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The First Manned, Untethered All-Electric Helicopter Flight Takes Off
Technology

The First Manned, Untethered All-Electric Helicopter Flight Takes Off

High School Inventors 2011
Science

High School Inventors 2011

Ten students who are improving MRIs, cancer treatments and human-robot interaction--between classes, of course

Ask a Geek: Should I Fully Drain My Laptop Battery Before Recharging It?
Tech Hacks

Ask a Geek: Should I Fully Drain My Laptop Battery Before Recharging It?

A case in which the conventional wisdom is scientifically inaccurate

How a College Class Tracked Down Osama Bin Laden
Security

How a College Class Tracked Down Osama Bin Laden

Hunting the world's most wanted man for school credit

New ‘Goldilocks’ Exoplanet Could be the Most Earth-Like We’ve Yet Seen
Exoplanets

New ‘Goldilocks’ Exoplanet Could be the Most Earth-Like We’ve Yet Seen

Just a question of cloud cover

Researchers Use Brain Scans to Translate Thoughts Into Words
Technology

Researchers Use Brain Scans to Translate Thoughts Into Words

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, how many words make up a thought?

The World’s First Airport Dedicated Strictly to Unmanned Drones Will Open in Wales
Technology

The World’s First Airport Dedicated Strictly to Unmanned Drones Will Open in Wales

Heat Hacking: Criminals Can Steal Your ATM PIN Code Via the Heat Your Fingers Leave Behind
Security

Heat Hacking: Criminals Can Steal Your ATM PIN Code Via the Heat Your Fingers Leave Behind

First Steps of a Cyborg
Technology

First Steps of a Cyborg

Austin Whitney didn’t want to graduate from college in a wheelchair. So he and the student engineers at U.C. Berkeley’s “Kaz Lab” built a machine that allowed him to stand up and walk across the commencement stage

New Phase-Changing Gel Method Repairs Severed Blood Vessels Better than Stitches
Medicine

New Phase-Changing Gel Method Repairs Severed Blood Vessels Better than Stitches

UCLA Researchers Create Working Stretchable OLED Display
Technology

UCLA Researchers Create Working Stretchable OLED Display

Latest Results from the Large Hadron Collider Do Not Look Good For the Supersymmetry Theory of Everything
Particle Physics

Latest Results from the Large Hadron Collider Do Not Look Good For the Supersymmetry Theory of Everything

Maybe not the 'toe of God' after all

Jurassic Mammal Fossil Hints At Earlier Split Between Placental Mammals and Marsupials
Evolution

Jurassic Mammal Fossil Hints At Earlier Split Between Placental Mammals and Marsupials

Our ancestors evolved from "Jurassic Mother"

Doctors Who Work With X-Rays May Be Adapting at the Cellular Level to Withstand Radiation
Evolution

Doctors Who Work With X-Rays May Be Adapting at the Cellular Level to Withstand Radiation

Brand-New Supernova Spotted Within Hours, Will Be the Most-Studied Star Explosion Ever
Space Telescope

Brand-New Supernova Spotted Within Hours, Will Be the Most-Studied Star Explosion Ever

Video: HTV-2 in Mach-20 Flight, Just Minutes Before Autonomously Aborting its Mission
DARPA

Video: HTV-2 in Mach-20 Flight, Just Minutes Before Autonomously Aborting its Mission

Apple Will Be Just Fine, Thanks To Aggressive Jobsian Minimalism
Technology

Apple Will Be Just Fine, Thanks To Aggressive Jobsian Minimalism

Tech should be approachable, artful, and radically simple

In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Becomes a Drone Pilot for a Day
Technology

In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Becomes a Drone Pilot for a Day

Want to fly an unmanned surveillance drone? It's easier than you think. Much, much easier

Crop Circles
Agriculture

Creating Crop Circles With Lasers and Microwaves

Or is the old-fashioned way still the best?

Russian Progress Cargo Spacecraft Crashes in Eastern Russia After Failing to Find Orbit
Technology

Russian Progress Cargo Spacecraft Crashes in Eastern Russia After Failing to Find Orbit