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NEW YORK -- Japanese automaker Nissan will replace Ford as supplier of New York City's iconic yellow taxicabs as this city abandons its earlier goal of having an all-hybrid cab fleet, after being twice thwarted by federal courts. But the deal with Nissan will allow the city to launch a pilot test next year to determine whether having all cabs as electric vehicles at some point in the future is an option it could pursue instead. [More]

The notion that airships represent the future of air cargo is being revived by a new generation of entrepreneurs some 75 years after a catastrophic fireball brought the industry to a screeching halt. Far safer than the Hindenburg, whose tragic 1937 docking remains an icon of aerospace gone wrong, these modern airships are a hybrid of lighter-than-air and fixed-wing aircraft

Psi, or the paranormal, denotes anomalous psychological effects that are currently unexplained by normal causes.

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The fuel of the future isn't gasoline, ethanol or even hydrogen--it's education. Specifically, the science and engineering education that will enable a fresh group of smart young people to tackle the world's ongoing energy crisis. Solve the energy crisis and you go a long way's toward solving a host of environmental problems: pollution, environmental health risks, climate change, to name just a few

"As game designers," MIT's Scot Osterweil says , "we're convinced that game playing is a lot like science: There is problem-solving, exploration, collaboration, hypothesizing, testing and learning from your failures.” Osterweil, research director of MIT’s Education Arcade, is one of the masterminds behind a new science game made for the Smithsonian Institution.

Mobile apps are the future of the Web.

1. What disruptive forces threaten our business? Every business faces external forces that are disruptive or threatening to success or, even, viability

Last week, we posted the results of a report from the John Muir Trust claiming that wind power is a lot more useless than the wind industry--or anyone invested in renewable energy, really--would like us to believe. Naturally, we were contacted by the

Gaming guru and Reality is Broken author Jane McGonigal is organizing a game to commemorate the New York Public Library's centennial celebration. On May 20th, 500 gamers will spend the night in the main branch of the library on 42nd Street to complete 100 "quests" designed by a McGonigal-directed team.

Scientists have taught flying robots how to juggle.

American Express is joining the ranks of old-school credit card companies that have realized they need to embrace the future of digital transactions. Its new Serve platform enables novel digital payments that threaten PayPal and pave the way for NFC

The U.S. Trade Representative's Office has listed China's leading search engine Baidu as a key member on its list of global counterfeit-assisting services

Dear Scientific American Reader: Scientific American is conducting a survey about the future of cities, the results of which will be published in the magazine along with a series of articles on urban life in the 21st century. The survey will poll elected officials, academics, policymakers, and opinion leaders, including Scientific American readers, about ways to improve cities and their livability.

Apple today announced that Bertrand Serlet, its senior vice president of Mac® Software Engineering, will be leaving the company after 14 years.