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NASA’s Next Mars Rover Will Look For Past Life
Technology

NASA’s Next Mars Rover Will Look For Past Life

It'll store and collect samples to (hopefully) one day return to Earth.

How Drones Would’ve Altered The Course Of The Civil War
Drones

How Drones Would’ve Altered The Course Of The Civil War

We ask the experts how today's technology would've influenced the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War itself.

The Major Flaw In Brain Training Studies
Science

The Major Flaw In Brain Training Studies

People in the control group always realize they're just playing Tetris for hours.

How Better Plane Design Is Making Crashes Less Deadly
Aviation

How Better Plane Design Is Making Crashes Less Deadly

How the decades-old concept of "crashworthiness" saves lives

Why Deaf People Don’t Achoo When They Sneeze
Science

Why Deaf People Don’t Achoo When They Sneeze

You may not know it, but peer pressure influences what you sound like when you sneeze.

This Preserved Lizard Is 23 Million Years Old
Dinosaurs

This Preserved Lizard Is 23 Million Years Old

It might well be related to a very common modern lizard--except it's teeny-tiny.

Thousands Of Species Found In Lake Vostok Ice
Science

Thousands Of Species Found In Lake Vostok Ice

In one of the most isolated places on Earth, sealed off for 15 million years, life teems. Some of it may be animal life.

What Are The Least Essential Organs In The Human Body?
Ask Us Anything

What Are The Least Essential Organs In The Human Body?

Asking for a friend.

FYI: What Is Hikikomori?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: What Is Hikikomori?

Stories of this mental illness, culturally specific to Japan, make their way to Western shores.

Test Drive: The 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid
Vehicles

Test Drive: The 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid

The first production plug-in hybrid sedan from Porsche

How Accurate Is Hawk-Eye, Tennis’s Ball-Caller?
Technology

How Accurate Is Hawk-Eye, Tennis’s Ball-Caller?

Would you have wanted Wimbledon coverage to show "error bars" around its Hawk-Eye replays?

Your Burning Questions About The Roswell Incident, Answered
Science

Your Burning Questions About The Roswell Incident, Answered

The Popular Science archive answers those nagging questions about the July 1947 UFO crash in the desert outside of Roswell, N.M.

What The X-47B Reveals About The Future Of Autonomous Flight
Navy

What The X-47B Reveals About The Future Of Autonomous Flight

Five things you need to know about the X-47B, the U.S. military's first unmanned, autonomous combat jet.

Help Scientists Solve Mysteries Of The Brain By Watching Worms Lay Eggs
Science

Help Scientists Solve Mysteries Of The Brain By Watching Worms Lay Eggs

Mark those eggs!

Why This Guy Implanted Headphones In His Ears
Technology

Why This Guy Implanted Headphones In His Ears

For DIY biohacker Rich Lee, earbud implants are about more than self-expression: they're also a matter of survival.

FYI: What Would Happen If You Shot Off Fireworks In Space?
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FYI: What Would Happen If You Shot Off Fireworks In Space?

Good news: they'll explode! Bad news: they might not be the prettiest fireworks ever.

The Future Of Flight: Planes That Never Need To Land
Aviation

The Future Of Flight: Planes That Never Need To Land

Perpetual flight is going, so get ready for planes that just keep going and going and going...

Why It Feels Like Your Phone Is Vibrating In Your Pocket When It Isn’t
Psychology

Why It Feels Like Your Phone Is Vibrating In Your Pocket When It Isn’t

*bzzzzzzzzzzzzz*

The Science Of Car Hacking
Vehicles

The Science Of Car Hacking

Hacked cars are unlikely to be an assassin's weapon of choice.

MIT Will Map Your Relationships Using Your Metadata
Technology

MIT Will Map Your Relationships Using Your Metadata

Give MIT a little access to your Gmail, get a big graph of all your relationships!