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You Have Already Complied: RoboCop and the All-Too-Feasible Horror of Brain Hacking
Robots

You Have Already Complied: RoboCop and the All-Too-Feasible Horror of Brain Hacking

The Cosmos, Explained: Neil deGrasse Tyson On His New Series
Space

The Cosmos, Explained: Neil deGrasse Tyson On His New Series

Tyson will pick up where Carl Sagan left off, hosting a continuation of the "Cosmos" TV series.

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Gear

This Computer-Generated Swarm Is Mind-Melting

Replace a flock of birds with fireflies on a dark night, and this is about what you'd get.

How Real Is ‘RoboCop’?
Technology

How Real Is ‘RoboCop’?

The futuristic cyborg might not be as far off into the future as we think.

There Are 177,147 Ways To Tie A Tie
Science

There Are 177,147 Ways To Tie A Tie

Thanks, math!

Engineering The Ideal Olympian: Talking With Ted Ligety
Technology

Engineering The Ideal Olympian: Talking With Ted Ligety

The champion skier chats about the perfect gear.

Video: First Footage Surfaces Of New Iranian Submarine
Navy

Video: First Footage Surfaces Of New Iranian Submarine

The new mid-sized model is the nation's largest domestically built sub.

Birds

Watch A Crow Solve A Complex Puzzle

How smart are crows? They are so smart!

Hugh Latimer Dryden
Space

Should NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Centre be Renamed for Neil Armstrong?

The Week In Drones: Car With Built-In Quadcopter, Fighter Jet Crash In New Mexico, And More
Concept Cars

The Week In Drones: Car With Built-In Quadcopter, Fighter Jet Crash In New Mexico, And More

Many Promising Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies Ensnared In Legal Loophole
Stem Cells

Many Promising Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies Ensnared In Legal Loophole

Rules from two U.S. federal agencies, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, have created a strange impasse.

Like Darwin’s Finches, But Weirder, Bat Faces Showcase Amazing Adaptations
Animals

Like Darwin’s Finches, But Weirder, Bat Faces Showcase Amazing Adaptations

Better Know a Plague: Measles, Mumps & Rubella
Diseases

Better Know a Plague: Measles, Mumps & Rubella

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Dinosaurs

Chickens Wear Prosthetic Dinosaur Tails, For Science

Simulating ancient gaits with barnyard fowl

Let This Robot Write An Employee Farewell Letter For You
Robots

Let This Robot Write An Employee Farewell Letter For You

"P.S. Alvaro, you still owe me a drink for that thing, okay?"

Why Robot Trucks Could Be Headed To Afghanistan (And Everywhere Else)
Robots

Why Robot Trucks Could Be Headed To Afghanistan (And Everywhere Else)

The World’s Most Advanced Building Material Is… Wood
Technology

The World’s Most Advanced Building Material Is… Wood

And it’s going to remake the skyline

Three Ways To End Life On Earth, According To 1962
Technology

Three Ways To End Life On Earth, According To 1962

A disturbing thought experiment (with diagrams) by Cold War-era scientists

Science Confirms The Obvious: Being Shot In The Face Is Bad
Military

Science Confirms The Obvious: Being Shot In The Face Is Bad

Like, really bad.

Engineering The Ideal Olympian: Sochi’s Snow Strategy
Technology

Engineering The Ideal Olympian: Sochi’s Snow Strategy

How to put a subtropical climate on ice