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Chile Wants To Make Your Smartphone Greener
Technology

Chile Wants To Make Your Smartphone Greener

Mining cleaner rare earth elements to power cell phones and missiles

Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Is Bad Science
Dinosaurs

Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Is Bad Science

The new dino movie from the creators of 'Toy Story' looks fun, but wrong

Tricycle Hovercraft Wants To Let You Fly Like a Jedi
Aviation

Tricycle Hovercraft Wants To Let You Fly Like a Jedi

Creators promise the Flike is 'as easy as riding a bike.' Uh-huh.

Archaeologists Could Use Augmented Reality To Immortalize Ancient Sites
Archaeology

Archaeologists Could Use Augmented Reality To Immortalize Ancient Sites

And also let tourists peek inside

New Army Exoskeleton Makes Soldiers’ Gunshots More Accurate
Army

New Army Exoskeleton Makes Soldiers’ Gunshots More Accurate

MAXFAS system stabilizes your shooting arm with cables and sensors

Estonia Is Making Modular Bomb Shelters
Military

Estonia Is Making Modular Bomb Shelters

Mix and match to create the perfect refuge from a geopolitical apocalypse

Will Smoking Pot Get Rid Of Your Intestinal Worms?
Medicine

Will Smoking Pot Get Rid Of Your Intestinal Worms?

It might be helping some hunter-gatherers in Africa

DJI Inspire In Flight
Technology

Enrique Iglesias Injures Hand Grabbing Drone On Stage

Remember: don't touch the blades

Why Would People Steal Copper From A Subway?
Energy

Why Would People Steal Copper From A Subway?

It's all about the Abrahams (you know, like the penny...)

Microsoft’s IllumiRoom Rolls Virtual Grenades Straight Into Your Living Room
Technology

Microsoft’s IllumiRoom Rolls Virtual Grenades Straight Into Your Living Room

Experimental system uses projectors and 3D room sensors

A veggie burger with fries.
Robots

Google’s A.I. Is Training Itself to Count Calories In Food Photos

Deep dish learning

Watch A Tiny Origami Robot Crawl, Climb, Swim, and Dissolve
Robots

Watch A Tiny Origami Robot Crawl, Climb, Swim, and Dissolve

Magnets, that's how it works

How To Fix A Goldfish
Fish

How To Fix A Goldfish

A brief and incomplete history of homemade goldfish slings on the Internet

GoPro 360 Camera Array
Social Media

Google and GoPro Enter The Growing Virtual Reality Arms Race

On a collision course with Facebook's Oculus VR

This Ancient Skeleton May Be Humanity’s First Murder Victim
Science

This Ancient Skeleton May Be Humanity’s First Murder Victim

That we know of, anyway

Black Hornet Nano UAV
Drones

Special Forces Test Hummingbird-Size Drone

One tiny scout for now, one big question for the future

Sino-Russian Naval Exercise in Club Med
Military

Sino-Russian Naval Exercise in Club Med

Joint Sea Drill 2015

Watch MIT’s Robot Cheetah Jump Over Obstacles
DARPA

Watch MIT’s Robot Cheetah Jump Over Obstacles

Cat-like reflexes

Can We Unlearn Social Biases While We Sleep?
Health

Can We Unlearn Social Biases While We Sleep?

Putting gender and race stereotypes to bed

Why Did A Bacterial Scientist Trick People Into Thinking Chocolate Was Healthy?
Science

Why Did A Bacterial Scientist Trick People Into Thinking Chocolate Was Healthy?

A glimpse into the broken system of scientific journals and bad journalism