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One-Way, Manned Mission To Mars Just Got Closer To Reality
Mars One announces deals with Lockheed Martin and SSTL to develop technology to colonize the Red Planet by 2025.
How Will Space Commuters Navigate A Thicket Of Air Traffic?
American air traffic controllers oversee more than 50 million plane operations each year. How will they adjust to a commercial space industry blasting off through the flight paths?
Cloned Horse Wins Argentine Polo Open
Cloned ponies (clonies?) are beginning to prove themselves in the field.
Killing Fungus With Plastic Bottles
IBM originally developed the material, made from recycled plastic, as an outcropping of its semiconductor work.
Make An LED Holiday Light Out Of Pennies
And a lemon, and some other stuff. But mostly pennies.
Curiosity Finds A Former Lake On Mars
Was it home to life? It could have been. Meanwhile, the search for organic compounds continues.
A Brief History Of Octopi Taking Over The World
In honor of the totally-not-evil logo for the National Reconnaissance Office's latest space mission.
Gender Differences Found In Brain Wiring: Insight Or Neurosexism?
A new study claims to have found the neural differences between men and women. But the story's not that simple.
How To Make Your Very Own Legal Drug [Video]
Mike Power, author of Drugs 2.0, explains how simple it was to create a legal high.
Military Secret Rooms Not As Soundproof As Intended
An acoustics engineer points out some serious flaws in supposedly secure facilities.
Scientists Color Silk By Feeding Silkworms Fabric Dyes
The process is designed to be more environmentally friendly than traditional dyeing.