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White House Proposes Nearly $1 Billion For Cancer Research
Cancer

White House Proposes Nearly $1 Billion For Cancer Research

Where’s all that money going, anyway?

NASA’s Weird Giant Airplane Carried The Future Of Mars In Its Belly
Mars

NASA’s Weird Giant Airplane Carried The Future Of Mars In Its Belly

Behold the Guppy

MIT Wins SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Design Competition
Space X

MIT Wins SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Design Competition

With Elon Musk in attendance, the team bested 120-plus competitors

This Is Why Microsoft Is Putting Data Servers In The Ocean
Energy

This Is Why Microsoft Is Putting Data Servers In The Ocean

20,000 servers under the sea?

Scientists Manually Transmit Mom’s Microbiome To C-Section Babies
Health

Scientists Manually Transmit Mom’s Microbiome To C-Section Babies

That could be good news for the babies’ long-term health

The Month In Plagues: Zika Virus, Bugs In Your Home, And More
Diseases

The Month In Plagues: Zika Virus, Bugs In Your Home, And More

A plague of links from around the web

Aedes Aegypti
Health

When Will We Have A Zika Vaccine?

Some officials say it could be as soon as the end of this year

The U.S. Government Is Betting $28 Million That We Can Replicate The Brain
AI

The U.S. Government Is Betting $28 Million That We Can Replicate The Brain

The great reverse engineering expedition

Dogs Know To Look Away When Humans Are Angry
Dogs

Dogs Know To Look Away When Humans Are Angry

It could be a learned trait to appease their owners

Obese mice
Health

A Genetic Switch Could Turn Obesity On Or Off

The next step is to figure out how to flip it

Latest Snowden Revelation Shows NSA Hacked Into Israeli Drone Cameras
Drones

Latest Snowden Revelation Shows NSA Hacked Into Israeli Drone Cameras

Confirms Israel is arming its drones

Two Become One: How the Apollo Spacecraft Stuck Together
Space

Two Become One: How the Apollo Spacecraft Stuck Together

Jibo Creator Cynthia Breazeal Is Building A Robot For Every Home
AI

Jibo Creator Cynthia Breazeal Is Building A Robot For Every Home

How robots will become like family members

Exclusive: Neil deGrasse Tyson tells us all about his flat-Earth rap beef
Science

Exclusive: Neil deGrasse Tyson tells us all about his flat-Earth rap beef

He dropped the mic…literally

A Big Fight Over Little Airplanes
Drones

A Big Fight Over Little Airplanes

The Academy of Model Aeronautics goes to Washington

zika
Health

World Health Organization To Hold Emergency Meeting About Zika Virus

And decide whether the outbreak should be deemed an international health emergency

Day of Remembrance
Space

30 Years After Challenger, Remembering All Those Killed In The Pursuit Of Space

A moment of silence

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster
NASA

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster

The 1986 Space Shuttle tragedy killed all seven crew members, but their legacy lives on

Bioart and the Gnawing Invisible
Biology

Bioart and the Gnawing Invisible

The future is surreal: a curator looks into the convergence of art and biotech

This Ship Is A Hovercraft Until It’s An Airplane
Aviation

This Ship Is A Hovercraft Until It’s An Airplane

How low can you soar?