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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

How to Construct the Lightest, Most Open Olympic Stadium Ever Built
Technology

How to Construct the Lightest, Most Open Olympic Stadium Ever Built

The centerpiece of this year's Olympics is unlike anything we've seen before

The Totally Custom, Absurdly Light 3-D Printed Shoe That Could Win Olympic Gold
Technology

The Totally Custom, Absurdly Light 3-D Printed Shoe That Could Win Olympic Gold

How one French design student created the shoe of the future

Digital Iris Fakes Made with Evolving Algorithm Fool Biometric Scanners
Military

Digital Iris Fakes Made with Evolving Algorithm Fool Biometric Scanners

With Orbiter Glitch Repaired, Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Will Now Be Broadcast Live
Science

With Orbiter Glitch Repaired, Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Will Now Be Broadcast Live

FYI: Did Prehistoric Birds Evolve Flight By Falling Out of Trees?
Evolution

FYI: Did Prehistoric Birds Evolve Flight By Falling Out of Trees?

A Sliver of Human Brain in a Chip, and Other Organ Simulators
Health

A Sliver of Human Brain in a Chip, and Other Organ Simulators

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Drones

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Speedo’s Super-Fast, Shark-Skin-Inspired Fastskin Swimsuit Is Actually Nothing Like a Shark’s Skin
Sharks

Speedo’s Super-Fast, Shark-Skin-Inspired Fastskin Swimsuit Is Actually Nothing Like a Shark’s Skin

The design only reduces drag in the water if you are an actual shark

Scientists Read Monkeys’ Minds, See What They’re Planning to Do Before They Do it
Health

Scientists Read Monkeys’ Minds, See What They’re Planning to Do Before They Do it

Signals From the Void
Black Holes

Signals From the Void

Scientists are trying to get the first direct look at the black hole at the center of our galaxy. How close will they come to seeing the unseeable?

This Week in the Future, July 16-20, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, July 16-20, 2012

Make Your Own Remote-Control Spy Blimp
Aviation

Make Your Own Remote-Control Spy Blimp

Float on!

Neurosecurity Lets You Store a Password In Your Brain Without Remembering It
Military

Neurosecurity Lets You Store a Password In Your Brain Without Remembering It

Billionaires: Russian Mogul Wants to Upload Your Brains Into Immortality
Robots

Billionaires: Russian Mogul Wants to Upload Your Brains Into Immortality

Riding Along With the Mars Rover Drivers
Mars

Riding Along With the Mars Rover Drivers

How a dedicated crew sets their watches to Mars time and drives Mars rover Opportunity from 100 million miles away