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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

Invention of The Month: Conductive Ink
Projects

Invention of The Month: Conductive Ink

At the New York Auto Show, a Street-Legal Airplane Steals the Spotlight
Technology

At the New York Auto Show, a Street-Legal Airplane Steals the Spotlight

Terrafugia's Transition arrives in New York

MIT Predicts That  World Economy Will Collapse By 2030
Science

MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030

How It Works: The First Disposable, USB-Powered Genome Sequencer
Technology

How It Works: The First Disposable, USB-Powered Genome Sequencer

Nanopore technology that lets your computer read your chromosomes

Q&A: The Surprising Phenomenon of Exercise-Induced Orgasms
Science

Q&A: The Surprising Phenomenon of Exercise-Induced Orgasms

A first-person coregasm testimonial

Why Turning Mercury Into a Dyson Sphere to Harvest Solar Energy Is Not Worth It
Solar System

Why Turning Mercury Into a Dyson Sphere to Harvest Solar Energy Is Not Worth It

PopSci Q&A: How To Track Down International Jewel Thieves Via Facebook
Social Media

PopSci Q&A: How To Track Down International Jewel Thieves Via Facebook

The finders of DARPA's red balloons have solved another high-profile mystery

Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table
Engineering

Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table

That's all, folks, for what might have been the first GM animal approved for dinner

Video: Controlling Your Kinect  By Waggling Your Tongue
Technology

Video: Controlling Your Kinect By Waggling Your Tongue

Stick out your tongue and say Aaaahsteroids

The Internet Goes Local
Internet

The Internet Goes Local

The path to a better internet begins with engineers rethinking its networks. It might be the only way to keep it free

Mitt Romney Campaigns According to the Rules of Quantum Mechanics, Says Times Op-Ed
Science

Mitt Romney Campaigns According to the Rules of Quantum Mechanics, Says Times Op-Ed

Crunching the Big Bang With the Greatest Supercomputer Ever Built
Space

Crunching the Big Bang With the Greatest Supercomputer Ever Built

The future of astronomy is the future of computing

Scientist Behind Earth-Shaking Neutrino Finding Resigns Due to Slowness of Subatomic Particles
Technology

Scientist Behind Earth-Shaking Neutrino Finding Resigns Due to Slowness of Subatomic Particles

Ten Dollars Is Not a Lot to Pay for All of the Music Ever
Technology

Ten Dollars Is Not a Lot to Pay for All of the Music Ever

Where Are Henry David Thoreau’s Plants Now?
Climate Change

Where Are Henry David Thoreau’s Plants Now?

A literary-scientific project tracks the change in New England plantlife from Thoreau's journals to today

How Activist Data Mining Is Penetrating the Veil Around Syria’s Bloody Conflict
Social Media

How Activist Data Mining Is Penetrating the Veil Around Syria’s Bloody Conflict

Amid highly confusing death-toll reports, technology offers answers

“Wonders of the Universe” App Is Your Space Textbook of the Future
Space

“Wonders of the Universe” App Is Your Space Textbook of the Future