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Video: Take to the Road, and the Seas, in an Amphibious Camping Trailer
Gear

Video: Take to the Road, and the Seas, in an Amphibious Camping Trailer

GRAIL Mission Is On Its Way to the Moon
Technology

GRAIL Mission Is On Its Way to the Moon

This Week in the Future, September 5-9, 2011
Science

This Week in the Future, September 5-9, 2011

All the Gold We’ve Mined Came From Space, New Study Says
Space

All the Gold We’ve Mined Came From Space, New Study Says

The core of the Earth has its own native-grown, inaccessible wealth, though

Archive Gallery: Now You Can Watch Television in Color!
Technology

Archive Gallery: Now You Can Watch Television in Color!

How we helped readers transition from black and white sets to color television

How the Greenest Skyscraper Complex Ever Is Rising Out of the Rubble of the World Trade Center
Environment

How the Greenest Skyscraper Complex Ever Is Rising Out of the Rubble of the World Trade Center

IFTTT Launches, Letting Normal People Program “If This, Then That” Tools
Tech Hacks

IFTTT Launches, Letting Normal People Program “If This, Then That” Tools

After Record-Making Flight, Martin Jetpack Will Soon Be on Sale
Aviation

After Record-Making Flight, Martin Jetpack Will Soon Be on Sale

Buy one next year for just $100,000

First Big U.S. Test of Car-to-Car Communications Planned
Technology

First Big U.S. Test of Car-to-Car Communications Planned

NASA Heads Back to the Moon, to Uncover Its Origins and to Inspire A New Generation
Technology

NASA Heads Back to the Moon, to Uncover Its Origins and to Inspire A New Generation

The GRAIL mission launches this week

The U.S. Army Is Ordering Weaponized, Soldier-Launched Kamikaze Suicide Drones
Drones

The U.S. Army Is Ordering Weaponized, Soldier-Launched Kamikaze Suicide Drones

Cloo Hopes to Turn Your City Into a Network of Friendly, Open Bathrooms
Technology

Cloo Hopes to Turn Your City Into a Network of Friendly, Open Bathrooms

DNA Analysis Catches Carcinogens in a Simple Saliva Sample
Health

DNA Analysis Catches Carcinogens in a Simple Saliva Sample

New NASA Photos Show Footprints on the Moon
Moons

New NASA Photos Show Footprints on the Moon

Video: Cloaking System Makes Tank Invisible to Infrared Sensors
Army

Video: Cloaking System Makes Tank Invisible to Infrared Sensors

The First Manned, Untethered All-Electric Helicopter Flight Takes Off
Technology

The First Manned, Untethered All-Electric Helicopter Flight Takes Off

High School Inventors 2011
Science

High School Inventors 2011

Ten students who are improving MRIs, cancer treatments and human-robot interaction--between classes, of course

Ask a Geek: Should I Fully Drain My Laptop Battery Before Recharging It?
Tech Hacks

Ask a Geek: Should I Fully Drain My Laptop Battery Before Recharging It?

A case in which the conventional wisdom is scientifically inaccurate

How a College Class Tracked Down Osama Bin Laden
Security

How a College Class Tracked Down Osama Bin Laden

Hunting the world's most wanted man for school credit

New ‘Goldilocks’ Exoplanet Could be the Most Earth-Like We’ve Yet Seen
Exoplanets

New ‘Goldilocks’ Exoplanet Could be the Most Earth-Like We’ve Yet Seen

Just a question of cloud cover