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Video: Last Year’s DARPA Hypersonic Glider Test Failed When Vehicle Sped Right Out of Its Own Skin
DARPA

Video: Last Year’s DARPA Hypersonic Glider Test Failed When Vehicle Sped Right Out of Its Own Skin

At 13,000 miles per hour, these things happen

The Human Element
Army

The Human Element

Why drones won't be taking over our wars anytime soon

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

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

PopSci’s Friday Lunch: a Can of Surströmming With Harold McGee
Science

PopSci’s Friday Lunch: a Can of Surströmming With Harold McGee

Food-science expert McGee and adventurous culinary technologist Dave Arnold invite PopSci to sample rotten fish

James Cameron, Charles Simonyi, and Ross Perot, Jr. to Unveil Space Project
Science

James Cameron, Charles Simonyi, and Ross Perot, Jr. to Unveil Space Project

FYI: Where Is The Center of the Universe?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: Where Is The Center of the Universe?

Pumping Gas Into Commercial Airliners
Aviation

Pumping Gas Into Commercial Airliners

Test Drive: The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth
Vehicles

Test Drive: The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth

Intrepid Michigan Tween Restores Her Own Future Car
DIY

Intrepid Michigan Tween Restores Her Own Future Car

A Model Disaster
Engineering

A Model Disaster

Have engineers learned anything from the loss of the unsinkable Titanic? Will they ever?

Hubble Snaps a Star Factory at the Center of the Tarantula Nebula
Technology

Hubble Snaps a Star Factory at the Center of the Tarantula Nebula

A Computer Constructed From a Consortium of Live Crabs
Animals

A Computer Constructed From a Consortium of Live Crabs

This Week in the Future, April 9-13, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, April 9-13, 2012

Q+A:  SpaceX Engineer Garrett Reisman on Building the World’s Safest Spacecraft
Space X

Q+A: SpaceX Engineer Garrett Reisman on Building the World’s Safest Spacecraft

How to make sure there are no giant unfortunate explosions as space tourism starts to take off

You Built What?!: A Street-Legal Three-Wheeler That Runs on Nearly 2,000 Batteries
Electric Vehicles

You Built What?!: A Street-Legal Three-Wheeler That Runs on Nearly 2,000 Batteries

The Canadian Road Hawk

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It
Technology

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It

Pentagon Announces New Strategy: Rapidly Develop Cyberweapons to Attack Specific Targets
Technology

Pentagon Announces New Strategy: Rapidly Develop Cyberweapons to Attack Specific Targets

Human Eggs Grown in the Lab Could Produce Unlimited Supply of Humans
Stem Cells

Human Eggs Grown in the Lab Could Produce Unlimited Supply of Humans

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid
Physics

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid

Six Ways Investments in Space are Paying Technology Dividends on Earth
NASA

Six Ways Investments in Space are Paying Technology Dividends on Earth

Space science is Earth science