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Say Hello to Robonaut2, NASA’s Android Space Explorer of the Future
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Say Hello to Robonaut2, NASA’s Android Space Explorer of the Future

By Stuart Fox

Carbon Crystals Harder Than Diamond Found In Finnish Meteorite
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Carbon Crystals Harder Than Diamond Found In Finnish Meteorite

By Stuart Fox

MIT Experiment Envisions a New Way to Harness Fusion Power (With a 1,000-Pound Magnet)
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MIT Experiment Envisions a New Way to Harness Fusion Power (With a 1,000-Pound Magnet)

By Clay Dillow

Moscow’s Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence, Including a Mastery of the Subway
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Moscow’s Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence, Including a Mastery of the Subway

By Stuart Fox

NASA’s Puffin Is a Stealthy, Personal Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
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NASA’s Puffin Is a Stealthy, Personal Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

By Clay Dillow

Neptune and Uranus May Have Oceans of Liquid Diamond
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Neptune and Uranus May Have Oceans of Liquid Diamond

By Jeremy Hsu

NASA Awards Contract for a Methane-Powered Balloon to Explore Saturn’s Moon
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NASA Awards Contract for a Methane-Powered Balloon to Explore Saturn’s Moon

By Jeremy Hsu

A Cannon for Shooting Supplies into Space
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A Cannon for Shooting Supplies into Space

By Amina Elahi

Class of 2009
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Greetings From Future Camp

By Josh Dean

Inside Sofia, NASA’s Airplane-Mounted Telescope
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Inside Sofia, NASA’s Airplane-Mounted Telescope

By Rebecca Boyle

Can a Whale Get Rabies?
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Can a Whale Get Rabies?

By Bjorn Carey

Temperatures 10,000 Times Hotter Than Sun Remain Imprinted on Ancient Supernova Remnant
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Temperatures 10,000 Times Hotter Than Sun Remain Imprinted on Ancient Supernova Remnant

By Jeremy Hsu

8 Percent of Human Genome Was Inserted By Virus, and May Cause Schizophrenia
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8 Percent of Human Genome Was Inserted By Virus, and May Cause Schizophrenia

By Stuart Fox

Moon Formation In The Late Hadean Period
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NASA Scientists Classify the Time Before Earth Existed: the Chaotian Era

By Stuart Fox

Google Earth Images Confirm Mythological Meteor Impact
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Google Earth Images Confirm Mythological Meteor Impact

By Stuart Fox

Nearby T Pyxidis Supernova Could Destroy Life on Earth
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Nearby T Pyxidis Supernova Could Destroy Life on Earth

By Clay Dillow

Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold?
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Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold?

By Sandeep Ravindran

Looking Back at the 100 Best Innovations of 2009
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Looking Back at the 100 Best Innovations of 2009

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Your Guide to the Year in Science: 2010
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Your Guide to the Year in Science: 2010

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An Electrifying Christmas Light Display, Courtesy of Nikola Tesla
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An Electrifying Christmas Light Display, Courtesy of Nikola Tesla

By Clay Dillow

Video: Simulation Renders Entire Known Universe
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Video: Simulation Renders Entire Known Universe

By Stuart Fox

Switching a Gene in Adult Mice Easily Transforms Females Into Males
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Switching a Gene in Adult Mice Easily Transforms Females Into Males

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Would a Helium-Filled Balloon Float on the Moon?
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FYI: Would a Helium-Filled Balloon Float on the Moon?

By Carina Storrs

Cassini Sends First Full Images of Saturn’s Mysterious Giant Hexagon
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Cassini Sends First Full Images of Saturn’s Mysterious Giant Hexagon

By Jeremy Hsu

Mysterious Light Display Leaves Norwegians and Astronomers Puzzled
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Mysterious Light Display Leaves Norwegians and Astronomers Puzzled

By Jeremy Hsu

FYI: Why Don’t Loud Snorers Wake Themselves Up?
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FYI: Why Don’t Loud Snorers Wake Themselves Up?

By Sandeep Ravindran

Has Dark Matter Finally Been Detected On Earth?
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Has Dark Matter Finally Been Detected On Earth?

By Stuart Fox

Top Cat
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In 2010, The Civilian Space Industry Finally Takes Off

By Sam Howe Verhovek

The Science Behind Jabulani, Adidas’s 2010 World Cup Soccer Ball
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The Science Behind Jabulani, Adidas’s 2010 World Cup Soccer Ball

By Brett Zarda

Glowing Prairie Rodents Teach Us the Genetics Of Monogamy
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Glowing Prairie Rodents Teach Us the Genetics Of Monogamy

By Stuart Fox

Astronomers Watch Most Massive Star Ever Go Supernova
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Astronomers Watch Most Massive Star Ever Go Supernova

By Jeremy Hsu

Butterflies Hatch in Space for The First Time
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Butterflies Hatch in Space for The First Time

