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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

PopSci BatSci: Biologists Use Old Weather Data to Track Bat Signals
Bats

PopSci BatSci: Biologists Use Old Weather Data to Track Bat Signals

Best of What’s New, 2011
Best of What's New

Best of What’s New, 2011

The First Direct Measurements of Earth’s Rotation, Made With the World’s Most Stable Ring Laser
Physics

The First Direct Measurements of Earth’s Rotation, Made With the World’s Most Stable Ring Laser

Newly Discovered “Fried” Planets Are Smallest Ever
Exoplanets

Newly Discovered “Fried” Planets Are Smallest Ever

Yesterday's smallest-ever exoplanets held that record for just about 24 hours

How a Decade of IEDs Has Reshaped Bomb Disposal Tech
Navy

How a Decade of IEDs Has Reshaped Bomb Disposal Tech

The technological toolbox of the military's Explosive Ordnance Disposal units is completely different from ten years ago

A Rare Final Look Inside Space Shuttle Atlantis
International Space Station

A Rare Final Look Inside Space Shuttle Atlantis

Discovered: The First Earth-Sized Worlds Outside Our Solar System
Science

Discovered: The First Earth-Sized Worlds Outside Our Solar System

The smallest exoplanets yet

Looking to Commercialize Particle Acceleration, Fermilab Breaks Ground On New Research Center
Science

Looking to Commercialize Particle Acceleration, Fermilab Breaks Ground On New Research Center

Vision Algorithm To Automatically Parse Addresses in Google Street View
AI

Vision Algorithm To Automatically Parse Addresses in Google Street View

How to Mine an Asteroid
Mars

How to Mine an Asteroid

chimpanzees
Technology

Chimps are Unnecessary for Most Research and Should Be Used Sparingly, Report Says

Next-Gen GPS Satellite, Accurate to Within Three Feet and Indoors, is Ready for Testing
Aviation

Next-Gen GPS Satellite, Accurate to Within Three Feet and Indoors, is Ready for Testing

Wound-Treating Jelly Regenerates Fresh, Scar-Free Skin
Engineering

Wound-Treating Jelly Regenerates Fresh, Scar-Free Skin

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean
Ocean

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean

The second-biggest structure in human history will seek to answer deep cosmic mysteries

Video: To Hunt Comets, NASA is Building a Giant Harpoon
NASA

Video: To Hunt Comets, NASA is Building a Giant Harpoon

Goddard Space Flight Center is about to get medieval on some comets

You Built What?! The World’s Largest Videogame Controller
DIY

You Built What?! The World’s Largest Videogame Controller

Talk about your Super(sized) Mario Bros.: this controller does away with sore thumbs, but it might sprain a few ankles