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And without it, could I do everything a five-toed human does?

All states now have a 0.08 percent legal limit, but the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says you're drunk at 0.05 percent blood-alcohol content.

From New York, around Florida and up the Mississippi, all to study a subatomic particle that only lives two millionths of a second.

As PopSci cheers from the carrier deck

A pipe that copies DNA using the heat of a lightbulb.

Forensic image analysis relaunches the controversy.

Hackers have attacked major U.S. banks over most of the past year, according to a new report.

Researchers have pinpointed a set of biological markers that could help diagnose PTSD--and, eventually, treat it.

Plant genetics are so weird.

Scientists accidentally discover a new way to isolate gold that is much safer than existing processes, which use toxic cyanide.

An HVAC system powered by an 18-wheeler’s exhaust.

Screeeeeeeech!

A programmable animatronic robot kit.

The pedant within

In 2010, OxyContin introduced a new formula that drug abusers can't crush to a powder to snort or inject. This is how it works, chemically, and whether it actually deters abuse.

With the help of a psychology professor and a Pixar illustrator, Facebook is trying to make our messages a little more emotional.

I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHO HAD TO PACK THEIR KNIVES AND GO

How scientists create superheavy atoms.

If we weren't all using 1960s technology to conduct financial transactions, maybe we wouldn't get heisted.