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ESA Confirms Rosetta’s Landing Site On ‘Rubber Ducky’ Comet
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ESA Confirms Rosetta’s Landing Site On ‘Rubber Ducky’ Comet

By Loren Grush

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Big Pic: The Sun Gives Off A Jack-O’-Lantern Leer

By Francie Diep

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How Flies Are Responsible For Beer’s Tasty, Fruity Smells

By Francie Diep

The Brilliant Ten: Nicole Abaid Studies Bats To Make Drones Smarter
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The Brilliant Ten: Nicole Abaid Studies Bats To Make Drones Smarter

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

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Secret Robot Space Plane Returns To Earth Today

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Volcanoes Erupted On The Moon Within The Past 100 Million Years
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Volcanoes Erupted On The Moon Within The Past 100 Million Years

By Loren Grush

This App Turns Your Phone Into A Cosmic Ray Detector
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This App Turns Your Phone Into A Cosmic Ray Detector

By Francie Diep

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This Woman Sees 100 Times More Colors Than The Average Person

By Alexandra Ossola

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Australia’s Invasive Cane Toads Have Evolved To Hop Even Faster

By Francie Diep

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Eisenhower’s Meeting with a Missile Nose Cone

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Brilliant Ten: Roxana Geambasu Exposes How Companies Use Your Data
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The Brilliant Ten: Roxana Geambasu Exposes How Companies Use Your Data

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

MIT Students Claim Astronauts Will Starve On ‘Mars One’ Mission
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MIT Students Claim Astronauts Will Starve On ‘Mars One’ Mission

By Rafi Letzter

Weather Of Wild Exoplanet Mapped Using Hubble Telescope
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Weather Of Wild Exoplanet Mapped Using Hubble Telescope

By Loren Grush

Venomous Slow Loris May Have Evolved To Mimic Cobras
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Venomous Slow Loris May Have Evolved To Mimic Cobras

By Alissa Zhu

The Brilliant Ten: Manu Prakash Brings Science To The Masses
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The Brilliant Ten: Manu Prakash Brings Science To The Masses

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The Brilliant Ten: Michael Habib Uncovers The Secrets Of Pterosaurs
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The Brilliant Ten: Michael Habib Uncovers The Secrets Of Pterosaurs

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The Greatest Space Hack Ever
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The Greatest Space Hack Ever

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Sierra Nevada Protest Halts Production Of SpaceX And Boeing Space Taxis
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Sierra Nevada Protest Halts Production Of SpaceX And Boeing Space Taxis

By Loren Grush

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Why A Blue LED Is Worth A Nobel Prize

By Francie Diep

The Brilliant Ten: Jonathan Viventi Builds Devices That Decode Thoughts
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The Brilliant Ten: Jonathan Viventi Builds Devices That Decode Thoughts

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Can You Get PTSD From A Virtual Experience?

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Meet The Mars One Candidates

By Popular Science Team

The Brilliant Ten of 2014
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The Brilliant Ten of 2014

By Popular Science Team

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A Legion Of Walruses, Hidden Moon Valleys, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week

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Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side
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Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side

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Science On Ice: 7 Antarctic Experiments To Keep An Eye On

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Colonizing Mars: A How-To Guide

By Daniel Engber

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Weird Crystal Can Absorb All The Oxygen In A Room — And Then Release It Later

By Sarah Fecht

How The U.S. Will Contain The Spread Of Ebola: Good Old Legwork
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How The U.S. Will Contain The Spread Of Ebola: Good Old Legwork

By Francie Diep

A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator
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A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator

By Amy Shira Teitel

Previous Sex Partners’ Semen Can Influence Fly Offspring
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Previous Sex Partners’ Semen Can Influence Fly Offspring

By Loren Grush

Climate Change May Be To Blame For California Drought
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Climate Change May Be To Blame For California Drought

By Rafi Letzter

Runner-Up In NASA’s Space Taxi Contest Will Fight Decision
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Runner-Up In NASA’s Space Taxi Contest Will Fight Decision

