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These self-destructing electronics can turn your data to dust on command
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These self-destructing electronics can turn your data to dust on command

By Kate Baggaley

Mario Kart Mobile
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Last week in tech: All the important stories, no Super Bowl commercials

By Stan Horaczek

Nintendo’s Labo cardboard STEM toys are a recycling bin full of fun
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Nintendo’s Labo cardboard STEM toys are a recycling bin full of fun

By Stan Horaczek

You probably won’t own a self-driving car, but you’ll ride in them a lot
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You probably won’t own a self-driving car, but you’ll ride in them a lot

By Rob Verger

Here are all the ways climate change will ruin your flight
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Here are all the ways climate change will ruin your flight

By Kate Baggaley

A look at the engineering and architecture in this year’s Super Bowl stadium
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A look at the engineering and architecture in this year’s Super Bowl stadium

By Eleanor Cummins

Chronicle
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What we know about Chronicle, Alphabet’s mysterious new company

By Rob Verger

A woman doing acrobatics in tights
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How did Heist engineer such magical tights? They bothered to try.

By Sara Chodosh

Robert Afzal is developing powerful laser blasters for the U.S. military
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Robert Afzal is developing powerful laser blasters for the U.S. military

By Eric Adams

A motorcyclist is suing GM after crashing into its self-driving car
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A motorcyclist is suing GM after crashing into its self-driving car

By Rob Verger

U.S. Olympic skiers have been swooshing in VR to prep for the winter games
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U.S. Olympic skiers have been swooshing in VR to prep for the winter games

By Rob Verger

Tengoen Super Cargo Drone
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China’s new drone company is building a UAV with a 20-ton payload

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

This is what determines the price of Bitcoin
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This is what determines the price of Bitcoin

By Rob Verger

These drones plant trees by firing seed pods at the ground
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These drones plant trees by firing seed pods at the ground

By Josh Landis and Owen Agnew

Compact fiber-optic hubs
Environment

In photos: updating New York’s vast and fragile telecom backbone

By Corinne Iozzio

TK evergreen Bitcoin cryptocurrency price article blog post
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TK evergreen Bitcoin cryptocurrency price article blog post

By Stan Horaczek

It’s 2018 and robots still won’t do our laundry
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It’s 2018 and robots still won’t do our laundry

By Eleanor Cummins

Chevy AV
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Here’s where your new car lands on the self-driving scale

By Stan Horaczek

The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affect nearly every computer. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affect nearly every computer. Here’s what you need to know.

By Rob Verger

CES 2018: Day four and the gadgets are getting weird
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CES 2018: Day four and the gadgets are getting weird

By Stan Horaczek

CES 2018 Day 3: Are you sick of new gadgets yet?
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CES 2018 Day 3: Are you sick of new gadgets yet?

By Stan Horaczek

How a FedEx employee discovered the world’s largest prime number
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How a FedEx employee discovered the world’s largest prime number

By Rob Verger

CES 2018: All the cool new gadgets from day two
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CES 2018: All the cool new gadgets from day two

By Stan Horaczek

Can we actually stop using fossil fuels?
Environment

Can we actually stop using fossil fuels?

By Leslie Kaufman

CES Main
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All the cool new stuff from CES 2018: Let’s play bingo!

By Stan Horaczek

social media powerlifting
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Peeing for astronauts, a DIY breast reconstruction, and other tales from the field

By Popular Science Team

Why no one has died in a commercial passenger jet crash in more than a year
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Why no one has died in a commercial passenger jet crash in more than a year

By Rob Verger

LG TV
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Last week in tech: Happy 2018! Here’s your new iPhone battery

By Stan Horaczek

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker
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How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

By Corinne Iozzio

Last year in tech: 2017 edition
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Last year in tech: 2017 edition

By Stan Horaczek

Yes, UFOs exist. But they’re probably not what you think.
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Yes, UFOs exist. But they’re probably not what you think.

