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The Scene at NASA’s Mars Rover Landing Watch: Peanuts, Playoff Beards and Other Curiosities
Mars

The Scene at NASA’s Mars Rover Landing Watch: Peanuts, Playoff Beards and Other Curiosities

Scientists are not immune to superstitions -- they need lucky legumes

Why the Mars Rover Curiosity’s Crazy, Complicated Landing Isn’t So Crazy After All
Mars

Why the Mars Rover Curiosity’s Crazy, Complicated Landing Isn’t So Crazy After All

Intricate, untested sky crane airdrop is better than airbags, according to NASA

The Many Ways Mars Rover Curiosity Might Phone Home
Science

The Many Ways Mars Rover Curiosity Might Phone Home

Call us, maybe

NASA Invests $1.1 Billion in Manned Commercial Trips to Space
Technology

NASA Invests $1.1 Billion in Manned Commercial Trips to Space

SpaceX, Boeing, and Sierra Nevada chosen to take Americans into orbit

How The Largest Health Surveillance System Ever Created Is Preventing An Olympic-Size Pandemic
Health

How The Largest Health Surveillance System Ever Created Is Preventing An Olympic-Size Pandemic

How do you tell if a flu is dangerous enough to bring down the Olympics? Map diseases in real-time, throughout the entire country

Russian Robotic Spacecraft Completes First Same-Day Docking at ISS, Just Six Hours After Launch
Technology

Russian Robotic Spacecraft Completes First Same-Day Docking at ISS, Just Six Hours After Launch

Navy Experimental Rail Gun to Fire GPS-Guided Projectiles
Navy

Navy Experimental Rail Gun to Fire GPS-Guided Projectiles

Why Is It So Hard to Land On Mars?
Science

Why Is It So Hard to Land On Mars?

As Mars rover Curiosity approaches its terrifying landing, we have to face the fact that ‘Mars wins most of the time’

The Next Generation of Mars Rovers Could Be Smaller Than Grains of Sand
Mars

The Next Generation of Mars Rovers Could Be Smaller Than Grains of Sand

Why send truck-sized rovers when you can send nanobots?

Video: Google Street View Adds Space Shuttles, Launch Pads and More At Kennedy Space Center
Space

Video: Google Street View Adds Space Shuttles, Launch Pads and More At Kennedy Space Center

Seeing Through Walls With a Wireless Router
Security

Seeing Through Walls With a Wireless Router

The Ten Instruments That Mars Rover Curiosity Will Use to Investigate the Red Planet
Mars

The Ten Instruments That Mars Rover Curiosity Will Use to Investigate the Red Planet

A rock-analyzing laser, a neutron bombarder, and more

November 1926: Why Men Will Always Be Better at Sports Than Women
Science

November 1926: Why Men Will Always Be Better at Sports Than Women

1926 sports aficionados give their opinions on why women can't reach the "masculine standard"

China Sets Sights on Arctic and Moon, Universe to Follow
Technology

China Sets Sights on Arctic and Moon, Universe to Follow

Summer Olympics: 2020
Technology

Summer Olympics: 2020

How technology is going to make the 2020 Olympics better, safer, and more exciting

PopSci Q&A: The U.S. Olympic Team’s Chief Technologist Tells Us How Olympians Train
Technology

PopSci Q&A: The U.S. Olympic Team’s Chief Technologist Tells Us How Olympians Train

The highest levels of athletic competition need the highest-tech tools

FYI: Will Athletes Ever Stop Breaking Records?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: Will Athletes Ever Stop Breaking Records?

World record after world record after world record

How Science Predicts Which Olympic Events Will Be the Most Exciting to Watch
Science

How Science Predicts Which Olympic Events Will Be the Most Exciting to Watch

You can't watch everything, so let an analysis of physics data guide you to this summer's most competitive events

Epidemiological Algorithm Scans Your Tweets, Can Predict You’ll Get The Flu Next Week
Health

Epidemiological Algorithm Scans Your Tweets, Can Predict You’ll Get The Flu Next Week

A Working Assault Rifle Made With a 3-D Printer
Weapons

A Working Assault Rifle Made With a 3-D Printer

Making weapons at home just got much easier