By Loren Grush

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John Paul Stapp, a Real Life Rocket (Sled) Man

By Amy Shira Teitel

Bad Space Weather May Have Caused Fatal Afghan Gun Battle
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Bad Space Weather May Have Caused Fatal Afghan Gun Battle

By Brett Carter and John Retterer

Earth’s Water Is Older Than The Sun
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Earth’s Water Is Older Than The Sun

By Sarah Fecht

Throwback Thursday: The Rise Of Digital Photo Sharing, Computer Viruses, And The Laptop
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Throwback Thursday: The Rise Of Digital Photo Sharing, Computer Viruses, And The Laptop

By Rafi Letzter

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Winter Babies Are On the Move

By Kate Gammon

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Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket?

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Preservation Of Lonesome George
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The Preservation Of Lonesome George

By Sarah Fecht

Mousetronauts To Live In Space For The Longest Stretch Yet
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Mousetronauts To Live In Space For The Longest Stretch Yet

By Francie Diep

Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts
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Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts

By Amy Shira Teitel

How NASA’s Microbe Detection Technology May Speed Up Tissue Transplants
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How NASA’s Microbe Detection Technology May Speed Up Tissue Transplants

By Loren Grush

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Fiber Frax Nightmares

By Maki Naro

Spooky Action In Threes: Physicists Entangle Three Particles Of Light
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Spooky Action In Threes: Physicists Entangle Three Particles Of Light

By Francie Diep

Light Forms Crystal-Like Structure On Computer Chip
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Light Forms Crystal-Like Structure On Computer Chip

By Rafi Letzter

The Brilliant Ten: Jordan Green Trains Immune Systems To Fight Cancer
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The Brilliant Ten: Jordan Green Trains Immune Systems To Fight Cancer

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

The Brilliant Ten: Christopher Mason Sequences Genes Everywhere
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The Brilliant Ten: Christopher Mason Sequences Genes Everywhere

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

The Brilliant Ten: Katia Koelle Models How Viruses Turn Deadly
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The Brilliant Ten: Katia Koelle Models How Viruses Turn Deadly

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

Want A Ride To The ISS? SpaceX And Boeing Will Take You
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Want A Ride To The ISS? SpaceX And Boeing Will Take You

By Loren Grush

Now Live: The October 2014 Issue of Popular Science
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Now Live: The October 2014 Issue of Popular Science

By Popular Science Team

Doodles in the National Archives
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Doodles in the National Archives

By Amy Shira Teitel

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Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now

By Amy Shira Teitel

Throwback Thursday: Musical Cakes, Windshield Wiper Fluid, And The End Of The World
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Throwback Thursday: Musical Cakes, Windshield Wiper Fluid, And The End Of The World

By Sarah Fecht

What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed For Earth
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What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed For Earth

By Loren Grush

The Keyboard’s Strange Impact On Your Baby’s Name
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The Keyboard’s Strange Impact On Your Baby’s Name

By Kate Gammon

Lasers Reveal Underground ‘Super Henge’
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Lasers Reveal Underground ‘Super Henge’

By Rafi Letzter

How A Guy Who Failed Physics Is Reinventing Higher Education
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How A Guy Who Failed Physics Is Reinventing Higher Education

By Brooke Borel

A Manga Take on Culture and Cuisine
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A Manga Take on Culture and Cuisine

By Maki Naro

Lost: Huge Chunk Of Europa’s Icy Crust
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Lost: Huge Chunk Of Europa’s Icy Crust

By Emily Gertz

Crops Grow On Fake Moon And Mars Soil
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Crops Grow On Fake Moon And Mars Soil

By Sarah Fecht

The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon
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The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

Fall Into A Trance Watching This Pendulum Wave Of Bowling Balls
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Fall Into A Trance Watching This Pendulum Wave Of Bowling Balls

By Francie Diep

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Cotton Vs. Polyester: Which Gym Clothes Trap The Most Body Odor?

By Nsikan Akpan

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