IEEE Spectrum Podcast

Are we going to just sit back and wait for the next superstorm, or do something about it?

With the right designs, buildings can cut 40 percent of their lighting costs

A Duke University bioengineering professor offers his first impressions of Coursera

New research suggests it does, when it’s the efficient way to process information

A new college textbook teaches introductory statistics through America’s pastime

And what, exactly, is a Higgs boson, anyway?

A “Techwise Conversation” with social network theorist Duncan Watts

Everything changed for an Ivy League professor when he reinvestigated the “six degrees of separation”

The algorithms that price airline seats are being applied to cameras and cereal

U.S. security agencies are collecting billions of phone calls, texts, and e-mails. Is there an upside?

Says Economy-Driven Prediction Models Miss Key Data

Fiber-optic microneedle will deliver chemotherapy drugs—or more-cutting-edge nanoparticles

Plastic biomaterials would electrically stimulate nerves to grow faster

A “music glove” based on the video game Frets on Fire makes rehabilitation more fun

Treating Alzheimer’s with drugs that enhance synaptic strength