By Eleanor Cummins

There’s no evidence that cell phones pose a public health risk, no matter what California says
Health

There’s no evidence that cell phones pose a public health risk, no matter what California says

By Sara Chodosh

Last week in tech: Net neutrality is spoiled, but Star Wars isn’t
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Last week in tech: Net neutrality is spoiled, but Star Wars isn’t

By Stan Horaczek

11 lies you may have heard about net neutrality
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11 lies you may have heard about net neutrality

By Stan Horaczek

Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?
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Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?

By Rob Verger

Here’s how Apple can figure out which emojis are popular
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Here’s how Apple can figure out which emojis are popular

By Rob Verger

What happened when a ship packed with six million pounds of explosives went up in flames
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What happened when a ship packed with six million pounds of explosives went up in flames

By By: John U. Bacon

Facebook Messenger Kids probably won’t ruin your children
Health

Facebook Messenger Kids probably won’t ruin your children

By Stan Horaczek

Watch the weird videos used to train AI what different actions look like
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Watch the weird videos used to train AI what different actions look like

By Rob Verger

It’s time for the HQ live trivia app to fix—or kill—its chat feature
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It’s time for the HQ live trivia app to fix—or kill—its chat feature

By Stan Horaczek

How to prepare your car for winter
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How to prepare your car for winter

By DriverSide Staff

Last week in Tech: The text message turns 25 years old
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Last week in Tech: The text message turns 25 years old

By Stan Horaczek

AI can figure out a place’s politics by analyzing cars on Google Street View
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AI can figure out a place’s politics by analyzing cars on Google Street View

By Rob Verger

This squishy little robot can lift 1,000 times its own weight
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This squishy little robot can lift 1,000 times its own weight

By Rachel Feltman

drone NASA JPL
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Humans still rule drone racing, but NASA’s AI pilot might change that

By Rob Verger

Burning questions for the top ‘Hall of Fame’ reviewer on Amazon
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Burning questions for the top ‘Hall of Fame’ reviewer on Amazon

By Rob Verger

Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care
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Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science Team

There’s a ‘quiet crisis’ happening in the U.S. Air Force
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There’s a ‘quiet crisis’ happening in the U.S. Air Force

By Ashley Burns / Flying Magazine

Dandelion fluff makes a surprisingly effective parachute
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Dandelion fluff makes a surprisingly effective parachute

By Kate Baggaley

Tesla truck Roadster event
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Tesla is crowdfunding its vehicles with big promises

By Rob Verger

ERAU spacecraft simulation environment
Science

How to become an asteroid prospector

By James Wynbrandt / Flying Magazine

blue marble Earth image
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Should we try to fix global warming with fake volcanic eruptions? TBD.

By Mary Beth Griggs

These are the world’s most powerful supercomputers
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These are the world’s most powerful supercomputers

By Rob Verger

We’d rather that bridges never wobbled—but here’s why they do
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We’d rather that bridges never wobbled—but here’s why they do

By Mary Beth Griggs

You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal
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You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal

By Rob Verger

A psychologist explains why those Facebook product ads are so darn compelling
Health

A psychologist explains why those Facebook product ads are so darn compelling

By Sara Chodosh

mosquito
Health

Use your phone to identify a mosquito’s species by its buzz

By Rob Verger

Disney Research created a fireworks display you can feel with your hands
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Disney Research created a fireworks display you can feel with your hands

By Stan Horaczek

Beidou Launch Long March 3
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China’s future satellite navigation will be millimeter-accurate

By Jeffrey Lin

Animated fossils are helping scientists rediscover extinct species
Environment

Animated fossils are helping scientists rediscover extinct species

By The Conversation/Brendan Body

How do those internet balloons over Puerto Rico work?
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How do those internet balloons over Puerto Rico work?

By Rob Verger

Red Bull Rampage Bike
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Meet the mountain bikes built to survive a backflip off a cliff

By Stan Horaczek

These data scientists are disrupting Disney World’s long wait times
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These data scientists are disrupting Disney World’s long wait times

By Carlye Wisel

Let’s bet on what the next Instagram Stories effect will be after Superzoom
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Let’s bet on what the next Instagram Stories effect will be after Superzoom

By Stan Horaczek

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