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Chinese Stealth Fighter J-20 Starts Production
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Chinese Stealth Fighter J-20 Starts Production

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

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Earthquake Monitors Used To Decode Massive Ammunition Explosion

By Mary Beth Griggs

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A Walking Thomas The Former Tank Engine Is A Nightmare Before Christmas

By Kelsey D. Atherton

We Talked To The Man Who Shot Leonardo DiCaprio (And A Bear)
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We Talked To The Man Who Shot Leonardo DiCaprio (And A Bear)

By Matt Giles

Twitter Just Patented Tweet-Piloted Drones
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Twitter Just Patented Tweet-Piloted Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch This 15-Foot Star Destroyer Drone Fly Majestically … And Then Crash
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Watch This 15-Foot Star Destroyer Drone Fly Majestically … And Then Crash

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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Emoji Users Have Sex On The Brain

By Katie Peek

Drone Racing Takes Off
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Drone Racing Takes Off

By Andrew Zaleski

How Data Could Prevent The Next Ferguson
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How Data Could Prevent The Next Ferguson

By Matt Giles

The Last Fighter Pilot
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The Last Fighter Pilot

By Kevin Gray

Big Idea: Hacking The Music Industry
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Big Idea: Hacking The Music Industry

By As told to Matt Giles

Why The Winkelvoss Twins Are Betting Bitcoin Will Go Big
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Why The Winkelvoss Twins Are Betting Bitcoin Will Go Big

By As told to Breanna Draxler

The Future Of Money
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The Future Of Money

By Kashmir Hill

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Air Force Will Let Enlisted Pilots Fly Global Hawks

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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FAA Asserts Primary Jurisdiction Over Drone-Filled Skies

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Airplanes Hit More Turtles Than Drones
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Airplanes Hit More Turtles Than Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

U650 amphibious UAV China
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Amphibious Drone Makes First Flight

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

These fighter jets inspired the aircraft in ‘Star Wars’
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These fighter jets inspired the aircraft in ‘Star Wars’

By Kelsey D. Atherton and Grennan Milliken

Google’s Driverless Car Project Will Become Its Own Alphabet Company
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Google’s Driverless Car Project Will Become Its Own Alphabet Company

By Xavier Harding

Raytheon Pitches New Weapons To Fix ‘Star Wars’ Military Flaws
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Raytheon Pitches New Weapons To Fix ‘Star Wars’ Military Flaws

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This is the Flight Game Where You Never Have to Land
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This is the Flight Game Where You Never Have to Land

By G. Clay Whittaker

Snake Robot Slithers Through Pipes, Laser-Welds From Within
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Snake Robot Slithers Through Pipes, Laser-Welds From Within

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Drone footage of the China Iraq CH-4 drone HJ-10 missile hitting the target
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Iraq’s New Chinese Drone Draws First Blood

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

What Are Hoverboards And Why Do They Explode?
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What Are Hoverboards And Why Do They Explode?

By Michael Nuñez

DJI Inspire In Flight
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FAA Says All Owners of Small Drones Must Register By February 19, 2016

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Q&A: How ‘Star Wars’ Creators Made BB-8 Into A Robot Icon
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Q&A: How ‘Star Wars’ Creators Made BB-8 Into A Robot Icon

By Edited and condensed by Erik Sofge

Elon Musk speaks ahead of COP 21 Paris Climate Talks
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New ‘OpenAI’ Artificial Intelligence Group Formed By Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, And More

By Dave Gershgorn

Sky Canopy Concept Is An Airplane With A Viewing Deck
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Sky Canopy Concept Is An Airplane With A Viewing Deck

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch Japan’s Police Drone Catch A Quadcopter
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Watch Japan’s Police Drone Catch A Quadcopter

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Terror on Twitter
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Terror on Twitter

By P.W. Singer

Tokyo Police Form Anti-Drone Squad
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Tokyo Police Form Anti-Drone Squad

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Computers Are Closer To Copying The Way Humans Learn
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Computers Are Closer To Copying The Way Humans Learn

By Dave Gershgorn

Is Multi-Millionfold Speedup Proof That Google Is Really Quantum Computing?
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Is Multi-Millionfold Speedup Proof That Google Is Really Quantum Computing?

