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The World Wide Web Gets Smart

The World Wide Web Gets Smart

But Companies Have Yet to Wise Up to the Semantic Web

In the Internet age, it’s hard to tell the difference between the next big thing and the next big flop.

For tech-savvy entrepreneurs hoping to ride the wave of the next version of the World Wide Web, called the Semantic Web, hype plays a key role in their financial futures. It’s not always easy to tell, really, how far off their promises are of an intelligent Web that will enable search engines that don’t just dumbly return word matches but instead actually understand your questions. More…

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Up And Down Are Big

Up And Down Are Big

We don’t usually associate movement with size. Saying that “up” and “down” are big is nonsensical. A dimension is a dimension is a dimension. Right?

Vital Signs

Vital Signs

Chemicals are kept alive in a laboratory with the life support of a mechanical breathing box.

What Do The Planets Sound Like?

What Do The Planets Sound Like?

Astronomer Greg Laughlin and composer Philip Glass try to hear the “music of the spheres” at the Rubin Museum’s latest Brainwave event

The World Wide Web Gets Smart

The World Wide Web Gets Smart

But Companies Have Yet to Wise Up to the Semantic Web

Birth of a Galactic Heavyweight

Birth of a Galactic Heavyweight

Astronomers near an understanding of how massive stars form

Reconstructing Hurricane History

Reconstructing Hurricane History

Scientists are using seismic data to track changes in hurricane patterns

Finding Your Place in the Universe

Finding Your Place in the Universe

Astrometry.net matches images of the sky to their celestial coordinates, turning anyone into an astronomer