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Luis von Ahn's secret for making computers smarter? Get thousands of people to take part in his cunning online games
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As buccanneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools work to help protect shipping on the high seas
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The Supreme Court may soon reinvent the rules for invention
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The king of software takes on his biggest challenge yet
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From the Wright brothers to the latest robot jets, the past century has been shaped by the men and women who got us off the ground
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A new multimedia exhibition shows how innovations in transportation spurred the growth of the nation
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The legendary explorers carried destiny on their expedition. But they could not have fulfilled is without this unprepossessing device
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Let's hear it shhhh, not so loud for electric boats
Narrow, humble irrigation ditches called acequias sustain an endangered way of life but for how long?
When your toast starts talking to you, the Info Age has hit home
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