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In Preparation for Moving Retired Shuttles, NASA Crews Practice Heavy Lifting
Technology

In Preparation for Moving Retired Shuttles, NASA Crews Practice Heavy Lifting

IBM Mysteriously Halts Work on the World’s Fastest Academic Supercomputer
Technology

IBM Mysteriously Halts Work on the World’s Fastest Academic Supercomputer

Found: A Batch of DNA Molecules That Seem To Have Originated in Space
NASA

Found: A Batch of DNA Molecules That Seem To Have Originated in Space

Video: Self-Assembling Microparticle Machines Pick Up and Transport Material, Forming Spontaneous Assembly Lines
Technology

Video: Self-Assembling Microparticle Machines Pick Up and Transport Material, Forming Spontaneous Assembly Lines

Make Your Own DIY Drive-In
Projects

Make Your Own DIY Drive-In

Hackers Turn a Flare Gun Into a DIY Camera-Drone Launcher
Drones

Hackers Turn a Flare Gun Into a DIY Camera-Drone Launcher

Spy vs. Spy: Casinos Can’t See The Cameras Hidden Up Gamblers’ Sleeves
Security

Spy vs. Spy: Casinos Can’t See The Cameras Hidden Up Gamblers’ Sleeves

Carefully Engineered to Survive Fierce Radiation, Juno Probe Launches Today to Visit Jupiter
Solar System

Carefully Engineered to Survive Fierce Radiation, Juno Probe Launches Today to Visit Jupiter

How to build a spacecraft that can withstand the biggest planet's rigors

Students’ Innovative 3-D Vision System Wins Prize
Technology

Students’ Innovative 3-D Vision System Wins Prize

PopSci and National Instruments hand top honors to a Chinese team that could revolutionize 3-D

PAMELA Spacecraft Finds a Belt of Antimatter Around the Earth
Technology

PAMELA Spacecraft Finds a Belt of Antimatter Around the Earth

DOT Mapping Out a Plan to Protect Cars From Cyber-Attacks
Robots

DOT Mapping Out a Plan to Protect Cars From Cyber-Attacks

Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons That Collided to Form the One We Know
Moons

Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons That Collided to Form the One We Know

News Corp’s ‘The Daily’ Has Its Own News-Gathering Aerial Drone, Which Is Drawing FAA Inquiries
Technology

News Corp’s ‘The Daily’ Has Its Own News-Gathering Aerial Drone, Which Is Drawing FAA Inquiries

Not that we're jealous or anything

Biggest Hack in History: U.N. and 70 More Organizations and States Attacked Over Five Years
Gear

Biggest Hack in History: U.N. and 70 More Organizations and States Attacked Over Five Years

MIT’s Crash Cart for Frozen Software Lets You Escape the ‘Infinite Loop’
Gear

MIT’s Crash Cart for Frozen Software Lets You Escape the ‘Infinite Loop’

Reengineering the University
Science

Reengineering the University

What's the best way to make scientists?

You Built What?! A Homemade Scanning Electron Microscope
Projects

You Built What?! A Homemade Scanning Electron Microscope

The hardest DIY project ever

The Man Who Would Stop Time
Biology

The Man Who Would Stop Time

Bill Andrews has spent two decades unlocking the molecular mechanisms of aging. His mission: to extend the human life span to 150 years--or die trying

Science

Nissan Leaf™ Rules

Appeals Court Upholds Companies’ Right to Patent Genes, But the Future of Gene Research Remains Unclear
Science

Appeals Court Upholds Companies’ Right to Patent Genes, But the Future of Gene Research Remains Unclear

Two of the three judges are also scientists