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Meet Silicene, Single-Atom-Thick Sheets of Silicon That Could Supersede Graphene
Technology

Meet Silicene, Single-Atom-Thick Sheets of Silicon That Could Supersede Graphene

By Rebecca Boyle

Turbine Condenses Clean Water From the Air and Generates Wind Power At the Same Time
Energy

Turbine Condenses Clean Water From the Air and Generates Wind Power At the Same Time

By Rebecca Boyle

Super-Precise Laser Scalpel Minimizes Collateral Damage
Health

Super-Precise Laser Scalpel Minimizes Collateral Damage

By Rebecca Boyle

New Study Finds Vast Galactic Network, No Sign of Dark Matter
Science

New Study Finds Vast Galactic Network, No Sign of Dark Matter

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Flying Objects Punch Through Saturnian Ring, Blazing Glittery Trails of Space Dust
Technology

Video: Flying Objects Punch Through Saturnian Ring, Blazing Glittery Trails of Space Dust

By Rebecca Boyle

Technological Challenges Aside, Is Asteroid Mining Legal?
Science

Technological Challenges Aside, Is Asteroid Mining Legal?

By Rebecca Boyle

Intrepid Michigan Tween Restores Her Own Future Car
DIY

Intrepid Michigan Tween Restores Her Own Future Car

By Rebecca Boyle

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It
Technology

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It

By Rebecca Boyle

Human Eggs Grown in the Lab Could Produce Unlimited Supply of Humans
Health

Human Eggs Grown in the Lab Could Produce Unlimited Supply of Humans

By Rebecca Boyle

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid
Physics

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid

By Rebecca Boyle

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?
DARPA

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing
Health

How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea
Conservation

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea

By Rebecca Boyle

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools
Health

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools

By Rebecca Boyle

MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030
Science

MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Works: The First Disposable, USB-Powered Genome Sequencer
Technology

How It Works: The First Disposable, USB-Powered Genome Sequencer

By Rebecca Boyle

Why Turning Mercury Into a Dyson Sphere to Harvest Solar Energy Is Not Worth It
Science

Why Turning Mercury Into a Dyson Sphere to Harvest Solar Energy Is Not Worth It

By Rebecca Boyle

PopSci Q&A: How To Track Down International Jewel Thieves Via Facebook
Internet

PopSci Q&A: How To Track Down International Jewel Thieves Via Facebook

By Rebecca Boyle

Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table
Agriculture

Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Controlling Your Kinect By Waggling Your Tongue
Technology

Video: Controlling Your Kinect By Waggling Your Tongue

By Rebecca Boyle

Mitt Romney Campaigns According to the Rules of Quantum Mechanics, Says Times Op-Ed
Science

Mitt Romney Campaigns According to the Rules of Quantum Mechanics, Says Times Op-Ed

By Rebecca Boyle

Crunching the Big Bang With the Greatest Supercomputer Ever Built
Science

Crunching the Big Bang With the Greatest Supercomputer Ever Built

By Rebecca Boyle

Where Are Henry David Thoreau’s Plants Now?
Climate Change

Where Are Henry David Thoreau’s Plants Now?

By Rebecca Boyle

How Activist Data Mining Is Penetrating the Veil Around Syria’s Bloody Conflict
Internet

How Activist Data Mining Is Penetrating the Veil Around Syria’s Bloody Conflict

By Rebecca Boyle

A Mouse Made Just For You Will Model Your Medical Problems
Cancer

A Mouse Made Just For You Will Model Your Medical Problems

By Rebecca Boyle

FAA Finally Reconsidering Its Stance on Gadgets Aboard Airplanes
Gear

FAA Finally Reconsidering Its Stance on Gadgets Aboard Airplanes

By Rebecca Boyle

The Supersonic Jet of the Future Will Be a Biplane
Aviation

The Supersonic Jet of the Future Will Be a Biplane

By Rebecca Boyle

For the First Time, a Message Sent With Neutrinos
Particle Physics

For the First Time, a Message Sent With Neutrinos

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Robot Squirrel Confuses a Snake
Animals

Video: Robot Squirrel Confuses a Snake

By Rebecca Boyle

DARPA Wants Swarms of Cheap, Disposable Satellites That Take Pictures on Demand
DARPA

DARPA Wants Swarms of Cheap, Disposable Satellites That Take Pictures on Demand

By Rebecca Boyle

Mars Watch Face
Mars

How Do You Tell Time On Mars?

By Rebecca Boyle

Stop the Foolishness: Of Course Pink Is a Color
Science

Stop the Foolishness: Of Course Pink Is a Color

By Rebecca Boyle

Massive Extraterrestrial Rock Hit Earth 13 Millennia Ago, According to Nano-Evidence
Science

Massive Extraterrestrial Rock Hit Earth 13 Millennia Ago, According to Nano-Evidence

By Rebecca Boyle

Did An Optical Illusion Doom the Titanic?
Science

Did An Optical Illusion Doom the Titanic?

