Think you can spot a fake smile?

The BBC has put together a very interesting social experiment on their Science & Nature site: the fake smile test. Take a look--how good are you at spotting fake smiles? I thought I was a champ, because I am...

Facial Recognition: 85% Proven!

From a citizens'-rights standpoint, I don't think that 85% is so hot... that means a nearly one in five chance of getting mistakenly tagged as a terrorist, every time you encounter the camera. "Facial recognition cameras have been proven as a means of spotting wanted people...

When Cells Stop Working

"Children keep dying from mysterious illnesses that have been traced to tiny structures called mitochondria. Nothing worries parents more than a sick infant--especially when nobody can figure out what's wrong. For Asher Gould's parents, the uncertainty lasted for the first...

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