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Nice music doesn't always mean a real win.

We detect a plasmaspheric breeze.

In a small study, women who watched virtual representations of themselves exercise ended up exercising more in real-life, too.

The brains of habitual cannabis users have trouble synthesizing dopamine, according to a small study.

The test is based on the spike in radioactive carbon in the Earth's atmosphere during the Cold War.

Google Reader is dead. Sad face. Here's what to use instead.

Two new programs are coming to improve the U.S. Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) fleet.

Surprising facts about the world's largest lizard.

It's an experimental "x-ray vision" device that's designed with everyday users in mind.

The DARPA-funded Gazebo simulation software could make robotics accessible to everyone.

A DIY version of the sci-fi series' ultimate alien: the Dalek.

Researchers created a series of interactive maps that allow users to see AIDS data down to the county level--and see how that compares to race, health, and wealth.

Two scientists say sterilization requirements for spacecraft are inhibiting research.

A complete genomic look at wild and domestic tomatoes might help us combine their strengths for an ultimate tomato.

What are police departments doing with all that data?

Scientists in Japan have been able, for the first time, to successfully clone a mouse from a blood sample drawn from a living donor's tail.

Fact-checking Edward Snowden's anti-spy technique

Many machines over the past 60 years have been billed as the one that will make the big breakthrough in fusion science, only to stumble. This one could be different.