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The backbone of life was organized just the opposite of what everyone has thought for 150 years.

Humanely lowering birth rates via societal female empowerment is the key to preventing a total collapse, Stanford population biologists claim.

A mass animal-hunting contest that actually, well, makes sense.

The Army Corps of Engineers is nearly out of options for keeping a section of the upper Mississippi River flowing.

"This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For"

Maybe, if you're really prepared. But it's not going to be an especially smooth flight.

Combine simple household items to make a rocket propulsion system.

Fractional freezing will concentrate any beer, provided you have a bit of patience and a very cold freezer.

Identify your brew's tastes and smells with a consumer-friendly beer flavor wheel.

Austin-based TrackingPoint shows off its new 'precision guided firearms' that allow the shooter to choose the shot before pulling the trigger.

Two new experiments show how easy it would be to infect Mars with alien microbes.

Scientists have figured out how clots form in the blood, and are using the same method to develop a new class of materials.

It picks you up when you're ready to leave your hotel.

An Arduino is a popular open-source single-board microcontroller. Learn how to program one and let the possibilities take shape.

New clues show how the massive Japanese earthquake happened, and how certain faults could pose a previously unrealized threat.

Insects are ravaging North American forests like never before, and NASA satellites are watching the landscape change.

Perhaps the best smartphone Sony's ever made. But that's not saying all that much.

Physicists calculate how many newtons of force would be needed to carry the peach across the Atlantic.

Record-breaking temperatures require a meteorological redesign.

Legos come to life with this classic animation trick.