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Frowning In Bright Sunlight Can Make You Angry
Psychology

Frowning In Bright Sunlight Can Make You Angry

A study on an Italian beach turns up interesting results

Austria Greenlights DIY Genetic Engineering
Health

Austria Greenlights DIY Genetic Engineering

The Fastest Face-Down, Head-First, Human-Powered Vehicle
Projects

The Fastest Face-Down, Head-First, Human-Powered Vehicle

Meet the Beastie Bike.

Scientific Evidence That Walking While Texting Is Bad
Science

Scientific Evidence That Walking While Texting Is Bad

Guys, seriously, so dumb.

The Trials And Torments Of Space School
Space

The Trials And Torments Of Space School

What does it take to become a citizen astronaut?

Where And How To Sift For Your Own Fossils
Projects

Where And How To Sift For Your Own Fossils

A simple tool you can make yourself, and 27 great locations to try it out

Meet The People Who Want To Print A Home In A Day
Technology

Meet The People Who Want To Print A Home In A Day

The open-source construction system WikiHouse could upend architecture as we know it.

The Recipe for Apollo 13’s Disaster
Space

The Recipe for Apollo 13’s Disaster

Big Pic: A Fruit Fly Born In Outer Space
Health

Big Pic: A Fruit Fly Born In Outer Space

Something seems a little off here…

Finding What Puts The Heat In Hot Peppers
Science

Finding What Puts The Heat In Hot Peppers

A newly published genome holds some spicy secrets.

Killing One Owl, To Save Another, Ruffles Feathers
Birds

Killing One Owl, To Save Another, Ruffles Feathers

Barred owls are being killed to save endangered spotted owls.

‘Placebo Sleep’ Can Improve Cognitive Skills
Health

‘Placebo Sleep’ Can Improve Cognitive Skills

If you tell people they slept better than they did, they are likely to perform better on math and word association tests.

Why Babies Fake Cry – and Why It Isn’t Fake
Science

Why Babies Fake Cry – and Why It Isn’t Fake

A World Without The Winter Olympics
Climate Change

A World Without The Winter Olympics

How climate change will make the Games impossible for certain cities.

Google Rumored to be Pulling its Team From the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Technology

Google Rumored to be Pulling its Team From the DARPA Robotics Challenge

Ask Anything: Do Plants Get Cancer?
Ask Us Anything

Ask Anything: Do Plants Get Cancer?

Taking a look at the disease in greenery

Put On This Virtual Reality Helmet, Then Swap Your Gender
Psychology

Put On This Virtual Reality Helmet, Then Swap Your Gender

Could virtual reality help us step into the shoes of someone else?

The Maker King
Technology

The Maker King

How Carl Bass, the CEO of Autodesk, is shaping the maker movement—from his garage.

Robots May Replace One-Fourth Of U.S. Combat Soldiers By 2030, Says General
Army

Robots May Replace One-Fourth Of U.S. Combat Soldiers By 2030, Says General

Be all the cyberman you can be.

Sloth Fur Might Yield New Drugs
Health

Sloth Fur Might Yield New Drugs

Microbes living in the beasts' coats could be deadly to malaria and cancer cells.