By Sophie Bushwick

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Facebook Open-Sources The Computers Behind Its Artificial Intelligence

By Dave Gershgorn

China’s New Trio Of Urban Combat Robots
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China’s New Trio Of Urban Combat Robots

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

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FDA Approves Gunshot-Staunching XStat Invention For Civilian Use

By Mary Beth Griggs

Watch The USS Zumwalt’s First Tests At Sea
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Watch The USS Zumwalt’s First Tests At Sea

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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Video: Teen Mounts A Flamethrower On A Drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Desktop Gene Machine
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The Desktop Gene Machine

By Lydia Chain

Alfa Romeo’s 4C Spider Is A Lightweight Sports Car Without The Sacrifices
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Alfa Romeo’s 4C Spider Is A Lightweight Sports Car Without The Sacrifices

By Eric Adams

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Trove Wants To 3D Print Your Jewelry, And Then Your World

By Dave Gershgorn

America’s Most Futuristic Warship Is Boldly Going Out To Sea
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America’s Most Futuristic Warship Is Boldly Going Out To Sea

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Giant New Supply Ship Extends China’s Reach At Sea
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Giant New Supply Ship Extends China’s Reach At Sea

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

IBM’s #HackAHairdryer Campaign is Symbolic of A Larger Sexism Problem in STEM
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IBM’s #HackAHairdryer Campaign is Symbolic of A Larger Sexism Problem in STEM

By Jason Lederman

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Video: Sunken Seaplane Was One Of The First Victims Of Pearl Harbor

By Mary Beth Griggs

Meccano Meccanoid G15 KS: A DIY Robot You Can Talk To
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Robots Could Learn The Same Way Babies Do

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Watch Technicians Take Apart And Rebuild A U-2 Spy Plane
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Watch Technicians Take Apart And Rebuild A U-2 Spy Plane

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A Reaper In *Eye In The Sky*
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New Drone Movie Trailer Asks Ancient Question With Modern Technology

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Can A Smarter Gun Prevent A Massacre?
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Can A Smarter Gun Prevent A Massacre?

By Matt Giles

Redesigned Kill Vehicle Concept Art
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Contractor Wants To Bring Anti-Missile ‘Star Wars’ Back

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Facebook Now Lets You Broadcast Your Own Live Streaming Video
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Facebook Now Lets You Broadcast Your Own Live Streaming Video

By Jason Lederman

Japan’s Stealth Fighter Will Fly For First Time Next Year
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Japan’s Stealth Fighter Will Fly For First Time Next Year

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch A Personal Flying Machine Built By Students Take Off
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Watch A Personal Flying Machine Built By Students Take Off

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Acura NSX
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Dreams, Fantasies, and Realities: Inside Honda’s Japanese R&D Lab

By Eric Adams

Is China Copying DARPA’s Shape-Shifting MAHEM Weapon?
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Is China Copying DARPA’s Shape-Shifting MAHEM Weapon?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

3D-Printed Supercars Will Cut Costs And Emissions
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3D-Printed Supercars Will Cut Costs And Emissions

By Andrew Rosenblum

A Human Driver Vs. Robby The Autonomous Racecar
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A Human Driver Vs. Robby The Autonomous Racecar

By Eric Adams

Liquid Metal ‘Nano Terminator’ Particles Could Fight Cancer
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Liquid Metal ‘Nano Terminator’ Particles Could Fight Cancer

By Alexandra Ossola

New Form Of Carbon Is Harder Than Diamonds, And Glows
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New Form Of Carbon Is Harder Than Diamonds, And Glows

By Mary Beth Griggs

‘Gabriel’ Is A New Artificial Intelligence Named After The Messenger Angel
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‘Gabriel’ Is A New Artificial Intelligence Named After The Messenger Angel

By Dave Gershgorn

China Is Building The World’s Second Stealth Air Force
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China Is Building The World’s Second Stealth Air Force

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Project Sidekick
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Astronauts Are Getting Augmented Reality Headsets This Week

By Mary Beth Griggs

DARPA Abandons Plan To Launch Satellites From Fighter Jets
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DARPA Abandons Plan To Launch Satellites From Fighter Jets

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Lazy Bee Model Airplane
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Model Airplane Hobbyists Skeptical Of Proposed Drone Registry

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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