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2012 Invention Awards: Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses
Projects

2012 Invention Awards: Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses

A set of contact lenses that turns the wearer's field of vision into a screen

How The Last Transit of Venus in Our Lifetime Will Help Us Find Other Planets
Exoplanets

How The Last Transit of Venus in Our Lifetime Will Help Us Find Other Planets

Tomorrow's historical astronomical event is not just a beautiful novelty

Video: Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Cat Into a Flying Quadcopter
Drones

Video: Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Cat Into a Flying Quadcopter

This Week in the Future, May 28-June 1, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, May 28-June 1, 2012

Archive Gallery: The Exciting Growth of The Periodic Table
Science

Archive Gallery: The Exciting Growth of The Periodic Table

PopSci discovers the elements, one by one

Make Your Mornings Explosive With a Defusable Alarm Clock
Projects

Make Your Mornings Explosive With a Defusable Alarm Clock

Researchers Test Space Equipment For Five Days in Austrian Alps
Technology

Researchers Test Space Equipment For Five Days in Austrian Alps

Science

Big Bang Bingo

Video: The Milky Way and Andromeda Crash Together
Space

Video: The Milky Way and Andromeda Crash Together

No galaxies were harmed in the creation of this simulation

Video: After Robot-Assisted Rehab and a Dose of Chemicals, Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
Robots

Video: After Robot-Assisted Rehab and a Dose of Chemicals, Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

Guess What’s Cooking in the Garage
Biology

Guess What’s Cooking in the Garage

The next big breakthrough in synthetic biology just might come from an amateur scientist

Tomato Genome Decoded, Will Seed Development of Tastier, Fleshier Fruits
Science

Tomato Genome Decoded, Will Seed Development of Tastier, Fleshier Fruits

This Summer, Take a Class on How to Design a Space Hotel
Technology

This Summer, Take a Class on How to Design a Space Hotel

Organic Carbon Found on Mars Rocks Is Not Life, New Study Says
Mars

Organic Carbon Found on Mars Rocks Is Not Life, New Study Says

A New Way to Keep Deep-Sea Creatures Alive at the Surface
Fish

A New Way to Keep Deep-Sea Creatures Alive at the Surface

Video: In Record-Breaking Parachuteless Skydive, Man Jumps 2,400 Feet Into a Pile of Boxes
Aviation

Video: In Record-Breaking Parachuteless Skydive, Man Jumps 2,400 Feet Into a Pile of Boxes

Video: Paratrooping Roomba-Style Drone Concept Could Help Clean Oil Spills
Drones

Video: Paratrooping Roomba-Style Drone Concept Could Help Clean Oil Spills

You Built What?!: A Portable X-Ray Machine
Projects

You Built What?!: A Portable X-Ray Machine

In his free time during high school, Adam Munich built himself a machine to see inside other machines

This Week in the Future, May 14-18, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, May 14-18, 2012

The Dawn of the Commercial Space Age is (Probably) Happening This Weekend
Technology

The Dawn of the Commercial Space Age is (Probably) Happening This Weekend

SpaceX's Dragon heads for the ISS in a historic first flight for the commercial space industry