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Free To a Good Home: One Space Telescope, Still In Orbit
Technology

Free To a Good Home: One Space Telescope, Still In Orbit

The All-Electric BMW Active E
Electric Vehicles

The All-Electric BMW Active E

You'll need to rethink the way you drive, literally

This Week in the Future, February 6-10, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, February 6-10, 2012

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 6-10, 2012
Science

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 6-10, 2012

Do-It-Yourself Projects That Deliver Hours of Play
Projects

Do-It-Yourself Projects That Deliver Hours of Play

Build a robot that plays Angry Birds for you

The LEGO Master Builder Academy, Part One: In Which I Begin My Training
Projects

The LEGO Master Builder Academy, Part One: In Which I Begin My Training

LEGO's Master Builder class teaches you to see those little blocks in a totally new way--though that's not easy

Can Treating Your Life As a Game Make You a Better Person?
Health

Can Treating Your Life As a Game Make You a Better Person?

One full week of keeping track of absolutely everything, to see if gamification can net you a win in the game of life

Double Fine Productions Smashes Kickstarter Record, Raises $400,000 in Eight Hours for Next Videogame
Technology

Double Fine Productions Smashes Kickstarter Record, Raises $400,000 in Eight Hours for Next Videogame

A game for the people, funded by the people, with no corporations in the way

A Roller Coaster That’ll Leave You Weightless for Eight Long Seconds
NASA

A Roller Coaster That’ll Leave You Weightless for Eight Long Seconds

The plan costs $50 million, but it'll be unlike any roller coaster ever built

Tiniest Telecommunications Laser Ever Made, 200 Nanometers Wide
Technology

Tiniest Telecommunications Laser Ever Made, 200 Nanometers Wide

An Oral History of Extreme Sports
Science

An Oral History of Extreme Sports

"Gravity has always been a major part of my life."

Gray Matter: Recasting The Highly Hazardous Toys of the Past
Projects

Gray Matter: Recasting The Highly Hazardous Toys of the Past

Gives new meaning to the term "getting the lead out"

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism
Ocean

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism

UK Report Suggests Soldiers Could One Day Plug Their Weapons Right Into Their Brains
Technology

UK Report Suggests Soldiers Could One Day Plug Their Weapons Right Into Their Brains

Dangerous-sounding neuroscience

Drones Will Be Admitted to Standard US Airspace By 2015
Drones

Drones Will Be Admitted to Standard US Airspace By 2015

Video Gallery: The Most Amazing Movies of the Minuscule World
Animals

Video Gallery: The Most Amazing Movies of the Minuscule World

The winners of the Nikon Small World microvideography contest

Building a Drivable OutRun Arcade Cabinet
Projects

Building a Drivable OutRun Arcade Cabinet

We feel confident anointing this the world's first augmented-reality golf-cart-based OutRun cabinet

Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior
Engineering

Inside the Brand-New High-Tech Rainbow Warrior

Greenpeace's new ship, built to order, is ready to sail

State of Play: The World’s Most Amazing Playgrounds
Technology

State of Play: The World’s Most Amazing Playgrounds

Architecture and design firms are remaking the playground in ways you'd never expect

To Compare Human and Monkey Brains, Humans and Monkeys Watch a Clint Eastwood Film
Science

To Compare Human and Monkey Brains, Humans and Monkeys Watch a Clint Eastwood Film