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The Week In Drones: Netflix Delivers By Quadcopter, New Drone Law In Utah, And More
Technology

The Week In Drones: Netflix Delivers By Quadcopter, New Drone Law In Utah, And More

Keeping up with the droneses

The Month in Plagues: Nazi Mosquitoes, Agricultural Espionage, And More
Diseases

The Month in Plagues: Nazi Mosquitoes, Agricultural Espionage, And More

Why Bitcoin Needs More Women
Health

Why Bitcoin Needs More Women

Oscars 2014: Predicting The Winners With Data
Vehicles

Oscars 2014: Predicting The Winners With Data

Quants vs. critics: who will be right?

A Waterwheel That Picks Up Floating Trash
Technology

A Waterwheel That Picks Up Floating Trash

Down, dirty, and wet

plane
Space

Max Valier’s 1924 Thoughts on Rocket Planes

spider
Animals

Black Widow Spiders Would Rather Not Bite You Or Beck

NASA Could’ve Prevented The Near-Drowning Of An Astronaut
NASA

NASA Could’ve Prevented The Near-Drowning Of An Astronaut

A “mishap” investigation into NASA reveals what went wrong in a spacewalk last year

Exclusive: Inside Google’s Quest To Bring Polar Bears To You
Bears

Exclusive: Inside Google’s Quest To Bring Polar Bears To You

Every fall, polar bears migrate to the shores of the Hudson Bay and wait, a little longer each year, for the ice to refreeze. Street View collected imagery from their journey across the tundra. Here's why that's important.

Now Where Were We…?
Science

Now Where Were We…?

Cross-Laminated Timber is the Most Advanced Building Material
Technology

Cross-Laminated Timber is the Most Advanced Building Material

Cross-Laminated Timber Continues to Impress Builders and Engineers

Military

Eastern Arsenal- Why we write

Kickstart A Sci-Fi Theater Festival
Science

Kickstart A Sci-Fi Theater Festival

The Los Angeles-based Sci-Fest will feature original one-act science fiction plays and actors from "Star Trek," "Buffy," "Supernatural," and more.

The Strange Beauty Of Bioluminescent Fish
Biology

The Strange Beauty Of Bioluminescent Fish

The new book Fire in the Sea brings one eccentric marine biologist's paintings out of obscurity.

Cat Bites, Depression and Germs: Is there a Link?
Diseases

Cat Bites, Depression and Germs: Is there a Link?

Fewer Soldiers, More Robots: Pentagon Budgets For The Future
Technology

Fewer Soldiers, More Robots: Pentagon Budgets For The Future

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has proposed the smallest United States military since 1940. It's also the most technologically advanced.

The Car That Runs On Air
Hybrid Cars

The Car That Runs On Air

Bringing new meaning to running on fumes

You Can Pay Via Fingerprint With Samsung’s Latest Phone
Gear

You Can Pay Via Fingerprint With Samsung’s Latest Phone

The company teamed up with PayPal to bring biometric scanning to its Galaxy S5

Famous Novels’ First Sentences, Mapped [Infographic]
Science

Famous Novels’ First Sentences, Mapped [Infographic]

Sentence diagrams never looked this good

A Scientific Look At Why You Hate Hawaiian Shirts
Science

A Scientific Look At Why You Hate Hawaiian Shirts

Structuralist analysis reveals why you think soft, floral patterns are so tacky. (Ugh, so tacky.)