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When Scientific Facts Get Divided Down Party Lines
Environment

When Scientific Facts Get Divided Down Party Lines

New poll shows Tea Partiers in particular are anti-science.

Catching Your Past Life Murderer
Science

Catching Your Past Life Murderer

Next Summer Is Already Better Than This Summer
Space

Next Summer Is Already Better Than This Summer

For a simple reason: it’ll be seven days longer

Demand For Privacy Will Kill The Free Internet. Thank Goodness.
Internet

Demand For Privacy Will Kill The Free Internet. Thank Goodness.

Paying for privacy in today's digital age

The Week In Drones: Walking Dogs, Watching Sea Life, And More
Technology

The Week In Drones: Walking Dogs, Watching Sea Life, And More

Keeping up with the droneses

New Chinese 5th Generation Fighter Jet–J31 Performs More Flight Tests
Military

New Chinese 5th Generation Fighter Jet–J31 Performs More Flight Tests

What Does It Take To Make Meat From Stem Cells?
Stem Cells

What Does It Take To Make Meat From Stem Cells?

More than you might realize

The Life Cycle Of Ideas
Science

The Life Cycle Of Ideas

How scientific concepts rise and fall

A Wooden Canoe Built By Nick Offerman
Projects

A Wooden Canoe Built By Nick Offerman

Channel your inner Ron Swanson

The Medical and Microbiological Consequences of Alcohol Abuse
Diseases

The Medical and Microbiological Consequences of Alcohol Abuse

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans
Biology

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans

In the September 1966 issue of Popular Science, author John Steinbeck made the case for giving deep-sea exploration the same attention as the space race.

What We Can Learn From Humans Who Don’t Age
Health

What We Can Learn From Humans Who Don’t Age

A closer look at the science behind two unusual little girls, who have appeared on Dateline and Good Morning America.

Robots Are Strong: The Sci-Fi Myth of Robotic Competence
Robots

Robots Are Strong: The Sci-Fi Myth of Robotic Competence

The Disquieting Delights Of Salt-Rising Bread
Science

The Disquieting Delights Of Salt-Rising Bread

How Clostridium, a nasty pathogen, makes an infectiously delicious confection

Chinese Special Forces Take 1st, 2nd And 4th Place At ‘Olympics’ For Elite Warriors
Military

Chinese Special Forces Take 1st, 2nd And 4th Place At ‘Olympics’ For Elite Warriors

3-D Printing the Double Bubble
Projects

3-D Printing the Double Bubble

Make your own jetliner at home

Which Electric Car Is Fastest?
Technology

Which Electric Car Is Fastest?

A handy breakdown for speed freaks

Russian Bluster Aside, What Will Become Of The ISS?
Technology

Russian Bluster Aside, What Will Become Of The ISS?

Russia's recent threat to leave the space station by 2020 was in fact the original plan.

A Terrible Thing That Waits (Under the Ocean)
Military

A Terrible Thing That Waits (Under the Ocean)

Technology

The Week In Drones: Hunting In Packs, Bothering Falcons, And More

Keeping up with the droneses