A new mobile phone that’s rather simple bucks the trend toward more complicated, power-hungry devices.

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Will Wright changed the concept of video games with the Sims. Can he do it again with Spore?

Mitchell Hurwitz and Arrested Development writer will team for US remake of British hit.

Like a black light poster come to life, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near São Paulo, Brazil, emanates a soft green glow when the lights go out.

Decentralized networks are dismantling old industries and creating new ones, write the authors

What’s the difference between strategy and tactics and how can your business benefit from them?

Art-O-Meter is a device that measures the quality of an art piece based on the amount of time that people spend in front of an artwork compared to the total time of exhibition.

How Best to Create Value for the World’s Poorest Citizens

Elegant Embellishments is developing a decorative, three-dimensional architectural tile that can be installed quickly to reduce air pollution in urban environments.

Designers and stylists are synonymous in popular conception–and in the minds of many stylists. The reality, however, is that they aren’t the same at all.

by Bruce Schneier

Discover the conversations that are going on in your neighborhood—whether that’s where you live, where you work, or where you want to be.

Google is expected to unveil on Sunday night a mashup that combines its popular Google Earth mapping program with information about the U.S. congressional races coming up in two weeks.

The director of “Memento” discusses the mind-bending trickery in his latest film, “The Prestige,” what he thinks of being called the new Hitchcock, and how movies restore mystery to our lives.

How the songs of canaries upset a fundamental principle of science.

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