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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

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?
DARPA

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?

How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer
Physics

How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer

A working, large-scale quantum computer is still a decade away, but researchers are currently turning a critical corner from theory to building the first small quantum systems

How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing
Medicine

How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing

Directly stimulating human cells with light

Without Smarts, New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ is Really the Taxi of Yesterday
Technology

Without Smarts, New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ is Really the Taxi of Yesterday

The New York City taxi fleet is a machine that runs on data. So why isn't it more intelligent?

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea
Fossil Fuels

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea

Harvesting thermal energy from the oceans takes some powerful engineering

Test Drive: the 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan
Technology

Test Drive: the 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan

The classic German sedan gets an exciting upgrade

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools
Medicine

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools

Even without a DNA sample

Breaking: Facebook Is Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars
Technology

Breaking: Facebook Is Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars

How it Would Work: Destroying an Incoming Killer Asteroid With a Nuclear Blast
Space

How it Would Work: Destroying an Incoming Killer Asteroid With a Nuclear Blast

Simulations show how unleashing Earth's destructive arsenal into deep space could save the planet

The Solar System With the Most Planets Is Now … HD 10180
Exoplanets

The Solar System With the Most Planets Is Now … HD 10180

This Week in the Future, April 2-6, 2012
Technology

This Week in the Future, April 2-6, 2012

Invention of The Month: Conductive Ink
Projects

Invention of The Month: Conductive Ink

At the New York Auto Show, a Street-Legal Airplane Steals the Spotlight
Technology

At the New York Auto Show, a Street-Legal Airplane Steals the Spotlight

Terrafugia's Transition arrives in New York

MIT Predicts That  World Economy Will Collapse By 2030
Science

MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030

How It Works: The First Disposable, USB-Powered Genome Sequencer
Technology

How It Works: The First Disposable, USB-Powered Genome Sequencer

Nanopore technology that lets your computer read your chromosomes

Q&A: The Surprising Phenomenon of Exercise-Induced Orgasms
Science

Q&A: The Surprising Phenomenon of Exercise-Induced Orgasms

A first-person coregasm testimonial

Why Turning Mercury Into a Dyson Sphere to Harvest Solar Energy Is Not Worth It
Solar System

Why Turning Mercury Into a Dyson Sphere to Harvest Solar Energy Is Not Worth It