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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

Weird New Forms of Bacterial Life Found in the Dead Sea
Science

Weird New Forms of Bacterial Life Found in the Dead Sea

Not so dead now, is it?

China Launches Its First Space Station Module Into Orbit
Technology

China Launches Its First Space Station Module Into Orbit

Army Developing Drones That Can Recognize Your Face From a Distance
Drones

Army Developing Drones That Can Recognize Your Face From a Distance

And even recognize your intentions

Inside the Factory: How a Chef’s Knife Is Made
Technology

Inside the Factory: How a Chef’s Knife Is Made

PopSci goes to Germany to witness the cutting edge of manufacturing

Nissan Developing Mind-Reading Cars That Anticipate Drivers’ Next Moves and Act Accordingly
AI

Nissan Developing Mind-Reading Cars That Anticipate Drivers’ Next Moves and Act Accordingly

By Encoding Messages in Glowing Proteins, Scientists Turn E. Coli Into Invisible Ink
Technology

By Encoding Messages in Glowing Proteins, Scientists Turn E. Coli Into Invisible Ink

Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5, AKA “Mango,” Starts Rolling Out Today
Phones

Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5, AKA “Mango,” Starts Rolling Out Today

Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows
Vaccines

Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows

The Sunspots That Kicked Off This Week’s Solar Storm May be Just Warming Up
Technology

The Sunspots That Kicked Off This Week’s Solar Storm May be Just Warming Up

Israeli Researchers Build a Rat Cyborg With a Digital Cerebellum
Health

Israeli Researchers Build a Rat Cyborg With a Digital Cerebellum

IBM Patents a Mapping Algorithm To Re-Route Drivers Along Retail-Heavy Roads
Technology

IBM Patents a Mapping Algorithm To Re-Route Drivers Along Retail-Heavy Roads

Space Weather Is Worsening; Could Mean Risk for Astronauts and Delay Manned Mars Missions
Science

Space Weather Is Worsening; Could Mean Risk for Astronauts and Delay Manned Mars Missions

The hibernating sun leaves humans unprotected

This Week in the Future, September 19-23, 2011
Science

This Week in the Future, September 19-23, 2011

Simulation Suggests There May Have Been a Fifth Gas Giant in Our Solar System
Solar System

Simulation Suggests There May Have Been a Fifth Gas Giant in Our Solar System