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Video: Slime Mold Inspires Autonomous Brainless Undulating Robot
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Video: Slime Mold Inspires Autonomous Brainless Undulating Robot

By Rebecca Boyle

Has Google Discovered Dark Butter?
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Has Google Discovered Dark Butter?

By Paul Adams

how-it-works illustration of an Underground Robot Library
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How It Works: Underground Robot Library

By Kalee Thompson

Video: Supermarket Checkout Scanner Uses Object Recognition Instead of Bar Codes
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Video: Supermarket Checkout Scanner Uses Object Recognition Instead of Bar Codes

By Paul Adams

how-it-works illustration of a Salmon Transporter
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How It Works: Salmon Transport

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how-it-works illustration of the world's fastest elevator
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How It Works: World’s Fastest Elevator

By Lauren Aaronson

how-it-works illustration of a Dual-Blade Buzz Saw
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How It Works: Dual-Blade Buzz Saw

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illustration of Two-In-One Turbocharger
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How It Works: Two-In-One Turbocharger

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how-it-works illustration of an Airport Fire Truck
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How It Works: Airport Fire Truck

By Andrew Rosenblum

how-it-works illustration of a Nerf Sharpshooter
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How It Works: 20-Yard Shootout

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illustration of Electric Blue car
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How It Works: 175mph Electric Car

By Gregory Mone

This Month, James Cameron Will Dive to the Deepest Point on Earth in a Custom-Built Sub
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This Month, James Cameron Will Dive to the Deepest Point on Earth in a Custom-Built Sub

By Rebecca Boyle

Reconnaissance Orbiter Captures a Twister on the Martian Plains
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Reconnaissance Orbiter Captures a Twister on the Martian Plains

By Clay Dillow

To Show Us All the Winds of Space, NASA Will Launch Five Rockets at the Same Time
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To Show Us All the Winds of Space, NASA Will Launch Five Rockets at the Same Time

By Clay Dillow

Video: Meet Piccolo, the Pocket-Sized CNC-Robot That Draws What You Design
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Video: Meet Piccolo, the Pocket-Sized CNC-Robot That Draws What You Design

By Clay Dillow

Hubble Catches a Warped Spiral Galaxy in Profile
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Hubble Catches a Warped Spiral Galaxy in Profile

By Clay Dillow

FBI Arrests Members of LulzSec Hacking Group, With Help From the Inside
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FBI Arrests Members of LulzSec Hacking Group, With Help From the Inside

By Dan Nosowitz

The Air Force’s Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Celebrates Its First Full Year in Orbit
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The Air Force’s Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Celebrates Its First Full Year in Orbit

By Clay Dillow

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

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: DARPA’s Cheetah Sets a Land-Speed Record for Running Robots
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Video: DARPA’s Cheetah Sets a Land-Speed Record for Running Robots

By Clay Dillow

In the Last Year, Hackers Gained ‘Full Functional Control’ of NASA Networks, Stole the Control Codes for the ISS
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In the Last Year, Hackers Gained ‘Full Functional Control’ of NASA Networks, Stole the Control Codes for the ISS

By Clay Dillow

Will People Alive Today Have the Opportunity to Upload Their Consciousness to a New Robotic Body?
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Will People Alive Today Have the Opportunity to Upload Their Consciousness to a New Robotic Body?

By Clay Dillow

Video: GRASP Lab Quadcopters Play the James Bond Theme on Actual Instruments
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Video: GRASP Lab Quadcopters Play the James Bond Theme on Actual Instruments

By Clay Dillow

Japanese Home-Levitation System Could Protect Buildings From Earthquakes
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Japanese Home-Levitation System Could Protect Buildings From Earthquakes

By Rebecca Boyle

Text Message Autocorrect Results in Police Lockdown
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Text Message Autocorrect Results in Police Lockdown

By Rebecca Boyle

Chinese Drones Will Use Genetic Algorithms to Learn to Hunt For Submarines
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Chinese Drones Will Use Genetic Algorithms to Learn to Hunt For Submarines

By Clay Dillow

Under the Sea: In the Age of Wireless, Can’t We Do Better than Intercontinental Fiber Optic Cables?
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Under the Sea: In the Age of Wireless, Can’t We Do Better than Intercontinental Fiber Optic Cables?