By Rebecca Boyle

Japanese Home-Levitation System Could Protect Buildings From Earthquakes
Environment

Japanese Home-Levitation System Could Protect Buildings From Earthquakes

By Rebecca Boyle

Storm Watch: Driven By Warm Air, Massive Tornado Outbreak Forecast for Friday
Environment

Storm Watch: Driven By Warm Air, Massive Tornado Outbreak Forecast for Friday

By Rebecca Boyle

Text Message Autocorrect Results in Police Lockdown
Technology

Text Message Autocorrect Results in Police Lockdown

By Rebecca Boyle

Remote Aliens Could Detect Life On Earth By Looking At the Moon
Science

Remote Aliens Could Detect Life On Earth By Looking At the Moon

By Rebecca Boyle

PopSci Talks To Neil deGrasse Tyson About Politics, New Frontiers, and Science Evangelism
Science

PopSci Talks To Neil deGrasse Tyson About Politics, New Frontiers, and Science Evangelism

By Rebecca Boyle

Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone
Gear

Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone

By Rebecca Boyle

Earth’s Clouds Are Getting Lower, Which Could Be a Good Thing
Climate Change

Earth’s Clouds Are Getting Lower, Which Could Be a Good Thing

By Rebecca Boyle

How Pigs on Antibiotics Are Making Superbugs Stronger
Agriculture

How Pigs on Antibiotics Are Making Superbugs Stronger

By Rebecca Boyle

Russian Scientists Grow Pleistocene-Era Plants From Seeds Buried By Squirrels 30,000 Years Ago
Animals

Russian Scientists Grow Pleistocene-Era Plants From Seeds Buried By Squirrels 30,000 Years Ago

By Rebecca Boyle

A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen
Health

A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen

By Rebecca Boyle

Compound Reinvigorates Classic Antibiotics In Fight Against New Superbacteria
Health

Compound Reinvigorates Classic Antibiotics In Fight Against New Superbacteria

By Rebecca Boyle

Frozen Fruit Flies Come Back to Life
Science

Frozen Fruit Flies Come Back to Life

By Rebecca Boyle

Free To a Good Home: One Space Telescope, Still In Orbit
Technology

Free To a Good Home: One Space Telescope, Still In Orbit

By Rebecca Boyle

Tiniest Telecommunications Laser Ever Made, 200 Nanometers Wide
Technology

Tiniest Telecommunications Laser Ever Made, 200 Nanometers Wide

By Rebecca Boyle

Drones Will Be Admitted to Standard US Airspace By 2015
Aviation

Drones Will Be Admitted to Standard US Airspace By 2015

By Rebecca Boyle

Why Crunching Data For Science Is the Future of Game-Playing
Gear

Why Crunching Data For Science Is the Future of Game-Playing

By Rebecca Boyle

Video Gallery: The Most Amazing Movies of the Minuscule World
Animals

Video Gallery: The Most Amazing Movies of the Minuscule World

By Rebecca Boyle

To Compare Human and Monkey Brains, Humans and Monkeys Watch a Clint Eastwood Film
Science

To Compare Human and Monkey Brains, Humans and Monkeys Watch a Clint Eastwood Film

By Rebecca Boyle

Zapping Testicles With Ultrasonic Pulses Shown To Be Effective Contraceptive
Health

Zapping Testicles With Ultrasonic Pulses Shown To Be Effective Contraceptive

By Rebecca Boyle

The Moon Should Be the 51st State, and Other Space Dreams From Newt Gingrich
Moons

The Moon Should Be the 51st State, and Other Space Dreams From Newt Gingrich

By Rebecca Boyle

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science
Diseases

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science

By Rebecca Boyle

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits
Physics

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits

By Rebecca Boyle

Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship
Robots

Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship

By Rebecca Boyle

Wikipedia Joins Legion of Sites Going Dark Wednesday In Protest of SOPA Legislation
Technology

Wikipedia Joins Legion of Sites Going Dark Wednesday In Protest of SOPA Legislation

By Rebecca Boyle

World’s Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms
Technology

World’s Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms

By Rebecca Boyle

On Average, Every Star Has At Least One Planet, New Analysis Shows
Deep Space

On Average, Every Star Has At Least One Planet, New Analysis Shows

By Rebecca Boyle

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising
Climate Change

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising

By Rebecca Boyle

Human CO2 Emissions Could Avert the Next Ice Age, Study Says
Climate Change

Human CO2 Emissions Could Avert the Next Ice Age, Study Says

By Rebecca Boyle

Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras
Animals

Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Leaping Lizards’ Helpful Tails Inspire New Robot Design
Robots

Video: Leaping Lizards’ Helpful Tails Inspire New Robot Design

By Rebecca Boyle