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Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots
Robots

Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots

Dogs will interact with social machines. But will dogs assist the robots in taking over the world?

Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This Creepy-Handed Yelper?
Animals

Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This Creepy-Handed Yelper?

Guess the species (either common or Linnaean) by tweeting at us--we're @PopSci--and get your name listed right here! Plus eternal glory, obviously. Update: we have a winner!

This Is Unofficially The World’s Ugliest Animal
Fish

This Is Unofficially The World’s Ugliest Animal

After tallying thousands of votes, the Ugly Animal Preservation Society has a new mascot.

Fact: You Carry Around Enough Bacteria To Fill A Large Soup Can
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Fact: You Carry Around Enough Bacteria To Fill A Large Soup Can

BARF

Everything You’ve Ever Been Told About How You Learn Is A Lie
Science

Everything You’ve Ever Been Told About How You Learn Is A Lie

Three myths your teachers told you about how your brain learns, debunked

Robo-Maggots Will Munch Through Brain Tumors
Robots

Robo-Maggots Will Munch Through Brain Tumors

Gross, but great for minimally invasive surgery.

GE’s Silent MRI Scanner Has Hit The Market
Health

GE’s Silent MRI Scanner Has Hit The Market

Quiet scans for everyone!

Orangutans Announce Their Travel Plans A Day In Advance
Animals

Orangutans Announce Their Travel Plans A Day In Advance

In the wild, male apes can plan ahead where they'll be going, and they keep their female friends apprised.

Irradiated Seeds Combat World’s Most Serious Wheat Disease
Agriculture

Irradiated Seeds Combat World’s Most Serious Wheat Disease

In Kenya, two new varieties of wheat are resistant to a fungus that defeated even Norman Borlaug's resistant plants.

FYI: Can Snakes Really Be Charmed By Music?
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FYI: Can Snakes Really Be Charmed By Music?

FYI: How Do You Dispose Of Chemical Weapons?
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FYI: How Do You Dispose Of Chemical Weapons?

As the international community debates what should be done with Syria's chemical weapons program, here is a look at what chemical weapons are, and what it takes to safely dispose of them.

Why You Love Your Parents’ Music
Psychology

Why You Love Your Parents’ Music

We have a "reminiscence bump" for the music our parents liked in their 20s--which they probably played around the house when we were kids.

Truman Show Syndrome: Why People Think They’re Living In A Reality Show
Psychology

Truman Show Syndrome: Why People Think They’re Living In A Reality Show

Sufferers of the "Truman Show" syndrome imagine a world where everyone is watching them. And they're just barely wrong.

Bees

Follow A Queen Bee On Her Maiden Mating Flight

Get the bees'-eye view.

FYI: Can Anything Move Faster Than Light?
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FYI: Can Anything Move Faster Than Light?

The Next Space Shuttle: Hybrid Engines Make Runway-To-Orbit Missions A Reality
Space

The Next Space Shuttle: Hybrid Engines Make Runway-To-Orbit Missions A Reality

A new type of engine could usher in an era of affordable spaceplanes

The Crazy Tech Behind The 2013 America’s Cup
Technology

The Crazy Tech Behind The 2013 America’s Cup

8 awesome facts about the world's fastest sailing yachts

Chemical Analysis Finds A Whiskey’s Unique Fingerprint
Science

Chemical Analysis Finds A Whiskey’s Unique Fingerprint

How to tell different whiskeys apart scientifically

6 of the most important drug milestones of all time
Health

6 of the most important drug milestones of all time

From arsenic to Prozac to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.

The Week In Numbers: A 3-D Printed Invisibility Cloak, Skyscrapers That Attack, And More
Science

The Week In Numbers: A 3-D Printed Invisibility Cloak, Skyscrapers That Attack, And More