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Hubble Snaps a Star Factory at the Center of the Tarantula Nebula
Technology

Hubble Snaps a Star Factory at the Center of the Tarantula Nebula

A Computer Constructed From a Consortium of Live Crabs
Animals

A Computer Constructed From a Consortium of Live Crabs

This Week in the Future, April 9-13, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, April 9-13, 2012

Q+A:  SpaceX Engineer Garrett Reisman on Building the World’s Safest Spacecraft
Space X

Q+A: SpaceX Engineer Garrett Reisman on Building the World’s Safest Spacecraft

How to make sure there are no giant unfortunate explosions as space tourism starts to take off

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It
Technology

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It

Pentagon Announces New Strategy: Rapidly Develop Cyberweapons to Attack Specific Targets
Technology

Pentagon Announces New Strategy: Rapidly Develop Cyberweapons to Attack Specific Targets

Human Eggs Grown in the Lab Could Produce Unlimited Supply of Humans
Stem Cells

Human Eggs Grown in the Lab Could Produce Unlimited Supply of Humans

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid
Physics

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid

Six Ways Investments in Space are Paying Technology Dividends on Earth
NASA

Six Ways Investments in Space are Paying Technology Dividends on Earth

Space science is Earth science

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?
DARPA

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?

How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer
Physics

How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer

A working, large-scale quantum computer is still a decade away, but researchers are currently turning a critical corner from theory to building the first small quantum systems

How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing
Medicine

How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing

Directly stimulating human cells with light

Without Smarts, New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ is Really the Taxi of Yesterday
Technology

Without Smarts, New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ is Really the Taxi of Yesterday

The New York City taxi fleet is a machine that runs on data. So why isn't it more intelligent?

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea
Fossil Fuels

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea

Harvesting thermal energy from the oceans takes some powerful engineering

Test Drive: the 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan
Technology

Test Drive: the 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan

The classic German sedan gets an exciting upgrade

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools
Medicine

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools

Even without a DNA sample

Breaking: Facebook Is Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars
Technology

Breaking: Facebook Is Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars

How it Would Work: Destroying an Incoming Killer Asteroid With a Nuclear Blast
Space

How it Would Work: Destroying an Incoming Killer Asteroid With a Nuclear Blast

Simulations show how unleashing Earth's destructive arsenal into deep space could save the planet

The Solar System With the Most Planets Is Now … HD 10180
Exoplanets

The Solar System With the Most Planets Is Now … HD 10180

This Week in the Future, April 2-6, 2012
Technology

This Week in the Future, April 2-6, 2012