Will Apple continue to innovate and thrive as a market leader?
This week’s Question: Steven Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple, died last week at the age of 56. While the company has offered updates to its innovative technologies like the iPhone, iPad, and...
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This week’s Question: Verizon, the U.S. largest wireless carrier, recently announced that it will “create business and marketing reports” and “make the mobile ads you see more relevant,” based on the...
View ArticleWill autonomous vehicles increase efficiency and make us safer?
This week’s Question: Google has been testing its autonomous cars on public roads. The search giant’s fleet of robotic Toyota Priuses has now logged more than 190,000 miles, driving in city traffic,...
View ArticleWill there be enough of a market to justify taxpayer investment in new,...
This week’s Question: Last week, leaders of various commercial space companies argued for the future of their industry in front of a House panel, as lawmakers questioned whether there would be enough...
View ArticleIs the discovery of intelligent alien life unlikely?
This week’s Question: Two recent ePetitions on a “We the People” petition site asked the government to acknowledge the presence of aliens. A reply from a research assistant from the White House’s...
View ArticleAre you concerned that children are spending more time than ever in front of...
This week’s Question: A new study from Common Sense Media shows that infants and toddlers spend twice as much time with screen media as they do with books. While television is still the dominant media...
View ArticleWill we be able to design an “operating system” for a living biological cell?
This week’s Question: As part of a five-year, $1.58 million research project named AudACiOus, a group of University of Nottingham scientists will attempt to program the genetic components of a cell to...
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This week’s Question: The Curiosity rover, NASA’s biggest extraterrestrial explorer, was launched toward Mars last week. The mobile laboratory, 10 feet long by 9 feet wide, will search for evidence...
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This week’s Question: A report released last week in London and addressed at the U.N. climate conference in South Africa said that reflecting a small amount of sunlight back into space before it...
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This week’s Question: In January, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to outline new rules for the use of small drones, a first step in allowing police departments, farmers, and other agencies to...
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