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People who think capitalism is fair are less likely to be bothered by poverty

Recent research on inequality has spoken, and it’s not good: Inequity is causing disastrous social problems across America.

A new breakthrough lowers the footprint of making both concrete and fresh water

Cement is typically manufactured through a carbon-intensive heating process, but a team of researchers in Abu Dhabi think they can make a cleaner version–using what’s left over after desalination.

Facebook and NYU believe AI can make MRIs way, way faster

Facebook is applying some of its computer vision learnings to an important application far afield from social networking.

IBM’s Watson For Business: The $1 Billion Siri Slayer

IBM is unveiling their new Watson for Business on Thursday, a $1 billion project devoted to bringing big data to every educational institution, pharmaceutical firm, and publishing house in America–and they’re offering more than $100 million in venture capital to developers.

White House To Universities: We Need More Data Scientists

New York University, University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Washington are launching a $37.8 million project to boost the numbers of American data scientists.

The Insane Growth Of China’s And India’s Megacities Mapped Through Satellite Imagery

These charts–made with information from weather satellites scanning the ground–show how wide and how tall cities around the world have grown. What’s happening to the size of cities in Asia will blow your mind.

Nerd York City: Why Bloomberg Wants A NYC Tech Campus

Skype’s Huge, New Security Headaches

Major security flaws in Skype, newly verified by an international academic research team, leave users vulnerable to stalkers, blackmailers, and other hackers. How long until Skype, under new ownership at Microsoft, fixes this?

Meditate Your Way To A More Creative Mind

Want to ignite your creative brain? Slow down.

Women in Tech: The Evangelists

9 thought leaders who are changing our ideas about technology.

The Global Portfolio of Architect Steven Holl