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Big Pic: Mammalian Noses, Hot And Cold
Animals

Big Pic: Mammalian Noses, Hot And Cold

These infrared images show some mammals keep their noses cool, while others maintain a warm snout.

Aldrin inside the LM Eagle
Space

Seeing Inside The Apollo Lunar Module

Infants With Pets Look To Where The Action Happens
Science

Infants With Pets Look To Where The Action Happens

Cassini Spots Mosaic Of Extraterrestrial Seas
Technology

Cassini Spots Mosaic Of Extraterrestrial Seas

The Cassini space probe, exploring Saturn and her moons, has revealed extraordinary lakes and seas of liquid methane around the north pole of Titan.

How Facebook’s New Machine Brain Will Learn All About You From Your Photos
AI

How Facebook’s New Machine Brain Will Learn All About You From Your Photos

Facebook poaches an NYU machine learning star to start a new AI lab that may very well end up knowing more about your social life than you do.

reindeer
Climate Change

Fewer Reindeer, More Wildfires: Welcome To The Arctic In 2013

The Arctic's "new normal" includes more plants, less snow

100 percent psychopath
Science

Would a Psychopath Cheat a Psychopath Test?

Our Favorite Science And Technology Reads From 2013
Science

Our Favorite Science And Technology Reads From 2013

The best long-form stuff we read this year

Plasma Shock
Energy

Climatologist: Nuclear Power Only Way To Curb Climate Disruption

Addressing the American Geophysical Union, James Hansen urges fellow scientists to study, share facts on nuclear energy

FDA Aims To Reduce Use Of Antibiotics For Fattening Farm Animals
Health

FDA Aims To Reduce Use Of Antibiotics For Fattening Farm Animals

But critics say the program won’t actually change how much antibiotics pigs, chickens and other animals consume.

Love in the Time of Cholera Vaccine
Diseases

Love in the Time of Cholera Vaccine

One-Way, Manned Mission To Mars Just Got Closer To Reality
Mars

One-Way, Manned Mission To Mars Just Got Closer To Reality

Mars One announces deals with Lockheed Martin and SSTL to develop technology to colonize the Red Planet by 2025.

How Will Space Commuters Navigate A Thicket Of Air Traffic?
Technology

How Will Space Commuters Navigate A Thicket Of Air Traffic?

American air traffic controllers oversee more than 50 million plane operations each year. How will they adjust to a commercial space industry blasting off through the flight paths?

Cloned Horse Wins Argentine Polo Open
Science

Cloned Horse Wins Argentine Polo Open

Cloned ponies (clonies?) are beginning to prove themselves in the field.

Better Know a Fix: DDT
Diseases

Better Know a Fix: DDT

Killing Fungus With Plastic Bottles
Diseases

Killing Fungus With Plastic Bottles

IBM originally developed the material, made from recycled plastic, as an outcropping of its semiconductor work.

Make An LED Holiday Light Out Of Pennies
Projects

Make An LED Holiday Light Out Of Pennies

And a lemon, and some other stuff. But mostly pennies.

Risky Business: 23andMe and the FDA
DIY

Risky Business: 23andMe and the FDA

Curiosity Finds A Former Lake On Mars
Science

Curiosity Finds A Former Lake On Mars

Was it home to life? It could have been. Meanwhile, the search for organic compounds continues.

An Extremely Brief History of Military Submarines
Military

An Extremely Brief History of Military Submarines