By Clay Dillow

Video: Flamethrowing Navy Railgun Blasts Terrifying Projectiles Through Superheated Air
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Video: Flamethrowing Navy Railgun Blasts Terrifying Projectiles Through Superheated Air

By Rebecca Boyle

The Department of Homeland Security’s Favorite PopSci Posts
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The Department of Homeland Security’s Favorite PopSci Posts

By Dan Nosowitz

Smithsonian Is 3-D Scanning and Printing Part of Museum Collection
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Smithsonian Is 3-D Scanning and Printing Part of Museum Collection

By Rebecca Boyle

New Neural Interfaces Can Bring True Feeling to Artificial Limbs
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New Neural Interfaces Can Bring True Feeling to Artificial Limbs

By Rebecca Boyle

This Week in the Future, February 20-24, 2012
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This Week in the Future, February 20-24, 2012

By Baarbarian

Kickstarter Is On Track to Out-Fund the National Endowment for the Arts
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Kickstarter Is On Track to Out-Fund the National Endowment for the Arts

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: Wireless Devices Swim Through Your Bloodstream and Fix You Up, ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Style
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Video: Wireless Devices Swim Through Your Bloodstream and Fix You Up, ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Style

By Rebecca Boyle

Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone
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Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone

By Rebecca Boyle

Today in Great Reads: “The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks” at The Atavist
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Today in Great Reads: “The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks” at The Atavist

By Dan Nosowitz

With New Standard, Wi-Fi Could Become As Widespread As Cellular
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With New Standard, Wi-Fi Could Become As Widespread As Cellular

By Stewart Wolpin

DNA Sequencer Plugs Right Into Your USB Port, Analyzes Your Genome
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DNA Sequencer Plugs Right Into Your USB Port, Analyzes Your Genome

By Rebecca Boyle

The World Through Google’s Smartglasses
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The World Through Google’s Smartglasses

By Paul Adams

Thermoelectric “Power Felt” Fabric Lets You Sit on Your Phone to Power It
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Thermoelectric “Power Felt” Fabric Lets You Sit on Your Phone to Power It

By Dan Nosowitz

The Yamaha Moegi Demonstrates The Future of Fuel Efficiency
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The Yamaha Moegi Demonstrates The Future of Fuel Efficiency

By Lawrence Ulrich

Microdrone
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After Animal Activists Track Pigeon Hunt With Drone, Pigeon Hunters Shoot Down Drone

By Rebecca Boyle

Pretty Space Pics: A Rocket Arcs Across the Northern Lights
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Pretty Space Pics: A Rocket Arcs Across the Northern Lights

By Clay Dillow

How We’re Creating “Terminator Vision” in Your Future Contact Lenses
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How We’re Creating “Terminator Vision” in Your Future Contact Lenses

By Babak Parviz, as told to Flora Lichtman

This Week in the Future, February 13-17, 2012
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This Week in the Future, February 13-17, 2012

By Baarbarian

A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen
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A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen

By Rebecca Boyle

How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole
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How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole

By Clay Dillow

Dust Causes Explosions, And Apparently Nanodust Causes Mega-Explosions
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Dust Causes Explosions, And Apparently Nanodust Causes Mega-Explosions

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: PopSci’s Ultimate Robot Dance-Off
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Video: PopSci’s Ultimate Robot Dance-Off

By Corinne Iozzio

Video: The Swiss are Developing a Family of Small Satellites to Tidy Up Junk in Orbit
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Video: The Swiss are Developing a Family of Small Satellites to Tidy Up Junk in Orbit

By Clay Dillow

Machine Can Tell If Plants’ Genes Are Modified By Watching Them Grow
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Machine Can Tell If Plants’ Genes Are Modified By Watching Them Grow

By Rebecca Boyle

In Midst of Budget Woes, NASA Contemplates a Manned Waypoint In Orbit Near the Moon
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In Midst of Budget Woes, NASA Contemplates a Manned Waypoint In Orbit Near the Moon

By Clay Dillow

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

By Rebecca Boyle

The All-Electric BMW Active E
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The All-Electric BMW Active E

By Jon Alain Guzik

Video: Robotic Lego Forearm Can Wave Hello and Pour You a Drink
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Video: Robotic Lego Forearm Can Wave Hello and Pour You a Drink

By Rebecca Boyle

German Physicist Flies First Manned Electric Multicopter
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German Physicist Flies First Manned Electric Multicopter

By Amber Williams

Can Treating Your Life As a Game Make You a Better Person?
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Can Treating Your Life As a Game Make You a Better Person?

By Matthew Shaer

Double Fine Productions Smashes Kickstarter Record, Raises $400,000 in Eight Hours for Next Videogame
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Double Fine Productions Smashes Kickstarter Record, Raises $400,000 in Eight Hours for Next Videogame

By Dan Nosowitz

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

By Ben Austen

Tiniest Telecommunications Laser Ever Made, 200 Nanometers Wide
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Tiniest Telecommunications Laser Ever Made, 200 Nanometers Wide

By Rebecca Boyle

The EU is Considering Using Drones to Police Farm Subsidies, Enforce Environmental Rules
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The EU is Considering Using Drones to Police Farm Subsidies, Enforce Environmental Rules

By Clay Dillow

UK Report Suggests Soldiers Could One Day Plug Their Weapons Right Into Their Brains
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UK Report Suggests Soldiers Could One Day Plug Their Weapons Right Into Their Brains

By Clay Dillow

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

By Dan Nosowitz

Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior
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Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior

By Brooke Borel

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