I guess Michael Bay was on to something. It may go down as the first $200-million stealth fighter to have its starring roles in action movies outnumber its usages in actual combat before the program bites the dust, but it can certainly throw a pretty sonic boom.

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Where were we when this was taken? Do you remember, dear?

Tired of trying to identify landmarks in your endless folders of travel photos? Google's image recognition engine could help. Just upload the mystery image to an online album, point the engine at it, and zap -- turns out it was the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece.

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A single prop for a wind turbine has been caught in the wild by Dogmantra, a friend of the Boing Boing Gadgets blog.

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Embryos of the red-eyed tree frog have developed an interesting strategy to survive on a patchy supply of oxygen. To permeate the normally oxygen-deficient eggs, oxygen must first pass through a strong outer membrane. But even though tiny hairs called cilia stir the fluid inside these quarter-inch-diameter eggs, most of the oxygen is near the eggs’ exposed surface.

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The waning black crescent is all that remains from an Escherichia coli sample. "If it could scream, it would," says University of Iowa microbiologist John Kirby, who led a recent study on bacteria behavior. The E. coli has fallen victim to Myxococcus xanthus, a type of bacteria that forms unique rippling waves as it feasts on other bacteria. During an attack, M. xanthus secretes enzymes to break down E. coli, and then each bacterium moves back and forth like a vacuum cleaner to suck up its food.

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As time goes on, more and more people are carrying little cameras with them everywhere they go. I'm one of them. Here are a few camera tricks I've picked up through the years.

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We are happy to announce the latest winner of PopSci's rolling reader photo contest: Owen Wolter.

The theme for the next contest is Spooky Science -- let's see what you've got! Upload your entries to our Flickr pool

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Another awesome set of entries to the PopSci photo contest. Thanks to everyone who entered and congrats to this week's winner for the theme "Science Up Close": Freshdopetea (via our Flickr pool).

For all of you photogs, another contest is in the works. After the jump, get the low down. And as always, happy shooting!

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Thanks to all who entered the first PopSci photo contest. You certainly didn't make the job of picking a winner easy, but after much deliberation we chose Piper vonSederholm's beautiful shot of a Sea Nettle jellyfish.

The first contest was such a hit, we're rolling out another. This week's theme: The Man-Made World. Drop your best shots into the pool. Full rules (and more info about Piper's photo), after the jump.

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Photographers! We want to feature your work on PopSci.com. Upload your photos, and the editors' pick will be highlighted on the site, along with a short profile of the photographer. Our first contest’s theme is "The Art of Science" (which leaves you plenty of room for interpretation) and our winner will be chosen on Friday, August 8, 2008.

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