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This Week in the Future, November 16-20, 2009

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This Week in the Future, November 16-20, 2009:  Baarbarian

UV phasers, battlefield-based cryogenic tech, computerized cat brains and space fish on Jupiter's moon? Believe it, baby. The future is yours, and we've rounded it up for you in high style once again with This Week in The Future

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PBS National Parks Giveaway

Leave a comment for a chance to win a DVD or Blu-ray disc of The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan.

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Giveaway: Yellowstone, Battle for Life


America’s first National Park, Yellowstone, is home to some of the richest wildlife on Earth beyond the plains of Africa. Available today on BBC Video DVD and Blu-ray release, Yellowstone: Battle for Life follows the intertwining stories of Yellowstone’s iconic inhabitants – including America’s last great bison herds, the grizzly bear, the grey wolf, and the antelope– as they battle to survive.

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A Gallery and a Giveaway! "Wild Pacific" on PopSci.com

Check out breathtaking images from BBC Earth's Wild Pacific, and win a copy of the series on DVD

The newly released Wild Pacific series, from the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit that brought you Planet Earth, is here (and we're giving away ten free copies of the DVD)! This breathtaking series shows some of the surprising effects that isolation has on life, as animals evolve and adapt to their surrounding environments in unique ways.

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Earth Day 2009

Happy Earth Day! Videos, a Gallery, and Our Biggest Giveaway Yet

The BBC's Planet Earth and PopSci team up for an Earth Day extravaganza


Earth Day is a big deal here at PopSci. It's a time for admiring our incredible planet, and for giving back-- to the Earth, and to our readers (that means you). We've teamed up with the BBC to bring you a gallery of stunning images from the popular Planet Earth series, video clips (so you can appreciate the full affect), and our most extravagant giveaway yet.

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The Science Behind Unseen Phenomena

Ghosts, poltergeists, and telepathy, oh my! Can these phenomena be explained by science? A group of researchers at the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory believed so and strove to explain the unexplainable. Plus, a PopSci Giveaway!

During the early 1930s, Duke University went against the grain and opened a parapsychology lab. J.B. Rhine, who actually coined the term parapsychology, along with his colleagues sought to uncover the truth about various phenomena using scientific methods. In Unbelievable, author Stacy Horn chronicles the decades of research done in the lab.

PopSci.com's Catherine Schwanke recently spoke with Horn by phone to discuss her new book, and the unbelievable.

Plus: Got a question for Stacy Horn? Ask away! We've devoted a forum to your queries here. Ms. Horn will answer as many of your questions as possible, also in the forum, during the week of March 22-27.

Feeling lucky? Leave a comment (any comment) below. Ten commenters, randomly chosen on March 31st, will win a free copy of Unbelievable

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PopSci.com Giveaway: Win Advanced Lithium Batteries from Energizer

Leave a comment for a chance to win a pack of Advanced Lithium batteries from Energizer.

Leave a comment (any comment) for a chance to win a pack of Advanced Lithium batteries from Energizer. 20 lucky winners will be chosen randomly on January 31, 2009.

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PopSci.com Giveaway: Win a Copy of Eagle Eye on Blu-Ray!

Comment for a chance to win a copy of the hot new cyber-thriller

From executive producer Steven Spielberg, Eagle Eye delivers everything PopSci.com fans could want in a cyber-thriller: unexpected plot twists and action sequences, two of Hollywood’s hottest young actors (the film stars Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monoghan), and a plot that is inextricably hinged on the use of cell phones, LED signs, and television screens.

Leave a comment (any comment) below for a chance to win one of seven copies of Eagle Eye

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Sound Notions

A Conversation with Len Fisher

The author of Rock, Paper, Scissors talks about game theory

Plus, read on for a PopSci.com giveaway!


Chances are you've played Rock, Paper, Scissors, but how do you calculate your strategy, if you have one at all?

In Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life, physicist Len Fisher points out that putting yourself in your opponent's mindset is a key to success in the game.

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December 2009: Best of What's New

In our December issue, Popular Science names the 100 best innovations of the year: bombproof wallpaper, self-parking cars, the fastest helicopter, and 97 more. Plus inventor profiles and videos.

Check out the best of what's new here.

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