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Global Warming Opens a Long-Sought Shipping Route Through the Arctic
Technology

Global Warming Opens a Long-Sought Shipping Route Through the Arctic

New Genome Editing Method Helps Scientists Rewrite Whole Sections of the Code of Life
Health

New Genome Editing Method Helps Scientists Rewrite Whole Sections of the Code of Life

Archive Gallery: Early Visions of Human Spaceflight
Moons

Archive Gallery: Early Visions of Human Spaceflight

To commemorate last week's historic Shuttle launch, we've compiled a sentimental collection of manned spaceflight stories from the PopSci archive

Harvard-MIT Team’s New Synthetic Vocal Cord Gel Gives Voice to the Voiceless
Medicine

Harvard-MIT Team’s New Synthetic Vocal Cord Gel Gives Voice to the Voiceless

European Subscription Service Spotify Comes to Change the Way Americans Listen to Music
Technology

European Subscription Service Spotify Comes to Change the Way Americans Listen to Music

Amid Privacy Fears, Police Across the Nation Will Roll Out Face-Recognizing iPhone Tech This Year
Technology

Amid Privacy Fears, Police Across the Nation Will Roll Out Face-Recognizing iPhone Tech This Year

Connected Car Collision Avoidance
Vehicles

Wanted: Drivers In Six Cities To Test Talking Car Tech

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries
Agriculture

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries

Gene gun use circumvents USDA oversight

Newly Found Gonorrhea Superbug Resists All Existing Antibiotics
Health

Newly Found Gonorrhea Superbug Resists All Existing Antibiotics

American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011
Robots

American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011

USA! USA!

In Which We Examine the Value of Trains and Cars
Technology

In Which We Examine the Value of Trains and Cars

PopSci Q+A: The Power Couple of Pyrotechnics Explains the Perfect “Wall of Fire”
Aviation

PopSci Q+A: The Power Couple of Pyrotechnics Explains the Perfect “Wall of Fire”

How a couple of Army-educated explosives engineers built a business around blowing stuff up

In Which We Discover the Nuances of Efficient Driving
Technology

In Which We Discover the Nuances of Efficient Driving

Always remember to check tire pressure. ALWAYS

Dear NASA: Please Keep the Promise of Human Spaceflight Alive
Technology

Dear NASA: Please Keep the Promise of Human Spaceflight Alive

Or, perhaps more accurately: Dear Congress: please fund NASA sufficiently. After witnessing first-hand the extraordinary act of putting humans into space this Friday, I've realized that the importance of our manned exploration of space transcends budgets and politics

How We Determined the Ten Biggest Science Projects
Science

How We Determined the Ten Biggest Science Projects

NASA Says Space Debris Could Approach the Shuttle for the Very Last Time on Tuesday
International Space Station

NASA Says Space Debris Could Approach the Shuttle for the Very Last Time on Tuesday

Ten Tech Innovations From NASA’s Space Shuttle That Trickled Down to Non-Astronauts
NASA

Ten Tech Innovations From NASA’s Space Shuttle That Trickled Down to Non-Astronauts

Tech designed for the space shuttle program have permeated just about every aspect of our lives. Here are ten you may not know about

As Humans Take Leave of Space, Robot Explorers Will Go Farther and Look Closer Than Ever
Space

As Humans Take Leave of Space, Robot Explorers Will Go Farther and Look Closer Than Ever

Reflections on the passing of one era, and the dawning of another

Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant
Stem Cells

Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant

Gray Matter: Fire In The Hole
DIY

Gray Matter: Fire In The Hole

Chemicals can turn any tree stump into virtual gunpowder