November 30, 2013 When Algorithms Grow Accustomed to Your Face by ANNE EISENBERG By ANNE EISENBERG Companies are developing software to analyze our fleeting facial expressions and to get at the emotions behind them. Published: December 1,…
November 30, 2013 ‘Zombie’ Comet ISON May Be Back From the Dead by REUTERS By REUTERS A smaller, paler version of Comet ISON may have survived incineration in the sun’s corona and may be brightening, scientists said on…
November 29, 2013 Shopping for a Girl? Consider Science and Engineering Toys by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER A small group of toymakers and others are trying to break gender stereotypes by making toys to get girls excited…
November 28, 2013 Europe vs. Amazon: Anger Rising by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD In the United States, where unemployment remains stubbornly high, people are grateful that Amazon.com is hiring so many workers for its…
November 28, 2013 The F.C.C. Puts Onus on Airlines for In-Flight Calls by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT The commission’s announcement that it would consider allowing cellphone use on flights had consumers imagining having to listen to a fellow…
November 28, 2013 A D.J. Booth in Your Pocket by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT Monster, known for its audio cables and headphones, this month introduced the GO-DJ, a portable turntable and mixer. Published: November 28,…
November 28, 2013 A Surge in Value for Bitcoin and Currencies Similar to It by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON The trading price of Bitcoin reached a new high, and the value others like it rose significantly in the last week…
November 28, 2013 The Vaccination Effect: 100 Million Cases of Contagious Disease Prevented by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The estimate of prevented diseases, published in an article in The New England Journal of Medicine, is an analysis of some…
November 28, 2013 Researchers Retract Report That Linked Bitcoin Creator and Silk Road by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF A paper written by two Israeli computer scientists linked a Bitcoin account to a transaction on Silk Road, an Internet black…
November 28, 2013 Lighting Up the Lawn With 16 Million Colors by ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS By ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS New computerized systems and smartphone apps can make Christmas much more than incandescent lights and inflatable snowmen. Published:…