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Wikipedia Joins Legion of Sites Going Dark Wednesday In Protest of SOPA Legislation
Technology

Wikipedia Joins Legion of Sites Going Dark Wednesday In Protest of SOPA Legislation

SpaceX Delays the First Launch of its Dragon Spacecraft to the ISS (Again)
Technology

SpaceX Delays the First Launch of its Dragon Spacecraft to the ISS (Again)

Borderworld: How the U.S. Is Reengineering Homeland Security
Military

Borderworld: How the U.S. Is Reengineering Homeland Security

Patrolled by Predator drones, radar blimps, dogs, and scanners, the U.S./Mexico border is now a state unto itself: Borderworld

World’s Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms
Technology

World’s Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds
Physics

The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Qubits and Takes Just 270 Milliseconds

The answer was 8

On Average, Every Star Has At Least One Planet, New Analysis Shows
Exoplanets

On Average, Every Star Has At Least One Planet, New Analysis Shows

What are the implications for the search for extraterrestrial life? PopSci asks the experts

The Next Generation of Silent Submarines Could Defeat Radar and Sonar Sensing
Navy

The Next Generation of Silent Submarines Could Defeat Radar and Sonar Sensing

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising
Ocean

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising

Human CO2 Emissions Could Avert the Next Ice Age, Study Says
Renewables

Human CO2 Emissions Could Avert the Next Ice Age, Study Says

Predictions for 2012: Now or Never for the Standard Model of Physics
Science

Predictions for 2012: Now or Never for the Standard Model of Physics

Early Lives Of The Scientists: Teen Isaac Newton Admits to His Sins
Science

Early Lives Of The Scientists: Teen Isaac Newton Admits to His Sins

Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras
Stem Cells

Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras

The USAF’s X-37B Secret Space Plane Appears to Be Tracking China’s New Space Station
Robots

The USAF’s X-37B Secret Space Plane Appears to Be Tracking China’s New Space Station

Video: Leaping Lizards’ Helpful Tails Inspire New Robot Design
Robots

Video: Leaping Lizards’ Helpful Tails Inspire New Robot Design

How Scottish Scientists Re-Created a Hundred-Year-Old Whisky
Science

How Scottish Scientists Re-Created a Hundred-Year-Old Whisky

Preserved in Antarctica since 1907, the Scotch that Ernest Shackleton drank is now available in stores

What We Know So Far About the Successor to the B-2 Stealth Bomber
Aviation

What We Know So Far About the Successor to the B-2 Stealth Bomber

Invisible warriors: the engineering breakthroughs that will make everything from planes to subs to soldiers...disappear

FYI: What’s the Point of Nose Hair?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: What’s the Point of Nose Hair?

You Built What?! A Wearable LED Television
Projects

You Built What?! A Wearable LED Television

This 160-by-120 pixel TV will get you stopped at the airport

How Mollusk Blood Could Cure Cancer
Cancer

How Mollusk Blood Could Cure Cancer

The incredible Mr. Limpet

Instant Kool-Aid is a Marvel of Technology
Projects

Instant Kool-Aid is a Marvel of Technology

A glass of instant Kool-Aid requires eight ounces of water and a surprising amount of innovation