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May/June 2012
Estimates of the historical value of a user put the IPO hype in perspective.
The Fukushima disaster should make nuclear energy safer than ever.
Facebook’s power over our social lives comes with great responsibility.
Lessons from nanotechnology can help synthetic biology mature.
Microscale devices that mimic human organs could provide a much more realistic environment for drug discovery.
Inside the power source for portable electronics and electric vehicles.
The PayPal cofounder wants to see more startups trying for bigger things.
Way out in a barren Chilean desert, the biggest telescope ever made is taking shape. Photographs by Noah Friedman-Rudovsky
For all its valuation, the social network is just another ad-supported site. Without an earth-changing idea, it will collapse and take down the Web.
I thought that glasses with “augmented reality” would be hopelessly dorky and could never go mainstream—until I saw the technology in action.
The future of media on mobile devices isn’t with applications but with the Web.
A unique nanotube material may beat the best sorbents on the market
A new chemical process eliminates carbon dioxide emissions from lime production
Smart headlights could make difficult driving conditions safer
A mini-magnetometer could inexpensively detect brain injury
A bioethicist wondered whether fertility technologies might lead to a new and “improved” Homo sapiens.
