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What Is Google’s Semantic Search?
Internet

What Is Google’s Semantic Search?

You searched "Kings." Do you mean the hockey team, basketball team, or something else?

Buried Since the Jurassic Era, Ocean Microbes Are Still ‘Barely Alive’
Biology

Buried Since the Jurassic Era, Ocean Microbes Are Still ‘Barely Alive’

Phineas Gage, Neurology’s Most Interesting Case, Gets His Head Re-Examined With a New Neural Map
Health

Phineas Gage, Neurology’s Most Interesting Case, Gets His Head Re-Examined With a New Neural Map

PopSci Q&A: NASA Just Gave You A Telescope. What Will You Look At First?
Technology

PopSci Q&A: NASA Just Gave You A Telescope. What Will You Look At First?

For the first time, NASA turns over the reins to a functioning spacecraft

iFixit Introduces Dozuki, Actually Makes Product Manuals Interesting and Exciting
DIY

iFixit Introduces Dozuki, Actually Makes Product Manuals Interesting and Exciting

FDA Panel Endorses an Over-the-Counter HIV Test that Diagnoses in Just 20 Minutes
Diseases

FDA Panel Endorses an Over-the-Counter HIV Test that Diagnoses in Just 20 Minutes

The test could be approved for sale later this year

Video: In Breakthrough Study, Paralyzed Patients Move a Robotic Arm With Their Own Thoughts
Robots

Video: In Breakthrough Study, Paralyzed Patients Move a Robotic Arm With Their Own Thoughts

The most complex brain-computer interaction yet

Gray Matter: In Which I Play With White Phosphorus
Projects

Gray Matter: In Which I Play With White Phosphorus

One of the nastiest substances on Earth creates a beautiful glow

Talking to Dolphins: New “Dolphin Speaker” Produces Full Range of Dolphinese Sounds
Animals

Talking to Dolphins: New “Dolphin Speaker” Produces Full Range of Dolphinese Sounds

Test Drive: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG
Vehicles

Test Drive: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG

The new roadster has been substantially redesigned for 2013--but you'll still look awesome while driving it

NASA is Training Up an Astronaut Crew for a Potential Manned Asteroid Mission
Technology

NASA is Training Up an Astronaut Crew for a Potential Manned Asteroid Mission

Engineer Details Plans to Build a Real, Burj-Dubai-Sized Starship Enterprise in 20 Years
Space

Engineer Details Plans to Build a Real, Burj-Dubai-Sized Starship Enterprise in 20 Years

Electrical Engineer Can Feel Magnetic Fields Through Magnets Implanted in His Fingertips
Engineering

Electrical Engineer Can Feel Magnetic Fields Through Magnets Implanted in His Fingertips

And he's answering your questions on Reddit

This Week in the Future, May 7-11, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, May 7-11, 2012

The 10 Best Quotes From the Study That Proves Cereal Tastes Better With Milk Than Water
Science

The 10 Best Quotes From the Study That Proves Cereal Tastes Better With Milk Than Water

But how does it taste with other fluids? Grapefruit juice? Motor oil? Liquid nitrogen?

Video: Bizarrely Realistic Japanese Robotic Buttocks Responds to Slaps
Robots

Video: Bizarrely Realistic Japanese Robotic Buttocks Responds to Slaps

Making Preserved Food Actually Taste Good
Science

Making Preserved Food Actually Taste Good

Preserving food isn't hard--the challenge is in the flavor (or lack thereof, or disgustingness thereof)

Do You “Possess” What You View Online?
Internet

Do You “Possess” What You View Online?

The New York Court of Appeals just ruled that "viewing" child porn online is not the same as "possessing" it. But is the idea of "possessing" a digital file outdated?

Anyone Can Build an Enormous Next-Generation Jet Engine (In Holographic 3-D)
Aviation

Anyone Can Build an Enormous Next-Generation Jet Engine (In Holographic 3-D)

PopSci Q&A: How Nanoracks Sends Scotch, iPhones and School Experiments to Space
International Space Station

PopSci Q&A: How Nanoracks Sends Scotch, iPhones and School Experiments to Space

A private, non-governmental space cargo company