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Soldier Making Snow Cave In Alaska
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The Pentagon Wants Technology To Fight Wars In Big Cities And Underground

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo Finishes Final Tournament Match With A Win
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Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo Finishes Final Tournament Match With A Win

By Dave Gershgorn

GDC 2016 And Virtual Reality: What To Expect
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GDC 2016 And Virtual Reality: What To Expect

By Xavier Harding

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What Happens When A Spacecraft Catches On Fire?

By Sarah Fecht

This Robot Has Real Muscles That Let It ‘Walk’ Towards The Light
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This Robot Has Real Muscles That Let It ‘Walk’ Towards The Light

By Alexandra Ossola

Meet China’s New Spy Plane (With An Austrian Body)
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Meet China’s New Spy Plane (With An Austrian Body)

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Google’s AlphaGo Beats World Champion In Third Match To Win Entire Series
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Google’s AlphaGo Beats World Champion In Third Match To Win Entire Series

By Dave Gershgorn

New DARPA Program Wants You To Turn Hoverboards And BB-8s Into Weapons
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New DARPA Program Wants You To Turn Hoverboards And BB-8s Into Weapons

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Tiangong spaceship in space
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China’s Answer To The Hubble Telescope

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Benjamin Dickinson
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‘Creative Control’ director on our augmented reality

By Matt Giles

Forget Amazon, Redline Is A Drone Delivery Concept For All Of Africa
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Forget Amazon, Redline Is A Drone Delivery Concept For All Of Africa

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Senator Graham Likes Encryption Now That He Understands It
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Senator Graham Likes Encryption Now That He Understands It

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Shutterstock Has Trained A Computer To Find You The Perfect Photos
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Shutterstock Has Trained A Computer To Find You The Perfect Photos

By Alexandra Ossola

IMRA Speed Record Certificate
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Genovation’s Electric Corvette Sets a New Record

By Kristen Hall-Geisler

A Tool To Make Webpages Load 34 Percent Faster
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A Tool To Make Webpages Load 34 Percent Faster

By Dave Gershgorn

Xzibit's album 'Man vs. Machine'
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5 Ways To Honor Humanity Ahead of Google’s A.I. Go Tournament

By Dave Gershgorn

Boeing Will Arm South Africa’s Weird Plane
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Boeing Will Arm South Africa’s Weird Plane

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Hobbyist Flies Drone To 11,000 Feet
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Hobbyist Flies Drone To 11,000 Feet

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Google Deepmind's AlphaGo will play world champion Lee Se-dol in Go, in a 5-match tournament.
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Tonight, Watch Man Battle A.I. In An Ancient Chinese Board Game

By Dave Gershgorn

Bill Gates Re-Created His 1973 High School Yearbook Photo
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Bill Gates Re-Created His 1973 High School Yearbook Photo

By Carl Franzen

Google’s Robots Are Learning How To Pick Things Up
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Google’s Robots Are Learning How To Pick Things Up

By Dave Gershgorn

A New App Automatically Sends That Group Photo To Your Friends
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A New App Automatically Sends That Group Photo To Your Friends

By Dave Gershgorn

Facebook Is Building Its Own Maps Using Artificial Intelligence
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Facebook Is Building Its Own Maps Using Artificial Intelligence

By Dave Gershgorn

SkyWall Is A New Anti-Drone Net Bazooka For Police
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SkyWall Is A New Anti-Drone Net Bazooka For Police

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Real Science Behind The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Proton Pack
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The Real Science Behind The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Proton Pack

By Matt Giles

How ‘Electronic Mail’ Changed The World
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How ‘Electronic Mail’ Changed The World

By Popular Science, September 1980, by John Free

5 Things To Know About Google’s Project Fi
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5 Things To Know About Google’s Project Fi

By Xavier Harding

Soft Wormbot Tries Out New Light-Up Skin
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Soft Wormbot Tries Out New Light-Up Skin

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Oculus Rift Vs HTC Vive: Which Should You Pre-order?
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Oculus Rift Vs HTC Vive: Which Should You Pre-order?

