A YouTube Piano Teacher Took Down His Competition With Phony Copyright Claims
How a piano teacher in Texas bullied a young Dutch instructor into removing his ultra-popular tutorial videos.
We're Cranking Up Our FrankenStorm Factory Again: The 2013 Hurricane Season Is Going to Be Hell
NOAA's annual forecast is out, and the summer's going to be stormy.
Sears Is Converting Its Defunct Department Stores Into Data Centers
Is this the warped future of historical preservation?
Building the World's Tallest Dam Is Okay with Chinese Environmental Officials
The recently approved Shuangjiangkou dam reaches a whopping 1,030 feet high.
How 12 Men Morphed Identities and Still Voted, Bought Guns, and Got Married
Three years ago, a Czech art collective revealed just how easy it is to become someone else.
Most Americans Want Clean Energy, But Just As Many Don't Care About Climate Change
But people may not be as gung-ho on climate action as it first appears.
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Photos: Giant Pandas and Friends Chill Out in Their Wild Habitat
It's a rare treat to see them in the wild.
Things I Saw and Ate at the Frieze Art Fair
The suckling pig roasting on a spit in the sculpture park outside the fair next to a circle of hip high rubber tongue sculptures was, as it turns out, not just for show.
Tesla Motors Is the First Automaker to Repay All of Its Government Loans
It simultaneously proved that electric vehicles and alternative energy loan programs can be a success.
Algae Could Provide One-Twelfth of the US Fuel Supply Without Stressing Water Supplies
There have been some seriously harebrained proposals put forward to build algae biofuel plants in water-stressed areas.
Brilliant Mathematician Norbert Wiener Described the Robo-Apocalypse in 1949
Six decades later, the warning seems perfectly timed.
Soylent, the Post-Food Macro-Nutritious Cocktail, Is Going Nationwide
Soylent hit its crowd-funding goal hours after its campaign began. Now its creator has $220,000 in his pocket, and he's going to start churning out the post-food meal in a factory.
'Smart' Guns Would Only Allow the Right Hands to Shoot Them
We're getting closer to creating personalized weapons that respond only to the proper touch or signal.
Europe Wants Saharan Solar Power, but Morocco Called Dibs
While European leaders have been counting on the project supplying 20 percent of the continent's power by 2050, Saharan countries want to keep their solar power for themselves.
Five Reasons Flickr's Redesign Is a Hit, All of Which Annoy Me
All it means is that now I've got yet another new interface to figure out.
Australian Scientists Think "Salamander-Like" Human Limb Regeneration Is Possible
A new arm, grown for you in your nearest hospital.
Could Bitcoin Help Everyone Else Avoid Taxes Like Apple?
Given what’s happening on a far grander scale, is such a reality really that ridiculous?
Florida Man Fights, Decapitates Biggest Burmese Python Ever Captured
Leon said he knew the snake "didn't belong" on the side of the road, and thus killed it out of sport.
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Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto, the Creator of Bitcoin?
If the reclusive mathematician ever did reveal himself, he’d owe plenty of taxes.