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How Do You Move An Entire Bridge?
Engineering

How Do You Move An Entire Bridge?

By Amber Williams

USDA Aims To Grow White Rice With All The Nutrients Of Brown Rice
Agriculture

USDA Aims To Grow White Rice With All The Nutrients Of Brown Rice

By Francie Diep

Bridge Collapse in Washington State Sends Two Cars Plunging Into The Skagit River
Engineering

Bridge Collapse in Washington State Sends Two Cars Plunging Into The Skagit River

By Clay Dillow

Wing And A Scare
Engineering

Wing And A Scare

By Nicole Dyer

OpenWorm Is An Open-Source Virtual Worm, Accurate In Every Way
Engineering

OpenWorm Is An Open-Source Virtual Worm, Accurate In Every Way

By Shaunacy Ferro

Anti-Rape Bra
Engineering

Zap Away Would-Be Attackers With This 3800kv Anti-Rape Bra

By Shaunacy Ferro

How It Works: The Earthquake Machine
Engineering

How It Works: The Earthquake Machine

By Rebecca Boyle

Meet The NASA Scientist Who’s Reinventing The Wheel
Engineering

Meet The NASA Scientist Who’s Reinventing The Wheel

By Brian E. Clark

A Working Transistor Built Out Of DNA Within A Living Cell
Biology

A Working Transistor Built Out Of DNA Within A Living Cell

By Shaunacy Ferro

Blueprint: Engineers Invent A Healthier Toilet
Engineering

Blueprint: Engineers Invent A Healthier Toilet

By Jason Gerhard as told to Flora Lichtman

Slow-Motion Video Of A Bridge Exploding Is The Best Way To Start The Week
Engineering

Slow-Motion Video Of A Bridge Exploding Is The Best Way To Start The Week

By Martha Harbison

Cornell Researchers Grow A Realistic Bio-Engineered Human Ear
Engineering

Cornell Researchers Grow A Realistic Bio-Engineered Human Ear

By Shaunacy Ferro

Mississippi River May Soon Be Unnavigable, Despite Army Geoengineers’ Best Efforts
Energy

Mississippi River May Soon Be Unnavigable, Despite Army Geoengineers’ Best Efforts

By Clay Dillow

Google Hires Ray Kurzweil To Head Its Engineering Lab
Engineering

Google Hires Ray Kurzweil To Head Its Engineering Lab

By Clay Dillow

Blueprint: A Mini Sub That Could Steer Through The Body
Engineering

Blueprint: A Mini Sub That Could Steer Through The Body

By Daniel Pivonka as told to Flora Lichtman

Students Learn Better With Star Trek-Style Touchscreen Desks
Engineering

Students Learn Better With Star Trek-Style Touchscreen Desks

By Clay Dillow

The 7 Greatest Engineering Innovations Of 2012
Announcements

The 7 Greatest Engineering Innovations Of 2012

By Popular Science Team

How The Sound Of Rain Helps Engineers Diagnose Unsafe Bridges
Engineering

How The Sound Of Rain Helps Engineers Diagnose Unsafe Bridges

By Colin Lecher

PopSci’s High School Inventors Of 2012
Engineering

PopSci’s High School Inventors Of 2012

By Katherine Bagley

The Labs That Go Boom: The Shock Compression Laboratory Smashes Planets
Engineering

The Labs That Go Boom: The Shock Compression Laboratory Smashes Planets

By Brooke Borel

How Engineers Can Help Prevent Water Wars
Engineering

How Engineers Can Help Prevent Water Wars

By Luke Mitchell

Biocompatible Transistors Wired Into Living Human Tissue
Engineering

Biocompatible Transistors Wired Into Living Human Tissue

By Rebecca Boyle

Researchers Build First Complete Computer Model of an Entire Organism
Biology

Researchers Build First Complete Computer Model of an Entire Organism

By Colin Lecher

New ‘Strain Paint’ Glows Fluorescent When the Underlying Structure is Stressed
Engineering

New ‘Strain Paint’ Glows Fluorescent When the Underlying Structure is Stressed

By Clay Dillow

Electrical Engineer Can Feel Magnetic Fields Through Magnets Implanted in His Fingertips
Engineering

Electrical Engineer Can Feel Magnetic Fields Through Magnets Implanted in His Fingertips

By Clay Dillow

A Model Disaster
Engineering

A Model Disaster

By Edward Tenner

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: 3-D Curling Method Creates Custom Structures From Flat Plastic Sheets
Engineering

Video: 3-D Curling Method Creates Custom Structures From Flat Plastic Sheets

By Rebecca Boyle

Could Iran’s Ultra-Tough Concrete Withstand Bunker-Busting Bombs?
Engineering

Could Iran’s Ultra-Tough Concrete Withstand Bunker-Busting Bombs?

