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Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time
Physics

Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time

Ground-to-Air Laser Power System Keeps a Plane Aloft for Two Straight Days
Technology

Ground-to-Air Laser Power System Keeps a Plane Aloft for Two Straight Days

From LaserMotive, the winner of NASA's Space Elevator competition

A New Look at the Living Habits of Bacteria Could Help Beat Antibiotic Resistance
Health

A New Look at the Living Habits of Bacteria Could Help Beat Antibiotic Resistance

The biofilms where bacteria congregate are like little apartment buildings

Strategies for a Changing Planet: If All Else Fails…
Global Warming

Strategies for a Changing Planet: If All Else Fails…

When it's 115 degrees in March, it might take a Hail Mary of a solution to help us

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Water
Environment

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Water

The amount of water on Earth is fixed, but everything else is changing fast

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Farming
Climate Change

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Farming

Wheat, rice and corn provide 60 percent of the world's calories -- here's how to prepare them for the future

Virgin Galactic Unveils Its Satellite-Launching Rocket, Will Be Lofted Into Orbit By WhiteKnightTwo
Technology

Virgin Galactic Unveils Its Satellite-Launching Rocket, Will Be Lofted Into Orbit By WhiteKnightTwo

Imagine Cup 2012: Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Spoken Language
Projects

Imagine Cup 2012: Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Spoken Language

A Stringless Guitar Simulator That Anyone Can Play
Projects

A Stringless Guitar Simulator That Anyone Can Play

FYI: Will Climate Change Make it Too Hot Again?
Science

FYI: Will Climate Change Make it Too Hot Again?

Cockpit Controls Now Available As A Wrist Tablet and Mega Helmet
Technology

Cockpit Controls Now Available As A Wrist Tablet and Mega Helmet

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Food
Environment

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Food

It won't be easy, but there are ways to make the food production math add up

For $10,000 on Kickstarter, Google Lunar X-Prize Contender Will Land Your DNA on the Moon
Technology

For $10,000 on Kickstarter, Google Lunar X-Prize Contender Will Land Your DNA on the Moon

Kicking Off the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup With Student-Made Kinect Projects
Technology

Kicking Off the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup With Student-Made Kinect Projects

Duck Hunt for stroke victims, a shopping cart that follows you around, a new and improved way to learn sign language, and more from Microsoft's student ideas competition

New Studies Say No, Life Can’t Live on Arsenic Alone
NASA

New Studies Say No, Life Can’t Live on Arsenic Alone

Last year's finding that "alien" Californian bacteria thrive on arsenic instead of phosphorus contradicted in new papers

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Shelter
Climate Change

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Shelter

Climate change will drive people to urban areas, and smarter cities will be needed to shelter them

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Awareness
Climate Change

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Awareness

We're on a collision course with extreme weather. It's time to acknowledge that, and to prepare

This Week in the Future, July 2-6, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, July 2-6, 2012

Space Helps Worms Live Longer–What About Humans?
Health

Space Helps Worms Live Longer–What About Humans?

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, July 2-6, 2012
Science

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, July 2-6, 2012