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Future Parking Lots Will Filter Disgusting Storm Water With Sponge-Like Concrete
Environment

Future Parking Lots Will Filter Disgusting Storm Water With Sponge-Like Concrete

By Jeremy Hsu

A real-life version of the Atari classic video game, Lunar Lander, in a metal arcade console with a large black wheel used for controlling the lander. The model lander is visible in an inset image.
DIY

You Built What?! A real-life version of the Atari classic, Lunar Lander

By Gregory Mone

A Material Based on Sharkskin Stops Bacterial Breakouts
Environment

A Material Based on Sharkskin Stops Bacterial Breakouts

By Arnie Cooper

Happy 40th Birthday, Internet! Five Milestones in the Ever-Evolving History of the Web
Technology

Happy 40th Birthday, Internet! Five Milestones in the Ever-Evolving History of the Web

By Stuart Fox

Toyota Engineers Two New Flower Species to Offset Manufacturing Carbon
Environment

Toyota Engineers Two New Flower Species to Offset Manufacturing Carbon

By Jeremy Hsu

Technology

Army Seeks Helmet-Mounted Radar to Give Every Soldier 360-Degree Awareness

By Clay Dillow

A man wearing DIY augmented reality goggles made out of cardboard and an HTC Magic phone.
DIY

Cardboard + smartphone = sweet DIY augmented reality goggles

By Clay Dillow

First Acoustic Hyperlens Boosts Power of Ultrasound and Sonar
Technology

First Acoustic Hyperlens Boosts Power of Ultrasound and Sonar

By Jeremy Hsu

LHC Reawakens, Sending Proton Beams Running at the Speed of Light
Technology

LHC Reawakens, Sending Proton Beams Running at the Speed of Light

By Amina Elahi

Chinese Scientists Engineer the World’s Smartest Rat
Technology

Chinese Scientists Engineer the World’s Smartest Rat

By Stuart Fox

Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today
Health

Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today

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Geoengineering Moscow Mayor Promises No Snow This Winter
Environment

Geoengineering Moscow Mayor Promises No Snow This Winter

By Jeremy Hsu

US Special Forces Field-Testing Plasma Knife
Technology

US Special Forces Field-Testing Plasma Knife

By Stuart Fox

China Designs Indigenous UAV Stealth Fighter, and Bootlegs Some US Models
Technology

China Designs Indigenous UAV Stealth Fighter, and Bootlegs Some US Models

By Stuart Fox

FBI Facial Recognition Software To Automatically Check Driver’s License Applicants Against Criminal Database
Technology

FBI Facial Recognition Software To Automatically Check Driver’s License Applicants Against Criminal Database

By Stuart Fox

New Uncrawlable Material for Household Surfaces Gives Cockroaches the Slip
Environment

New Uncrawlable Material for Household Surfaces Gives Cockroaches the Slip

By Susannah F. Locke

Scientists Find Fundamental Maximum Limit for Processor Speeds
Science

Scientists Find Fundamental Maximum Limit for Processor Speeds

By Adrian Covert

“Spider Pill” Camera Bots Could Crawl Your Colon
Technology

“Spider Pill” Camera Bots Could Crawl Your Colon

By Jeremy Hsu

A Nintendo DSi with a homebrew illustrator app open on the screen and a "flash cart" cartridge next to it.
Gear

Use it Better: Nintendo DSi homebrew guide

By John Mahoney

Robots That Eat Bugs and Plants for Power
Technology

Robots That Eat Bugs and Plants for Power

By Susannah F. Locke

The Dangers of Rogue Household Robots
Technology

The Dangers of Rogue Household Robots

By Clay Dillow

World’s First All-Electric Locomotive Has Over 1,000 Batteries, Runs 24 Hours On a Single Charge
Environment

World’s First All-Electric Locomotive Has Over 1,000 Batteries, Runs 24 Hours On a Single Charge

By Adrian Covert

Are Wii Balance Boards the Future of Airport Security?
Technology

Are Wii Balance Boards the Future of Airport Security?

By Jeremy Hsu

Singularity Summit 2009: Ten Unanswered Questions For Our Future Robot Overlords
Technology

Singularity Summit 2009: Ten Unanswered Questions For Our Future Robot Overlords

By Stuart Fox

Cheap Artificial Hymens: the Easy Way to Revirginate
Technology

Cheap Artificial Hymens: the Easy Way to Revirginate

By Susannah F. Locke

Genetically Engineered Bacteria To Mine For Gold
Technology

Genetically Engineered Bacteria To Mine For Gold

By Stuart Fox

Neutrinos May Someday Provide High-Speed Submarine Communication
Technology

Neutrinos May Someday Provide High-Speed Submarine Communication

By Jeremy Hsu

Singularity Summit 2009: Thus Spake Kurzweil
Technology

Singularity Summit 2009: Thus Spake Kurzweil

By Stuart Fox

Singularity Summit 2009: The Singularity Is Near
Technology

Singularity Summit 2009: The Singularity Is Near

By Stuart Fox

Why 4G is Nothing More Than a Band-Aid (and Why the FCC Isn’t Helping)
Gear

Why 4G is Nothing More Than a Band-Aid (and Why the FCC Isn’t Helping)