By Xavier Harding

This Estonian Tankette Is A Modular Body For War Robots
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This Estonian Tankette Is A Modular Body For War Robots

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China’s Quantum Satellite Could Change Cryptography Forever
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China’s Quantum Satellite Could Change Cryptography Forever

By Jeffrey Lin, P.W. Singer, and John Costello

Monkeys Drive Wheelchairs Using Thought Alone
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Monkeys Drive Wheelchairs Using Thought Alone

By Claire Maldarelli

Amazon Echo Family Grows With 2 New A.I. Devices: Dot And Tap
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Amazon Echo Family Grows With 2 New A.I. Devices: Dot And Tap

By Xavier Harding

Only One Artist Can Use Blackest Material In The World
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Only One Artist Can Use Blackest Material In The World

By Mary Beth Griggs

Artist Rendering Of New Rocket Engine
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American-Made Rocket Engines Could Launch Air Force Satellites By 2019

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Secret History Of American Robot Law
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The Secret History Of American Robot Law

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Apple has denied the FBI's request to unlock an iPhone involved in the San Bernardino shootings.
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Director Of FBI Addresses Congress About San Bernardino iPhone

By Xavier Harding

McDonalds 'Happy Goggles' VR Happy Meal box promo image
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Your McDonald’s Happy Meal Box Is Now A Virtual Reality Headset

By Carl Franzen

Fleshy Dog Hates Robot Dog
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Fleshy Dog Hates Robot Dog

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Army Plans To Have Laser Weapon By 2023
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Army Plans To Have Laser Weapon By 2023

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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Anyone Can Be A Martian In Virtual Reality

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Which is More Powerful: A Giant Microscope or a Giant Telescope?
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Which is More Powerful: A Giant Microscope or a Giant Telescope?

By Daniel Engber

What Happens At The International UFO Conference?
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What Happens At The International UFO Conference?

By Katie Linendoll

Utah Bill Would Let Police Shoot Down Drones
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Utah Bill Would Let Police Shoot Down Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Drifting Luxury Cars Atop A Frozen Lake In Finland
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Drifting Luxury Cars Atop A Frozen Lake In Finland

By Grennan Milliken

A New Boeing Patent Describes Levitating 3D Printing
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A New Boeing Patent Describes Levitating 3D Printing

By Lindsey Kratochwill

B-21 Concept Art
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Air Force Shows Off Its Next Bomber

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The FBI Has Succeeded In Uniting Silicon Valley…Against The FBI
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The FBI Has Succeeded In Uniting Silicon Valley…Against The FBI

By Carl Franzen

Now Ships Can Get Advance Warning Of Monster Rogue Waves
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Now Ships Can Get Advance Warning Of Monster Rogue Waves

By Mary Beth Griggs

Robotic Animals Are Helping To Catch Poachers
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Robotic Animals Are Helping To Catch Poachers

By Annabel Edwards

Is Bitcoin Really The Future Of Money?
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Is Bitcoin Really The Future Of Money?

By Kashmir Hill

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The Perlan 2 Glider Will Fly 90,000 Feet Higher Than Most Aircraft

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Tesla Model X P90D Falcon Wing Door
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Tesla Model X: “A Bigger, Better Honda CR-V”

By Kristen Hall-Geisler

This New Bio-Inspired Material Harvests Water Out Of Thin Air
Environment

This New Bio-Inspired Material Harvests Water Out Of Thin Air

By Mary Beth Griggs

Here’s How Virtual Reality Could Help Doctors Treat Cancer
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Here’s How Virtual Reality Could Help Doctors Treat Cancer

By Alexandra Ossola

DroneBox Is A Nest For Drones
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DroneBox Is A Nest For Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Pink Dye
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Researchers Repair Coral Reef By Sending Ocean Water ‘Back In Time’

By Mary Beth Griggs

Boston Dynamic's Atlas Robot
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Watch Google’s Humanoid Robot Learn The World Is A Harsh Place

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Nefertiti Bust
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Artists Covertly 3D Scanned Nefertiti’s Bust And Released It Online

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Feed Your 3D Printer Recycled Plastic
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Feed Your 3D Printer Recycled Plastic

By Xavier Harding

in an illustration, two fire ants crawl across a white surface
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A Tiny Fire Ant’s Sting Causes Serious Misery. Here’s How [Video]

By Neel V. Patel

Burn After Shooting: Army Employees Patent Self-Destructing Bullets
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Burn After Shooting: Army Employees Patent Self-Destructing Bullets

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This Is The Defining Photo Of Virtual Reality (So Far)
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This Is The Defining Photo Of Virtual Reality (So Far)

By Carl Franzen

Artist Tattfoo Tan Uses Food Waste to Create Survival Supplies
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Artist Tattfoo Tan Uses Food Waste to Create Survival Supplies

By Lydia Chain

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