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FYI: What’s the Hottest the Earth Has Ever Gotten?
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FYI: What’s the Hottest the Earth Has Ever Gotten?

Hello, Higgs Boson: LHC’s New Particle Looks Like the Real Thing
Particle Physics

Hello, Higgs Boson: LHC’s New Particle Looks Like the Real Thing

How 'Higgsy' is this particle? More work needs to be done

Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Review: Fly Higher, Farther, and More Intuitively
Drones

Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Review: Fly Higher, Farther, and More Intuitively

Parrot's second-gen recreational drone packs new hardware that makes for a smoother, more controlled piloting experience

As Deadly White-Nose Syndrome Ravages Bat Population, Bats Change Social Strategy to Survive
Environment

As Deadly White-Nose Syndrome Ravages Bat Population, Bats Change Social Strategy to Survive

Inventions: The Piano That Tunes Itself
Technology

Inventions: The Piano That Tunes Itself

Tuning a piano, unlike other instruments, is a job for professionals. But what if it could tune itself?

Physicists and Geneticists Team Up to Build a Galactic Dark-Matter Detector out of DNA
Technology

Physicists and Geneticists Team Up to Build a Galactic Dark-Matter Detector out of DNA

Tantalizing Signs of Higgs Boson Found By U.S. Tevatron Collider
Particle Physics

Tantalizing Signs of Higgs Boson Found By U.S. Tevatron Collider

A Plan For Airships That Might Finally Take Off
Aviation

A Plan For Airships That Might Finally Take Off

Sky Captain and the World of Today

What to Do With the Free Bonus Second We’re All Getting This Weekend
Science

What to Do With the Free Bonus Second We’re All Getting This Weekend

Suggestions for enjoying your leap second

Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth After 12-Day Mission
Technology

Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth After 12-Day Mission

How the Designer of Apple’s Mouse is Helping 32 Million Americans Sign Up For Healthcare
Internet

How the Designer of Apple’s Mouse is Helping 32 Million Americans Sign Up For Healthcare

Ideo, who built Apple's first mouse, is now designing an open-source project to keep the field even for all comers

Our Web Videos Reveal More Than We Realize, and Perhaps More Than We Want
Internet

Our Web Videos Reveal More Than We Realize, and Perhaps More Than We Want

Texas Students Hijack a U.S. Government Drone in Midair
Drones

Texas Students Hijack a U.S. Government Drone in Midair

Army Demonstrates a Weapon That Shoots Laser-Guided Lightning Bolts
Weapons

Army Demonstrates a Weapon That Shoots Laser-Guided Lightning Bolts

B612 Sentinel: The First Privately-Funded Deep Space Mission
Private Space Flight

B612 Sentinel: The First Privately-Funded Deep Space Mission

The B612 Foundation will use its deep-space craft to map the orbit of every potentially Earth-smashing asteroid for the next hundred years

The World’s First Successfully Implanted Synthetic Larynx Component
Medicine

The World’s First Successfully Implanted Synthetic Larynx Component

FYI: Could Drugs Like “Bath Salts” Be Causing An Outbreak of Cannibalism?
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FYI: Could Drugs Like “Bath Salts” Be Causing An Outbreak of Cannibalism?

You Built What?!: A 14-Ton Pizzeria on Wheels
Vehicles

You Built What?!: A 14-Ton Pizzeria on Wheels

The oven alone in this behemoth is a whopping 5,000 pounds

Water Scarce After the Apocalypse? Install These Water-Conserving Cyborg Internal Organs
Robots

Water Scarce After the Apocalypse? Install These Water-Conserving Cyborg Internal Organs

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, June 18-22, 2012
Science

The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, June 18-22, 2012