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A Roller Coaster That’ll Leave You Weightless for Eight Long Seconds
NASA

A Roller Coaster That’ll Leave You Weightless for Eight Long Seconds

By Ben Austen

An Oral History of Extreme Sports
Science

An Oral History of Extreme Sports

By Paul Kvinta

Pretty Space Pics: The Carina Nebula ‘Dramatically’ Captured in Infrared
Science

Pretty Space Pics: The Carina Nebula ‘Dramatically’ Captured in Infrared

By Clay Dillow

MIT Scientist Offers $100,000 to Anyone Who Can Prove Quantum Computing Is Impossible
Physics

MIT Scientist Offers $100,000 to Anyone Who Can Prove Quantum Computing Is Impossible

By Dan Nosowitz

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

This Week in the Future, January 30-February 3, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, January 30-February 3, 2012

By Baarbarian

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, January 30-February 3, 2012
Science

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, January 30-February 3, 2012

By Dan Nosowitz

10-Year-Old Accidentally Creates New Molecule in Science Class
Science

10-Year-Old Accidentally Creates New Molecule in Science Class

By Dan Nosowitz

Russian Scientists Drilling into “Alien” Antarctic Lake Vostok Fall Silent
Science

Russian Scientists Drilling into “Alien” Antarctic Lake Vostok Fall Silent

By Paul Adams

Is This New Study the Nail in the Coffin of “Arsenic Life”?
Biology

Is This New Study the Nail in the Coffin of “Arsenic Life”?

By Tom Clynes

2011 Visualization Challenge Winners Teach Science Through Art
Science

2011 Visualization Challenge Winners Teach Science Through Art

By Rebecca Boyle

GRAIL Probes Shoot the First Movie of the Dark Side of the Moon
Moons

GRAIL Probes Shoot the First Movie of the Dark Side of the Moon

By Rebecca Boyle

Today in Scientific Papercraft: Anatomical Cross-Sections
Science

Today in Scientific Papercraft: Anatomical Cross-Sections

By Dan Nosowitz

Hilarious “Theory of Everything” Paper Provokes Kerfuffle
Science

Hilarious “Theory of Everything” Paper Provokes Kerfuffle

By Dan Nosowitz

For the First Time, Human-Made Probe Samples Atoms From Beyond the Solar System
Science

For the First Time, Human-Made Probe Samples Atoms From Beyond the Solar System

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Do Animals Dream?
Animals

FYI: Do Animals Dream?

By Kaitlin Miller

Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?
Science

Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?

By Juliet Lapidos

Video: Skin Augmented With Spider-Silk Stops a Speeding Bullet
Animals

Video: Skin Augmented With Spider-Silk Stops a Speeding Bullet

By Clay Dillow

FYI: Will Listening to Mozart Really Make Me Smarter?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: Will Listening to Mozart Really Make Me Smarter?

By Joseph A. Bernstein

Growing Snow to Help Predict Avalanches
Science

Growing Snow to Help Predict Avalanches

By Joshua Saul

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, January 23-27, 2012
Science

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, January 23-27, 2012

By Dan Nosowitz

The Photographs of Fritz Goro, One of the Best Science Photographers of All Time
Science

The Photographs of Fritz Goro, One of the Best Science Photographers of All Time

By Dan Nosowitz

How Disposable, Networked Satellites Will Democratize Space
Science

How Disposable, Networked Satellites Will Democratize Space

By Jacob Ward

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

How Men Can Decode Women’s Menstrual Cycles
Science

How Men Can Decode Women’s Menstrual Cycles

By Jennifer Abbasi

Making the Blackest of Black Materials
Science

Making the Blackest of Black Materials

By NASA Goddard Staff, as told to Flora Lichtman

Video: Eight Years After Martian Touchdown, Opportunity Rover Soldiers On
Mars

Video: Eight Years After Martian Touchdown, Opportunity Rover Soldiers On

By Rebecca Boyle

Pretty Earth Pics: This Is Our Marble
NASA

Pretty Earth Pics: This Is Our Marble

By Dan Nosowitz

A Dozen Science and Tech Stories to Expect in 2012
Science

A Dozen Science and Tech Stories to Expect in 2012

By Lauren Aaronson

FYI: How Long-Running Is the Longest-Running Lab Experiment?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: How Long-Running Is the Longest-Running Lab Experiment?

