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The Week In Drones: Wedding Photographers, Prison Guards, And More
Technology

The Week In Drones: Wedding Photographers, Prison Guards, And More

Keeping up with the droneses

Rogue Geoengineering Project May Have Increased Salmon Numbers
Environment

Rogue Geoengineering Project May Have Increased Salmon Numbers

The salmon population in an area dosed with iron has doubled.

Computer Models Show What Exactly Would Happen To Earth After A Nuclear War
Climate Change

Computer Models Show What Exactly Would Happen To Earth After A Nuclear War

Cheery happy times

You Can Own The Longest Piece Of Fossilized Feces Ever Sold
Dinosaurs

You Can Own The Longest Piece Of Fossilized Feces Ever Sold

An "eye-watering" 40-inch coprolite

What Sort Of Weapon Shot Down Flight MH-17?
Weapons

What Sort Of Weapon Shot Down Flight MH-17?

It's unlikely it was a portable missile launcher.

Photos Emerge of China’s 4th New Stealth Fighter
Military

Photos Emerge of China’s 4th New Stealth Fighter

Marines Prepare For Future War With Robot Horses And Swimming Trucks
DARPA

Marines Prepare For Future War With Robot Horses And Swimming Trucks

Robots bring lunch to the battlefields of tomorrow.

Does ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ Stand Up To Peer Review?
Pollution

Does ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ Stand Up To Peer Review?

Marine scientists have serious questions about a crowdfunded project to scoop up marine plastic debris.

Friends Who Are Unrelated Share A Surprising Amount Of DNA
Science

Friends Who Are Unrelated Share A Surprising Amount Of DNA

Friends really are the family you choose

If A Girl Isn’t Interested In Science, It’s Not Because She’s A Girl
Health

If A Girl Isn’t Interested In Science, It’s Not Because She’s A Girl

How do babies learn to know when they gotta go?
Science

How do babies learn to know when they gotta go?

Cyberbullies Can’t Be Stopped. But They Could Be Quarantined.
Internet

Cyberbullies Can’t Be Stopped. But They Could Be Quarantined.

Tracking when bullying happens on the Internet

Guns, Drugs, And Partial Nudity: PopSci Goes To A Techno-Libertarian Bash
Drones

Guns, Drugs, And Partial Nudity: PopSci Goes To A Techno-Libertarian Bash

At the 11th annual PorcFest, technology and freedom romp hand in hand

This Bot Has Written More Wikipedia Articles Than Anybody
Internet

This Bot Has Written More Wikipedia Articles Than Anybody

It's responsible for 8.5 percent of Wikipedia articles.

The Forgotten Woman Who Made Microbiology Possible
Health

The Forgotten Woman Who Made Microbiology Possible

“The Defenders”: An Excerpt From Our Sci-Fi Special Issue
Science Fiction

“The Defenders”: An Excerpt From Our Sci-Fi Special Issue

An artificial intelligence that saved humanity from invaders 28 years ago breaks its silence to meet with human ambassadors. They have no idea what is in store.

A Beautiful Mind: Can Ariel Garten’s Brain Wave Interface Improve Your Outlook On Life?
Technology

A Beautiful Mind: Can Ariel Garten’s Brain Wave Interface Improve Your Outlook On Life?

When science and art intersect

How Apollo 11’s astronauts spent their 22 hours on the moon
Space

How Apollo 11’s astronauts spent their 22 hours on the moon

We remember the flag raising and "one small step," but what else did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin do on the Moon?

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach
Biology

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach

The Ballad Of Ron Allum
Technology

The Ballad Of Ron Allum

How a self-taught engineer sent James Cameron to the Mariana Trench -- and back.