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Kitty DNA Shows Cats Have Evolved To Learn From Treats
Evolution

Kitty DNA Shows Cats Have Evolved To Learn From Treats

So toilet-training really should work, right?

Virgin Galactic Crash May Lead To New Regulations For Private Spaceflight
Technology

Virgin Galactic Crash May Lead To New Regulations For Private Spaceflight

The FAA considers putting rules in place for a growing industry.

Peanut Butter
Physics

Geophysicists Are Turning Peanut Butter Into Diamond Gemstones

The world's simplest sandwich is actually a diamond in the rough.

White House Pushes To End Internet Throttling Threat
Technology

White House Pushes To End Internet Throttling Threat

The president's plan would keep ISPs from deciding which websites you can go to, and how fast that content will be delivered.

Here’s How We’ll Touch Down On A Comet This Week (We Hope)
Science

Here’s How We’ll Touch Down On A Comet This Week (We Hope)

The Rosetta mission is about to land where no spacecraft has ever landed before.

Carl Sagan On What Life On Mars Would Be Like
Mars

Carl Sagan On What Life On Mars Would Be Like

Happy Carl Sagan day! Celebrate with this blast from the past in the pages of Popular Science

The Week In Drones: Flying Cars, Robotic Starlings, And Braaaains
DARPA

The Week In Drones: Flying Cars, Robotic Starlings, And Braaaains

Keeping up with the droneses

Hubble Snaps Detailed Photos Of Dust And Debris Surrounding Stars
Exoplanets

Hubble Snaps Detailed Photos Of Dust And Debris Surrounding Stars

And you thought your home was dusty

Navy Wants A Minesweeping Robot Boat To Protect Their Fragile Ship
Technology

Navy Wants A Minesweeping Robot Boat To Protect Their Fragile Ship

Robots might be better than armor

The Beautiful Innards Of 19 Everyday Objects
Science

The Beautiful Innards Of 19 Everyday Objects

Radiologists put random stuff in an x-ray machine to celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays

This Robot Can Make You Feel Like There’s A Ghost Behind You
Robots

This Robot Can Make You Feel Like There’s A Ghost Behind You

Ever feel another human “presence” nearby? It may just mean your brain is confused.

You Can Gas Up Your Car With Garbage, If It’s The 2015 Chevrolet Impala Bi-Fuel
Vehicles

You Can Gas Up Your Car With Garbage, If It’s The 2015 Chevrolet Impala Bi-Fuel

How Some West African Countries Have Kept Ebola Out
Diseases

How Some West African Countries Have Kept Ebola Out

You know, the ones that don't have Ebola epidemics even though they're bordering on the countries that do

Throwback Thursday: A 200-Story ‘Airport Skyscraper’, The Poochmobile, And This Dangerous Ice Machine
Technology

Throwback Thursday: A 200-Story ‘Airport Skyscraper’, The Poochmobile, And This Dangerous Ice Machine

November 1939: A Popular Science issue so beautifully strange, "red demons" don't even make the list.

How To Repurpose Your Old Radio To Listen To Meteor Showers
Projects

How To Repurpose Your Old Radio To Listen To Meteor Showers

Hear (and see) the Leonid meteor shower Nov. 17 through Nov. 18.

Where Do Genitals Come From?
Animals

Where Do Genitals Come From?

Scientists discover the embryonic origins of the phallus

Orbital Sciences Is Replacing The Soviet-Era Engine Suspected In Its Rocket Explosion
Science

Orbital Sciences Is Replacing The Soviet-Era Engine Suspected In Its Rocket Explosion

It’s safe to say the 50-year-old motor design has got to go.

Experimental Particle Accelerator Boosts Electrons On A Wave
Science

Experimental Particle Accelerator Boosts Electrons On A Wave

Surf's up at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California.

Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness
Space

Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness

The Carpool Deville
Vehicles

How 2 Guys Turned A ’69 Cadillac Into The World’s Fastest Hot Tub

This drivable DIY project gives new meaning to the term "carpool"