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How Crows Recognize Individual Humans, Warn Others, and Are Basically Smarter Than You
Birds

How Crows Recognize Individual Humans, Warn Others, and Are Basically Smarter Than You

Also, crows are scared of Dick Cheney. Told you they were smart

Remembering Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
Science Fiction

Remembering Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

Pour out some dandelion wine

2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap
Projects

2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap

The Bait Savour adds the critical time dimension to crustacean catching

Video: What We Saw at the World Science Festival’s Innovation Square
Environment

Video: What We Saw at the World Science Festival’s Innovation Square

A robot petting zoo, complete with a flying robo-bird, plus the world's lightest material and an algorithmic dance-off

FYI: Can a Bladder Actually Burst?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: Can a Bladder Actually Burst?

Book Review: The Transits of Venus Down The Centuries
Science

Book Review: The Transits of Venus Down The Centuries

NASA Adopts Two Spare Spy Telescopes, Each Maybe More Powerful Than Hubble
Space Telescope

NASA Adopts Two Spare Spy Telescopes, Each Maybe More Powerful Than Hubble

The National Reconnaissance Office is giving away its secret double Hubbles

2012 Invention Awards: A Recovery-Accelerating Modular Cast
Projects

2012 Invention Awards: A Recovery-Accelerating Modular Cast

The cast can be removed piece by piece for sectional healing

2012 Invention Awards: Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses
Projects

2012 Invention Awards: Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses

A set of contact lenses that turns the wearer's field of vision into a screen

How The Last Transit of Venus in Our Lifetime Will Help Us Find Other Planets
Exoplanets

How The Last Transit of Venus in Our Lifetime Will Help Us Find Other Planets

Tomorrow's historical astronomical event is not just a beautiful novelty

Video: Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Cat Into a Flying Quadcopter
Drones

Video: Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Cat Into a Flying Quadcopter

This Week in the Future, May 28-June 1, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, May 28-June 1, 2012

Archive Gallery: The Exciting Growth of The Periodic Table
Science

Archive Gallery: The Exciting Growth of The Periodic Table

PopSci discovers the elements, one by one

Make Your Mornings Explosive With a Defusable Alarm Clock
Projects

Make Your Mornings Explosive With a Defusable Alarm Clock

Researchers Test Space Equipment For Five Days in Austrian Alps
Technology

Researchers Test Space Equipment For Five Days in Austrian Alps

Science

Big Bang Bingo

Video: The Milky Way and Andromeda Crash Together
Space

Video: The Milky Way and Andromeda Crash Together

No galaxies were harmed in the creation of this simulation

Video: After Robot-Assisted Rehab and a Dose of Chemicals, Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
Robots

Video: After Robot-Assisted Rehab and a Dose of Chemicals, Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

Guess What’s Cooking in the Garage
Biology

Guess What’s Cooking in the Garage

The next big breakthrough in synthetic biology just might come from an amateur scientist

Tomato Genome Decoded, Will Seed Development of Tastier, Fleshier Fruits
Science

Tomato Genome Decoded, Will Seed Development of Tastier, Fleshier Fruits