By Clay Dillow

Superconducting Magnetic Heat Shield Could Protect Spacecraft During Reentry
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Superconducting Magnetic Heat Shield Could Protect Spacecraft During Reentry

By Jeremy Hsu

NASA Robotic Rocket Plane To Survey Martian Surface
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NASA Robotic Rocket Plane To Survey Martian Surface

By Stuart Fox

NASA Crowdsources Hi-Res Mars Mapping as an Online Game for Kids
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NASA Crowdsources Hi-Res Mars Mapping as an Online Game for Kids

By Jeremy Hsu

Oceans on Europa Have Enough Oxygen to Support Space Fish
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Oceans on Europa Have Enough Oxygen to Support Space Fish

By Stuart Fox

Are You Drinking Water From Outer Space Right Now?
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Are You Drinking Water From Outer Space Right Now?

By Jeremy Hsu

Vatican Ponders the Existence Of Alien Life
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Vatican Ponders the Existence Of Alien Life

By Stuart Fox

How Much Power Does The Human Brain Require To Operate?
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How Much Power Does The Human Brain Require To Operate?

By Jeremy Hsu

Mutant Bacteria Are Likely to Threaten Future Space Travelers
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Mutant Bacteria Are Likely to Threaten Future Space Travelers

By Rebecca Boyle

Baguette Dropped From Bird’s Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
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Baguette Dropped From Bird’s Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)

By Stuart Fox

Space Hotel Reportedly On Track for 2012 Opening, Already Has Paying Guests
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Space Hotel Reportedly On Track for 2012 Opening, Already Has Paying Guests

By Jeremy Hsu

Remembering a Former Caltech Rocket Scientist and the Founder of China’s Space Program
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Remembering a Former Caltech Rocket Scientist and the Founder of China’s Space Program

By Jeremy Hsu

Why Astrophotography Is Worth the Trouble
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Why Astrophotography Is Worth the Trouble

By Eric Adams

Kissing Evolved To Spread Germs, Not Feelings
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Kissing Evolved To Spread Germs, Not Feelings

By Clay Dillow

My Quest To Analyze Every Man-Made Chemical In My Body
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My Quest To Analyze Every Man-Made Chemical In My Body

By Arianne Cohen

The Martian Torture Chamber
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The Martian Torture Chamber

By Reinhard Kargl

So Just How Tiny Is a Virus?
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So Just How Tiny Is a Virus?

By Stuart Fox

Interview: NASA Scientist’s Plan to Extract Moon Water Affordably Using Microwaves
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Interview: NASA Scientist’s Plan to Extract Moon Water Affordably Using Microwaves

By Sandeep Ravindran

NASA’s Space Elevator Games Challenge Research Teams to Beam Up the Energy
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NASA’s Space Elevator Games Challenge Research Teams to Beam Up the Energy

By Jeremy Hsu

Could a Human Beat a T. Rex In Arm Wrestling?
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Could a Human Beat a T. Rex In Arm Wrestling?

By Bjorn Carey

Inside Astronaut Boot Camp
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Inside Astronaut Boot Camp

By Dawn Stover

NASA Scientist to Distraught Dupes: The World Won’t End in 2012
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NASA Scientist to Distraught Dupes: The World Won’t End in 2012

By Clay Dillow

Chinese Scientists Engineer the World’s Smartest Rat
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Chinese Scientists Engineer the World’s Smartest Rat

By Stuart Fox

Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today
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Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today

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How Many Universes are There? Physicists Actually Try to Answer the Question
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How Many Universes are There? Physicists Actually Try to Answer the Question

By Stuart Fox

Newly Discovered Magnetic Monopole Particles Flow Like Electric Currents
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Newly Discovered Magnetic Monopole Particles Flow Like Electric Currents

By Stuart Fox

Science Confirms the Obvious: People Wash Their Hands More When They’re Watched
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Science Confirms the Obvious: People Wash Their Hands More When They’re Watched

By Laura Allen

Ever Wonder What Every Space Mission From the Last 50 Years Looks Like on One Map?
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Ever Wonder What Every Space Mission From the Last 50 Years Looks Like on One Map?

By Adrian Covert

Scientists Find Fundamental Maximum Limit for Processor Speeds
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Scientists Find Fundamental Maximum Limit for Processor Speeds

By Adrian Covert

How Your Body Packs Two Meters of DNA Into a Six-Micron Cell Nucleus
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How Your Body Packs Two Meters of DNA Into a Six-Micron Cell Nucleus

By Susannah F. Locke

A person melting diamonds in a ring with a torch.
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Gone in a flash: burning diamonds with a torch and liquid oxygen

By Theodore Gray

Genetically Engineered Bacteria To Mine For Gold
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Genetically Engineered Bacteria To Mine For Gold

By Stuart Fox

Recently Discovered Exoplanet Evidently Has Rains of Pebbles
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Recently Discovered Exoplanet Evidently Has Rains of Pebbles

By Clay Dillow

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