By Amber Williams

Physicists Hope to Catch Neutrons in the Act of Jumping from Our Universe to Another
Physics

Physicists Hope to Catch Neutrons in the Act of Jumping from Our Universe to Another

By Clay Dillow

This Week in the Future, January 16-20, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, January 16-20, 2012

By Baarbarian

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, January 16-20, 2012
Science

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, January 16-20, 2012

By Dan Nosowitz

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Peruvian Burial Ground
Archaeology

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Peruvian Burial Ground

By Amber Williams

ISS Video: Lightning Over Africa, Backlit By the Milky Way
International Space Station

ISS Video: Lightning Over Africa, Backlit By the Milky Way

By Rebecca Boyle

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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

When Seconds Count: Today’s UN Debate Could Abolish the ‘Leap Second’
Science

When Seconds Count: Today’s UN Debate Could Abolish the ‘Leap Second’

By Clay Dillow

Pretty Space Pics: The Eye-Like Helix Nebula, Staring Right Back at You
Science

Pretty Space Pics: The Eye-Like Helix Nebula, Staring Right Back at You

By Clay Dillow

Newly Found Meteorites Came From Mars, Scientists Confirm
Mars

Newly Found Meteorites Came From Mars, Scientists Confirm

By Rebecca Boyle

Space Telescopes Paint A New View of Eagle Nebula
Science

Space Telescopes Paint A New View of Eagle Nebula

By Rebecca Boyle

This Week in the Future, January 9-13, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, January 9-13, 2012

By Baarbarian

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, January 9-13, 2012
Science

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, January 9-13, 2012

By Dan Nosowitz

The Prettiest Space Pics From This Week’s Annual American Astronomical Society Meeting
Deep Space

The Prettiest Space Pics From This Week’s Annual American Astronomical Society Meeting

By Clay Dillow

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds
Physics

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds

By Clay Dillow

An Aerial Drone That Could Recon the Skies Over Titan
Aviation

An Aerial Drone That Could Recon the Skies Over Titan

By Clay Dillow

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

X-Ray Telescope Will Balloon Into the Stratosphere To Look At Black Holes
Black Holes

X-Ray Telescope Will Balloon Into the Stratosphere To Look At Black Holes

By Rebecca Boyle

The World’s First “Nano-Ear” Can Listen to the Songs of Bacteria
Biology

The World’s First “Nano-Ear” Can Listen to the Songs of Bacteria

By Clay Dillow

Russian Space Authorities Determine Cause of Failed Mars Probe: America
Science

Russian Space Authorities Determine Cause of Failed Mars Probe: America

By Clay Dillow

The Lovely Sunset On Exoplanet HD 209458 b
Deep Space

The Lovely Sunset On Exoplanet HD 209458 b

By Rebecca Boyle

New Artificial Cheese Rind Can Turn Organic Material Into Safe Sealant
Science

New Artificial Cheese Rind Can Turn Organic Material Into Safe Sealant

By Rebecca Boyle

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Realm of the Mad God

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Predictions for 2012: Now or Never for the Standard Model of Physics
Science

Predictions for 2012: Now or Never for the Standard Model of Physics

By Ann Finkbeiner

Early Lives Of The Scientists: Teen Isaac Newton Admits to His Sins
Science

Early Lives Of The Scientists: Teen Isaac Newton Admits to His Sins

By Paul Adams

How Scottish Scientists Re-Created a Hundred-Year-Old Whisky
Science

How Scottish Scientists Re-Created a Hundred-Year-Old Whisky

By Paul Adams

FYI: What’s the Point of Nose Hair?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: What’s the Point of Nose Hair?

By Amber Williams

Predictions for 2012: Garage Rocketeers Approach Orbit
Science

Predictions for 2012: Garage Rocketeers Approach Orbit

By Clay Dillow

Visualizing Fluid Dynamics in a Two-Horsepower Blender
Physics

Visualizing Fluid Dynamics in a Two-Horsepower Blender

By Paul Adams

Best of What’s New, 2011
Announcements

Best of What’s New, 2011

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Happy Holidays from Popular Science
Science

Happy Holidays from Popular Science

By Paul Adams

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, December 19-23, 2011
Science

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, December 19-23, 2011

By Dan Nosowitz

Mysterious Metallic Space Ball Falls to Earth in Africa, Baffling Authorities
Science

Mysterious Metallic Space Ball Falls to Earth in Africa, Baffling Authorities

By Clay Dillow

The First Direct Measurements of Earth’s Rotation, Made With the World’s Most Stable Ring Laser
Physics

The First Direct Measurements of Earth’s Rotation, Made With the World’s Most Stable Ring Laser

By Clay Dillow

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