By Tom Conlon

Air Force Calls for Unmanned Cargo Aircraft To Supply Hazardous Combat Zones
Technology

Air Force Calls for Unmanned Cargo Aircraft To Supply Hazardous Combat Zones

By Jeremy Hsu

A college student wearing sunglasses and a black t-shirt sitting in a go-kart that's built out of a shopping cart.
DIY

You Built What?! The shopping go-kart

By Gregory Mone

Honda EV-N Concept: An All-Electric Throwback
Technology

Honda EV-N Concept: An All-Electric Throwback

By Mike Spinelli

Video: MIT Scientist Explains How OLEDs Work, Using a Glowing Pickle
Science

Video: MIT Scientist Explains How OLEDs Work, Using a Glowing Pickle

By Stuart Fox

Video: Lockheed’s Amazing Monocopter Drone Takes Flight
Technology

Video: Lockheed’s Amazing Monocopter Drone Takes Flight

By Jeremy Hsu

An open-source "bedazzler" with multiple multi-colored LEDs shining toward the camera.
DIY

Open-source homeland security: the $250 DIY Bedazzler induces nausea via LEDs

By Mikey Sklar

Video: DARPA’s Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Takes Flight
Technology

Video: DARPA’s Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Takes Flight

By Stuart Fox

Ferrofluid forming a pile of conical shapes.
DIY

How to make ferrofluid

By Mikey Sklar

An R2-D2 cooler in the corner of a carpeted room, with video game controllers organized in front of it.
DIY

Now this is the droid we’re looking for

By Popular Science Team

New Study Shows That Torturing People Makes Them Forget the Facts You Want Them to Confess
Health

New Study Shows That Torturing People Makes Them Forget the Facts You Want Them to Confess

By Stuart Fox

Video: Japan’s Robot Tiles Create Infinite Walkway
Technology

Video: Japan’s Robot Tiles Create Infinite Walkway

By Jeremy Hsu

Gaydar Algorithm Outs Facebook Users
Technology

Gaydar Algorithm Outs Facebook Users

By Susannah F. Locke

Algorithm Generates a Virtual Rome in 3D from 150,000 Flickr Users’ Photos
Technology

Algorithm Generates a Virtual Rome in 3D from 150,000 Flickr Users’ Photos

By Rebecca Boyle

Scientists Create First Ever Magnetic Gas
Technology

Scientists Create First Ever Magnetic Gas

By Stuart Fox

The Race to 1,000 MPH
Technology

The Race to 1,000 MPH

By Mike Spinelli

Frankfurt Motor Show: Audi E-Tron Electric Concept
Technology

Frankfurt Motor Show: Audi E-Tron Electric Concept

By Mike Spinelli

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Technology

Air Force Shoots Down Runaway Drone Over Afghanistan

By Jeremy Hsu

A portion of Earth, showing the boundary between space and the planet's atmosphere.
DIY

MIT students take photos from the edge of space for $150

By Jeremy Hsu

Armadillo Aerospace’s Scorpius Craft Finally Bags $1 Million Lunar Lander Challenge
Technology

Armadillo Aerospace’s Scorpius Craft Finally Bags $1 Million Lunar Lander Challenge

By Jeremy Hsu

A Chinese man inside a homemade submarine made out of oil barrels.
DIY

A Chinese DIY submarine made from oil barrels

By Jeremy Hsu

PopSci U: Seven of the Country’s Coolest SciTech Courses
Technology

PopSci U: Seven of the Country’s Coolest SciTech Courses

By Rena Marie Pacella

BMW Augmented Reality Glasses Help Average Joes Make Repairs
Technology

BMW Augmented Reality Glasses Help Average Joes Make Repairs

By Clay Dillow

New Earthquake-Resistant Design Pulls Buildings Upright After Violent Quakes
Environment

New Earthquake-Resistant Design Pulls Buildings Upright After Violent Quakes

By Clay Dillow

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

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

By Jeremy Hsu

2010 Toyota Prius
Technology

Your Hybrid Car Is Hogging All the Rare Earth Metals

By Adrian Covert

How Much Can You Really Learn With a Free Online Education?
Technology

How Much Can You Really Learn With a Free Online Education?

By Josh Dean

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car
Technology

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car

By Mike Spinelli

IBM Scientists Take First Close-Up Image of a Single Molecule
Technology

IBM Scientists Take First Close-Up Image of a Single Molecule

By Clay Dillow

Robotic Bear Nurse To Help The Elderly In Japan
Technology

Robotic Bear Nurse To Help The Elderly In Japan

By Stuart Fox

Coming Soon: An Unblinking “Gorgon Stare” For Air Force Drones
Technology

Coming Soon: An Unblinking “Gorgon Stare” For Air Force Drones

By Eric Hagerman

DARPA Wants ‘Precision Jamming’ To Take Enemies Out of the Conversation
Technology

DARPA Wants ‘Precision Jamming’ To Take Enemies Out of the Conversation

By Clay Dillow

Poster of Inventor Daniel Asturias
Science

Real Genius: Eight Brilliant Inventors Still in High School

By Blaire Briody

Technology

Entertainment Weekly to Embed Video Ad in Print Magazine

By Corinne Iozzio

China Reports the First Human Nano-Fatalities
Health

China Reports the First Human Nano-Fatalities

By Paul Adams

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