By Rebecca Boyle

Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior
Engineering

Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior

By Brooke Borel

Wound-Treating Jelly Regenerates Fresh, Scar-Free Skin
Engineering

Wound-Treating Jelly Regenerates Fresh, Scar-Free Skin

By Rebecca Boyle

The World’s Most Failsafe Wireless Bicycle Brake Could Seed a Variety of Super-Safe Technologies
Engineering

The World’s Most Failsafe Wireless Bicycle Brake Could Seed a Variety of Super-Safe Technologies

By Clay Dillow

New Theory on World Trade Center Collapse Blames Explosive Chemical Reaction
Engineering

New Theory on World Trade Center Collapse Blames Explosive Chemical Reaction

By Clay Dillow

Germans Manufacture Artificial Blood Vessels With a 3-D Printer
Engineering

Germans Manufacture Artificial Blood Vessels With a 3-D Printer

By Rebecca Boyle

Saudis Set to Build Kingdom Tower, Soon to be The World’s Tallest Building
Engineering

Saudis Set to Build Kingdom Tower, Soon to be The World’s Tallest Building

By Clay Dillow

Archive Gallery: The Best of Biomimicry
Engineering

Archive Gallery: The Best of Biomimicry

By Denise Ngo

Lab Builds a Fully Functioning Artificial Small Intestine
Engineering

Lab Builds a Fully Functioning Artificial Small Intestine

By Rebecca Boyle

China Opens the World’s Longest Bridge Over Water, Toppling American Record-Holder
Engineering

China Opens the World’s Longest Bridge Over Water, Toppling American Record-Holder

By Rebecca Boyle

As the Army Fights the Mississippi River, Who Is Winning?
Army

As the Army Fights the Mississippi River, Who Is Winning?

By Clay Dillow

Six Dream Projects of the 3-D Printing Pioneers
Engineering

Six Dream Projects of the 3-D Printing Pioneers

By Dan Nosowitz

How It Works: The World’s Fastest Rollercoaster
Engineering

How It Works: The World’s Fastest Rollercoaster

By Brooke Borel

Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]
Engineering

Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]

By Rebecca Boyle

British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant, Saves Own Life
Engineering

British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant, Saves Own Life

By Dan Nosowitz

In Flesh-Engineering Breakthrough, Lab-Grown Tissue Can Finally Grow Its Own Blood Vessels
Engineering

In Flesh-Engineering Breakthrough, Lab-Grown Tissue Can Finally Grow Its Own Blood Vessels

By Rebecca Boyle

Engineered Bacteria Can Fill Cracks In Aging Concrete
Climate Change

Engineered Bacteria Can Fill Cracks In Aging Concrete

By Clay Dillow

Brilliant 10: Santosh Kumar, the Sensor Guru
Announcements

Brilliant 10: Santosh Kumar, the Sensor Guru

By Doug Cantor

Twelve Extreme Animal Modifications in the Name of Science
Animals

Twelve Extreme Animal Modifications in the Name of Science

By Dan Nosowitz

After 14 Years of Drilling, the World’s Longest Tunnel Breaks Through the Swiss Alps Today
Engineering

After 14 Years of Drilling, the World’s Longest Tunnel Breaks Through the Swiss Alps Today

By Dan Nosowitz

Saudi Arabia Unveils World’s Biggest Clock in Mecca, Hopes to Replace Greenwich with ‘Mecca Time’
Engineering

Saudi Arabia Unveils World’s Biggest Clock in Mecca, Hopes to Replace Greenwich with ‘Mecca Time’

By Clay Dillow

London Builds an Insect Hotel to Keep Helpful Bugs in Residence
Animals

London Builds an Insect Hotel to Keep Helpful Bugs in Residence

By Clay Dillow

Genetically Engineered Cells Will Sweat Ethanol and Diesel Fuel in Texas Pilot Plant
Engineering

Genetically Engineered Cells Will Sweat Ethanol and Diesel Fuel in Texas Pilot Plant

By Jeremy Hsu

The Wild World of DIY Synthetic Biology
Engineering

The Wild World of DIY Synthetic Biology

By Jeremy Hsu

Genetically Engineered Pig Lung Successfully Oxygenates Human Blood, Paving the Way For Transplants
Engineering

Genetically Engineered Pig Lung Successfully Oxygenates Human Blood, Paving the Way For Transplants

By Stuart Fox

Glowing Prairie Rodents Teach Us the Genetics Of Monogamy
Biology

Glowing Prairie Rodents Teach Us the Genetics Of Monogamy

By Stuart Fox

Video: The View From the Highest Man-Made Point on Earth
Engineering

Video: The View From the Highest Man-Made Point on Earth

By John Mahoney

German Architect Wants to Build World’s Largest Artificial Mountain
Engineering

German Architect Wants to Build World’s Largest Artificial Mountain

By Jeremy Hsu

Silk-Silicon Implantable Electronics Conform to Tissues, Then Melt Away
Engineering

Silk-Silicon Implantable Electronics Conform to Tissues, Then Melt Away

By Clay Dillow

Chinese Scientists Engineer the World’s Smartest Rat
Biology

Chinese Scientists Engineer the World’s Smartest Rat

By Stuart Fox

Scientists Use Precise Flashes of Light to Implant False Memories in Fly Brains
Engineering

Scientists Use Precise Flashes of Light to Implant False Memories in Fly Brains

By Jeremy Hsu

A person wearing coveralls and a cowboy hat spraying concrete onto a curved fence with a tirolessa sprayer, under a blue sky, in direct sun.
DIY

The quickest way to build anything from concrete

By Mikey Sklar

Genetically Engineered Bacteria To Mine For Gold
Biology

Genetically Engineered Bacteria To Mine For Gold

By Stuart Fox

A man wearing a blue shirt and jeans stands under a wooden conical shelter.
DIY

The ultimate minimalist shelter

By Mikey Sklar

Is It Ethical To Engineer Delicious Cows That Feel No Pain?
Agriculture

Is It Ethical To Engineer Delicious Cows That Feel No Pain?

By Jeremy Hsu

DNA Transplantation Yields Monkeys with One Father, Two Mothers
Biology

DNA Transplantation Yields Monkeys with One Father, Two Mothers

By Stuart Fox

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