Smart Takes
Infographic: How cars are killing us (and where, and why)
A new infographic illustrates your odds of being killed in or by a car in different nations around the world.
Business Brains
Digital music takes backseat to creative considerations in Pink Floyd ruling
The practice of downloading one digital song at a time has made concept albums a dying art.
Pure Genius
Social networking, and a free library, for science buffs
Thousands of users are logging on to Scitable to expand their scientific knowledge -- and make "friends" with some smart people.
Intelligent Energy
Energy on the rocks: is combustible ice in our future?
A provincial governor hopes to find China's energy solutions in Qinghai's combustible ice reserves. Though the 'frozen natural gas' is there. The technology is not.
Thinking Tech
The impossible computer is theoretically possible
A computer that works faster than the speed of light has been proposed by Viennese physicists Karl Svozil and Volkmar Putz.
Science Scope
Get your own jet pack!
Glenn Martin has created a $75,000 jet pack. With millions of dollars in investments, his 30-year dream is becoming a reality.
Rethinking Healthcare
How can we change eating habits?
Our food producers are not bad guys, they're good guys. They want to eat too. When they are shown they can make more money with healthier goods, they will respond.
Smart Video
Active SmartPlanet
- Science changing its mind on dinosaurs again
- Energizing the silent majority for vaccines
- War against sudden global warming may already be lost
- Blaming evolution for our slow response to global warming
- How should New York City deal with rising sea levels? Five designers duke it out
- Did 'cap and trade' go up in smoke?
- Dems run quarterback draw on health care fourth down
- How to combat global warming - by overcoming evolution
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