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The Aston Martin DB5 that made its first James Bond cameo in 1964's Goldfinger gets bullet-ridden and blown up in the new movie Skyfall. Except not really.

Pepsi Special claims to block the body’s ability to absorb fat. How does that work?

A roundup of the high- and low-tech solutions to mitigate dangerous concentrations of airborne chemicals at home

This material is 100 times lighter than styrofoam--but it's also really strong!

American supercomputers now make up half of the top 10 fastest machines on the planet.

Human skin is a hard system to emulate, but that hasn't stopped Stanford scientists from producing a touch-sensitive material that can heal itself at room temperature.

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We know diamonds are the hardest, but determining the softest stuff on the planet is complicated.

In the future, donuts.lol will be the highest-trafficked site on the internet. We will all visit it for donut lols.

Make sure nobody will ever see your classified documents.

A new exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art celebrates Kubrick's pioneering embrace of cutting-edge technologies, from Steadicams to NASA satellite lenses.

Archaeologists argue that drought caused by climate variation played a major role in the decline and fall of Mayan civilization.

Like a lot of suds on the top of your beer pour? Scientists have found a gene for that.

Star formation is now 30 times lower than at its peak 11 billion years ago.

Some methods that people have suggested for preventing, or stopping, a hurricane--and why they might not work

An open letter from PopSci to President Obama about science and the future

A disaster simulation that's a lot of fun.

An animation by Northeastern University's LazerLab shows what's being donated, and where.

Looking around for methane in Gale Crater, Curiosity found a whole lot of nothing. But that doesn't dash hopes of finding evidence of life on Mars some day.

What do you need to rig an election? A basic knowledge of electronics and $30 worth of RadioShack gear, professional hacker Roger Johnston reveals. The good news: we can stop it.