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The Moon Should Be the 51st State, and Other Space Dreams From Newt Gingrich
Moons

The Moon Should Be the 51st State, and Other Space Dreams From Newt Gingrich

How Men Can Decode Women’s Menstrual Cycles
Science

How Men Can Decode Women’s Menstrual Cycles

The clues are in her voice

The World’s Only Iridescent Mammal Is Blind and Lives Underground
Animals

The World’s Only Iridescent Mammal Is Blind and Lives Underground

What's the point of being shiny if nobody can see you?

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science
Diseases

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science

Is some research so dangerous it shouldn't be done at all?

Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster
Technology

Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster

South Carolina inventor ages liquor overnight

This Week in the Future, January 16-20, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, January 16-20, 2012

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits
Physics

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits

Double-blinded by the light

When Seconds Count: Today’s UN Debate Could Abolish the ‘Leap Second’
Science

When Seconds Count: Today’s UN Debate Could Abolish the ‘Leap Second’

Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship
Robots

Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship

Did Global Warming Destroy My Hometown?
Global Warming

Did Global Warming Destroy My Hometown?

Last May, a massive tornado leveled Joplin, Missouri. Was it chance, or a warning of things to come?

How Robots Will Do the Heavy Lifting in the Sahara and Antarctica
Technology

How Robots Will Do the Heavy Lifting in the Sahara and Antarctica

Microrockets Can Zip Around the Human Stomach, Powered by Hydrogen Bubbles
Health

Microrockets Can Zip Around the Human Stomach, Powered by Hydrogen Bubbles

Metamaterials Can Exert a Whole New Kind of Force
Technology

Metamaterials Can Exert a Whole New Kind of Force

Similar to the mysterious clinging ability of geckoes

Wikipedia Joins Legion of Sites Going Dark Wednesday In Protest of SOPA Legislation
Technology

Wikipedia Joins Legion of Sites Going Dark Wednesday In Protest of SOPA Legislation

SpaceX Delays the First Launch of its Dragon Spacecraft to the ISS (Again)
Technology

SpaceX Delays the First Launch of its Dragon Spacecraft to the ISS (Again)

Borderworld: How the U.S. Is Reengineering Homeland Security
Military

Borderworld: How the U.S. Is Reengineering Homeland Security

Patrolled by Predator drones, radar blimps, dogs, and scanners, the U.S./Mexico border is now a state unto itself: Borderworld

World’s Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms
Technology

World’s Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds
Physics

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds

The answer was 8

On Average, Every Star Has At Least One Planet, New Analysis Shows
Exoplanets

On Average, Every Star Has At Least One Planet, New Analysis Shows

What are the implications for the search for extraterrestrial life? PopSci asks the experts

The Next Generation of Silent Submarines Could Defeat Radar and Sonar Sensing
Navy

The Next Generation of Silent Submarines Could Defeat Radar and Sonar Sensing