12 Popular Science Inspired Halloween Costumes

There are options besides Donald Trump and Sexy Pizza Rat...
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Open flames cause an estimated 200 residential fires in the U.S. each year around Halloween. Photograph by Jonathon Kambouris

All Hallow’s Eve is nearly upon us, but if you’re anything like this author, you’ve waited until the last minute to pick out a costume. All of your friends are dressing up as Marty McFly, Donald Trump, and Pizza Rat (or Sexy Pizza Rat), but you want to do something different and unique. Don’t worry, Popular Science has you covered. Here are 12 great options based on science and technology news covered by Popular Science this year. Happy Halloween!

A 3D Printer
Dimension
The Halloween Asteroid
Lucas/Flickr CC By 2.0
Google DeepDream
Levi Sharpe/Popular Science
Super Blood Moon
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Tesla Model S
“Tesla Model S”/Tesla
MegaBots
MegaBots
CRISPR
Nishimasu et al, 2014
Telepresence Robot
Pete Souza, Instagram
bitter beer
Luke Schierholz, the beer obsessor blog
Alien Megastructure
Kevin Gill via Flickr CC By SA 2.0
Facebook Universal Search
Facebook/ Screenshot
Pizza Rat
Matt Little/YouTube
 
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