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10 Mom myths: 'Because I Said So': Ken Jennings busts myths your mother told you
Here are 10 of "mom myths "from Jennings' new book in which he questions family wisdom.
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Academy Awards: Which Best Picture nominee won at the box office?
Nine films will be vying for the Best Picture trophy at the 84th Annual Academy Awards, taking place Sunday at 8 pm. The Best Picture Oscar won’t be announced until late in the evening, but when it comes to the box office, clear winners and losers have already emerged. While there was no runaway blockbuster among this year’s Oscar nominations, the films nominated ran the gamut in terms of profitability: Some made back nearly four times their filming budgets, while others failed to break even. Here’s all nine Best Picture nominees, ranked according to profit margin. Box office numbers are based on worldwide earnings. Can you guess which film was the best bang for its buck?
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Global Viewpoint How to survive in a tech-driven economy
Technological innovation has made the US economy more productive, but this new economy creates fewer jobs, and wages are suffering. Preparing workers for an era when productivity and employment are no longer linked will be the grand challenge of the next generation.
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10 Mom myths: 'Because I Said So': Ken Jennings busts myths your mother told you
Here are 10 of "mom myths "from Jennings' new book in which he questions family wisdom.
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Editor's Blog You can call me "A.I."
Artificial intelligence may soon reach the point where it can answer questions that make it seem indistinguishable from human intelligence. But machines and humans are a long way from answering the most basic question of all: Where did intelligence itself come from?
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AI through the ages
A look back over the years at the major stages of artificial intelligence design.
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Cover Story How artificial intelligence is changing our lives
From smart phones that act as personal concierges to self-parking cars to medical robots, the artificial intelligence revolution is here. So where do humans fit in?
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Vox News 'Game Change’: Could Sarah Palin portrayal affect the 2012 election?
The HBO movie ‘Game Change’ details the troubles that Sarah Palin went through in 2008 – which could affect the way a VP candidate is chosen and even President Obama’s reelection chances.
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Academy Awards: Which Best Picture nominee won at the box office?
Nine films will be vying for the Best Picture trophy at the 84th Annual Academy Awards, taking place Sunday at 8 pm. The Best Picture Oscar won’t be announced until late in the evening, but when it comes to the box office, clear winners and losers have already emerged. While there was no runaway blockbuster among this year’s Oscar nominations, the films nominated ran the gamut in terms of profitability: Some made back nearly four times their filming budgets, while others failed to break even. Here’s all nine Best Picture nominees, ranked according to profit margin. Box office numbers are based on worldwide earnings. Can you guess which film was the best bang for its buck?
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Why Kerry Collins won't help the Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are built for Peyton Manny, not for Kerry Collins. Adding Kerry Collins is like a man on death row changing his last meal from fajitas to chalupas.
08/24/2011 07:23 pm -
Why GOP vows to block Obama nominee for consumer-watchdog agency
The sweeping financial reform legislation passed by Congress a year ago created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama nominated its first director Sunday, but Republicans are against the structure of the entire agency.
07/18/2011 05:35 pm -
The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
How humans handle information has been a theme – and a concern – throughout the ages.
04/13/2011 07:05 am -
Five new technologies that will change the world (and win at Jeopardy!)
Five forms of new technology that can change the world: From the computer that beats humans on "Jeopardy!" to cellphone apps for African pick-and-hoe farmers, to satellites that spy on human rights abusers.
04/12/2011 02:10 pm -
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Editor's Blog Computers vs. humans: the electronic brains are the vulnerable ones
In fact and fiction, we worry about menacing computers like HAL of '2001.' But the rise of cyber threats show how vulnerable the super brains really are.
03/08/2011 05:39 pm -
Is the Big Dipper scooping dark matter?
Scientists peered through a galactic window in the ladle of the Big Dipper, using the Herschel telescope to look 10 billion years backwards in time and investigate the origins of galaxies, which turn out to require 20 times less dark matter than previously calculated.
02/18/2011 05:30 pm -
Watson on Jeopardy: Watson dominates. Is HAL 9000 next?
Watson on Jeopardy: After a shaky start, the IBM computer won against two of Jeopardy's best contestants. Having Watson on Jeopardy may have been an interesting challenge for IBM, but what will come of it?
02/17/2011 01:35 am -
IBM's Watson: Can a computer outsmart a Jeopardy! braniac?
IBM's Watson may school two of Jeopardy!'s top players, but does it represent a true advance in artificial intelligence?
02/14/2011 04:33 pm -
The Monitor's View Defining intelligence in the Watson computer on Jeopardy!
The IBM computer Watson, appearing on Jeopardy! this week, may defeat the human players. But humanity is the real winner by gaining a better understanding of what real intelligence is.
02/14/2011 03:17 pm -
Top Picks: Brainteasers, 'Invizimals,' 'Radioactive,' and more
PBS specials on scientific wonders, a PlayStation game that projects monsters, a book on Madame Curie, and more recommendations.
02/09/2011 03:22 pm -
Super Bowl 2011 forecast: 60 minutes of chaos
Super Bowl 2011 features two defenses unrivaled at creating havoc and two quarterbacks uniquely equipped to handle it.
02/05/2011 05:15 pm -
Chapter & Verse Nancy Pearl: an interview with the 2011 Librarian of the Year
When Seattle super librarian Nancy Pearl was named 2011 Librarian of the Year by Library Journal her fans asked: "Why did it take so long?"
01/24/2011 10:49 am -
Horizons Jeopardy! supercomputer: Is the next game show champ a machine?
Watson, the Jeopardy! supercomputer, dominated a practice round this week. What does the IBM Jeopardy! supercomputer say about the future of robotics.
01/13/2011 05:14 pm -
Jeopardy contestants to go up against IBM computer for $1 million
Two Jeopardy champs – Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter — will play two games against "Watson," a computer program developed by IBM's artificial intelligence team.
12/14/2010 08:22 am -
The Vote Will Chris Matthews act like Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy?
Hardball host Chris Matthews will play on the celebrity version of the Jeopardy Thursday.
02/17/2010 11:13 pm -
The Song Is You
The writing is lovely but the romance feels creepy in Arthur Phillip’s latest novel.
04/17/2009 01:00 am -
Tubegazing: 'Human Footprint'
The debate over global warming has raised awareness about the impact of human behavior on our planet, but National Geographic bores into details of how many products we consume in our lifetime.
04/11/2008 01:00 am
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