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Awesome but Creepy Japanese Product of the Day: Realistic 3-D Face Replicas
Technology

Awesome but Creepy Japanese Product of the Day: Realistic 3-D Face Replicas

Optimism Is a Brain Defect, According to Functional MRI Scans
Science

Optimism Is a Brain Defect, According to Functional MRI Scans

How a Team of Enthusiasts Are Mapping Dark Matter
Science

How a Team of Enthusiasts Are Mapping Dark Matter

Earthly skills like handwritten signature verification turn out to be useful on a cosmological scale as well

Netflix Abandons Qwikster; DVDs Will Stay at Netflix
Technology

Netflix Abandons Qwikster; DVDs Will Stay at Netflix

Homeland Security Application Monitors Crowds’ Faces, Races, and Eye Movements to Detect Would-Be Criminals
Technology

Homeland Security Application Monitors Crowds’ Faces, Races, and Eye Movements to Detect Would-Be Criminals

Futuristic Predictions From the Past That Steve Jobs Fulfilled
Science Fiction

Futuristic Predictions From the Past That Steve Jobs Fulfilled

Steve Jobs's biggest achievements make us feel like we're holding the future in our hands--and sometimes, it's just the future we had hoped for

Video: Monkeys Demonstrate Brain-Controlled Arm With a Sense of Touch
Technology

Video: Monkeys Demonstrate Brain-Controlled Arm With a Sense of Touch

Google’s Payment App Turns Smartphones Into Wallets
Gear

Google’s Payment App Turns Smartphones Into Wallets

Can Animals Really Be Gay?
Animals

Can Animals Really Be Gay?

Or are they just curious?

Video: With Semantic Search, PR2 Robot Can Plan Its Own Sandwich-Hunting Mission
Technology

Video: With Semantic Search, PR2 Robot Can Plan Its Own Sandwich-Hunting Mission

With Two New Space Science Missions, ESA Will Fly to the Sun and Look For Dark Energy
Space

With Two New Space Science Missions, ESA Will Fly to the Sun and Look For Dark Energy

Yesterday's dark energy Nobel award is just a coincidence, we're sure

Smart Child Porn Detection Algorithm Will Help Cops Sift Through Illicit Imagery
Technology

Smart Child Porn Detection Algorithm Will Help Cops Sift Through Illicit Imagery

A 3-D Printer That Uses the Sun to Create Glass Objects Out of Sand
Projects

A 3-D Printer That Uses the Sun to Create Glass Objects Out of Sand

Marcus Kayser's Solar Sinter project turns the desert's resources into bowls

Five Reasons You Should Care About the New Ozone Hole Over the Arctic
Environment

Five Reasons You Should Care About the New Ozone Hole Over the Arctic

Some answers from an atmospheric scientist

The Recently Discovered Molecules That Could End Up Affecting Your Memory
Science

The Recently Discovered Molecules That Could End Up Affecting Your Memory

Video: Nanorockets Could Deliver Drugs Within the Body
Health

Video: Nanorockets Could Deliver Drugs Within the Body

Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Scientist Who Prolonged His Own Life With His Research
Health

Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Scientist Who Prolonged His Own Life With His Research

The prize, awarded jointly to three scientists, celebrates the discovery of the immune system's front-line responders--though one winner succumbed to cancer three days before

Bats Have Unique Superfast Squeak Muscles to Make Superfast Echolocation Calls
Bats

Bats Have Unique Superfast Squeak Muscles to Make Superfast Echolocation Calls

Fermilab Stops Smashing Hadrons, Looks Into Smashing Muons
Particle Physics

Fermilab Stops Smashing Hadrons, Looks Into Smashing Muons

Hadrons are so last-decade anyhow

New Shrimp Farming Technique Yields Record Hauls of Jumbo Shrimp from Minimal Water
Agriculture

New Shrimp Farming Technique Yields Record Hauls of Jumbo Shrimp from Minimal Water