Krislyn PlacideTechnologyPSY, Mars, And Gabby Douglas: Google Sums Up The Year That Was 2012Well, it's mid-December, so it's time to get all misty about the past year. Which means it's time to watch "Gangnam Style" again.By Krislyn PlacideDecember 12, 2012TechnologyAirHarp, The Instrument You Play Without Touching AnythingUsing a Leap Motion device, Adam Somers turned his computer monitor into a harp.By Krislyn PlacideDecember 7, 2012TechnologyThe Secret Weapons Behind The Japanese Attack On Pearl HarborToday is the anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. To mark the occasion in 1966, Popular Science published a feature on how the Japanese designed such a successful assault--and how they paid for it later.By Krislyn PlacideDecember 7, 2012Technology7 Gifts For The Internet Geek In Your LifeA set of trinkets and devices for those who are constantly plugged into the world wide webBy Krislyn PlacideDecember 7, 2012TechnologyToday On Mars: Where Curiosity's Cruise Stage Crashed DownCameras on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have taken pictures of the impact sites.By Krislyn PlacideDecember 5, 2012ScienceResearchers Can Tell A Liar By The Nose With The 'Pinocchio Effect'Thermography scans show that when you lie, your nose heats up.By Krislyn PlacideDecember 4, 2012TechnologyBetter Than A Condom? Discreet Nanofabric Protects Against Pregnancy and HIVThis nanofabric dissolves in the body, releasing antivirals and blocking sperm.By Krislyn PlacideDecember 4, 2012ScienceFYI: What Do Forensic Chemists Do, And Why Would They Cheat? A forensic chemist at a Massachusetts crime lab was arrested for tampering with drug evidence recently. A bad egg or the product of perverse incentives?By Krislyn PlacideDecember 3, 2012TechnologyMIT Researchers Create The Swiss Army Knife Of The Robotics World While engineering programmable matter, they also invented a motor that holds its position without power.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 30, 2012ScienceAs Kilauea Volcano Spews Lava Into The Ocean, Tourists Flock To The SceneUnlike hurricanes or earthquakes, this natural disaster could actually encourage tourism.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 30, 2012ScienceIn 2013, Free Schools In England Will Have To Teach Evolution In The ClassroomBy Krislyn PlacideNovember 30, 2012TechnologyBigPic: The Northern Lights Like You've Never Seen Them BeforeHyperspectral images capture the mysterious beauty of this phenomenon.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 30, 2012Science5 Of Physics's Greatest Sex ScandalsPhysicists need love, too. Just ask Paul Frampton, the physics professor who was sentenced recently after an alleged scam involving drugs and a bikini model.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 27, 2012ScienceNASA Employees Have Highest Job Satisfaction In Federal GovernmentAn Office Personnel Management report shows that NASA is a pretty sweet gig.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 26, 2012TechnologyWatch This Awesome Robot Play Catch Better Than Your DadDisney researchers invented a humanoid animatron that plays a lifelike game of catch.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 21, 2012TechnologyFYI: What's The Most Porous Material On Earth?These crystalline compounds soak up CO2 like sponges.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 16, 2012ScienceFYI: What Material Is Water Most Afraid Of? "Water can slide off like ketchup."By Krislyn PlacideNovember 15, 2012TechnologyU.S. Navy To Retire Mine-Sweeping Dolphins And Use Robots InsteadThe Knifefish, an unmanned underwater vehicle, should be hunting for mines by 2017.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 15, 2012TechnologyHow Abraham Lincoln Developed Modern War TechnologyWith the release of a new feature film about the nation's 16th president, we revisit a 1957 PopSci article on Lincoln's heroic efforts to modernize the science of war.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 14, 2012TechnologyFYI: What's The Darkest Material On Earth?This material absorbs 99.970 percent of light, making it an ideal coating for solar panels.By Krislyn PlacideNovember 14, 2012
