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Staten Island's New York Wheel differs from the usual design of supertall observation wheels.

Choose your favorite data-driven model for predicting Oscar wins.

Let there be (tiny laser) light!

Last week's meteorite impact: cosmic coincidence, or a sign of the Mayan apocalypse? Brush up on the nuttiest theories floating around the Web.

Four tips in case you wanted to follow in the footsteps of the $50 million Brussels diamond theft and heist yourself some valuable jewels.

An automatic pedestrian-detection system can warn drivers when people are likely to step out onto the road, and cushion a collision.

Robot iCub uses an artificial neural network to understand new sentences.

He went to three different universities, but there are no records of his ever getting a degree, for example. Happy 540th birthday, Copernicus!

One man's study of 10,000 porn actors reveals their most popular names, roles, hair color and other characteristics.

Astronomers can retrace space rocks' paths to find their birthplace.

Brain damage has unleashed extraordinary talents in a small group of otherwise ordinary individuals. Will science find a way for everyone to tap their inner virtuoso?

Rewiring the brain to battle seizures, blindness, and more

Yes, but it takes a long, long time.

Space rocks are typically tiny and dark. Even if we could spot them, it wouldn't be until they were already upon us, and by then it's too late.

Plug in the numbers and KABOOM! space rocks smash into the Earth.

As regulators look at how to allow drones into American airspace, their concerns now will shape our skies tomorrow.

Confused about the difference between a meteorite and a killer asteroid? We've got you covered.

Columbia University helped grad student Marshall Cox turn a dorm room hack into a commercializable system that could slash carbon emissions by more than 6 million tons a year.