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Translucent Blue Spheres Rain Down in the UK, Mystifying Meteorologists
Technology

Translucent Blue Spheres Rain Down in the UK, Mystifying Meteorologists

Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?
Science

Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?

Mars Rover Curiosity, on its Way to the Red Planet, Finds Out What a Solar Storm Feels Like
Technology

Mars Rover Curiosity, on its Way to the Red Planet, Finds Out What a Solar Storm Feels Like

Radiation data gathered by the rover's instruments could inform future manned spacecraft designs

Zapping Testicles With Ultrasonic Pulses Shown To Be Effective Contraceptive
Health

Zapping Testicles With Ultrasonic Pulses Shown To Be Effective Contraceptive

This Week in the Future, January 23-27, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, January 23-27, 2012

Video: Mixing 21st-Century Cocktails with Dave Arnold at Booker & Dax
Technology

Video: Mixing 21st-Century Cocktails with Dave Arnold at Booker & Dax

Building a Vertical Farm in an Old Chicago Meatpacking Plant
Agriculture

Building a Vertical Farm in an Old Chicago Meatpacking Plant

Growing kale and tilapia--and brewing beer--in an abandoned stretch of Chicago

How D-Dalus Flies Like Nothing Else
Aviation

How D-Dalus Flies Like Nothing Else

How Disposable, Networked Satellites Will Democratize Space
Space

How Disposable, Networked Satellites Will Democratize Space

Video: Researchers Produce the First High-Quality 3-D Images of an Individual Protein
Health

Video: Researchers Produce the First High-Quality 3-D Images of an Individual Protein

Hacking the electron microscope

The Moon Should Be the 51st State, and Other Space Dreams From Newt Gingrich
Moons

The Moon Should Be the 51st State, and Other Space Dreams From Newt Gingrich

How Men Can Decode Women’s Menstrual Cycles
Science

How Men Can Decode Women’s Menstrual Cycles

The clues are in her voice

The World’s Only Iridescent Mammal Is Blind and Lives Underground
Animals

The World’s Only Iridescent Mammal Is Blind and Lives Underground

What's the point of being shiny if nobody can see you?

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science
Diseases

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science

Is some research so dangerous it shouldn't be done at all?

Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster
Technology

Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster

South Carolina inventor ages liquor overnight

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

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

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits
Physics

Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Will Allow Secure Calculation on Encrypted Bits

Double-blinded by the light

When Seconds Count: Today’s UN Debate Could Abolish the ‘Leap Second’
Science

When Seconds Count: Today’s UN Debate Could Abolish the ‘Leap Second’

Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship
Robots

Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship

Did Global Warming Destroy My Hometown?
Global Warming

Did Global Warming Destroy My Hometown?

Last May, a massive tornado leveled Joplin, Missouri. Was it chance, or a warning of things to come?