilemma zone," the strip of road where auto accidents are born.
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The Rudest City in America? It's Buffalo, Jerkface
You're more likely to get an "F--- you" than a "Good morning" in Buffalo, according to a survey of potty-mouthed Twitter users.
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How Well Will 'Google Now' Get You Around? So Far, Not Very
Here's hoping we can avoid a future in which you need to consult three apps to get out the door.
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Videos
Making Hurricanes With Miami's Thunderous 'Wall of Wind'
This is the only fan in America that can recreate the terrible conditions of a Category 5 hurricane.
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3 Next-Gen Apps for the Stressed-Out Urbanite
Too busy to worry about little things like "health" or "pedestrian safety"? Your smartphone is on it.
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How Facebook and Twitter Are Helping the Homeless
Connecting through social networks can make it easier to be homeless and easier to escape homelessness.
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Choosing the Paths Less Traveled? There's an App for That
BlankWays keeps track of which streets you've been down, and plots new, untraveled routes.
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How Twitter Is Like a City
For dissidents like Ai Weiwei, the internet is fulfilling roles once played by urban space.
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Google's Growing Web of Street Traffic Surveillance
The phone in your pocket could be monitoring traffic.
