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Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade
Aviation

Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade

Video: Qbo Robot Learns to Recognize Itself in a Mirror
Robots

Video: Qbo Robot Learns to Recognize Itself in a Mirror

Bacterial Lamp Can Eat Your Sewage and Light Up Your House
Energy

Bacterial Lamp Can Eat Your Sewage and Light Up Your House

Driven: The All-New 2012 Porsche 911
Vehicles

Driven: The All-New 2012 Porsche 911

The first real seven-speed transmission and several other nice features

Should a New Recipe for Engineered Bird Flu, Potent Enough to Kill Millions, Be Published?
Environment

Should a New Recipe for Engineered Bird Flu, Potent Enough to Kill Millions, Be Published?

President Medvedev Suggests Punishing Those Responsible for Phobos-Grunt Debacle
Space

President Medvedev Suggests Punishing Those Responsible for Phobos-Grunt Debacle

Q&A: How to Rate the Habitability of Other Planets
Exoplanets

Q&A: How to Rate the Habitability of Other Planets

What's the most habitable planet?

Nation’s Densest Network of License Plate Data-Trackers Raises Privacy Concerns
Technology

Nation’s Densest Network of License Plate Data-Trackers Raises Privacy Concerns

Remotely Operated Via Kinect, Handy Robot Cleans Your House
Technology

Remotely Operated Via Kinect, Handy Robot Cleans Your House

New Glow-in-the-Dark Material Charges In One Minute, Glows Infrared for Two Weeks
Science

New Glow-in-the-Dark Material Charges In One Minute, Glows Infrared for Two Weeks

The Most Capable Robot Geologist Ever Built Now Heads to Mars to Find Life
Mars

The Most Capable Robot Geologist Ever Built Now Heads to Mars to Find Life

How 11 unique instruments will help the Mars Science Laboratory carry out a very ambitious mission

Invented: World’s Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air
Technology

Invented: World’s Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air

Russian Hackers Breach Springfield, Illinois (?) Water Utility and Destroy Pump
Security

Russian Hackers Breach Springfield, Illinois (?) Water Utility and Destroy Pump

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, November 14-18, 2011
Science

The Most Amazing Images of the Week, November 14-18, 2011

Archive Gallery: Single-Wheeled Vehicles Trundle Through The Decades
Motorcycles

Archive Gallery: Single-Wheeled Vehicles Trundle Through The Decades

Gyroscopic speed-demons, one-wheeled war tanks, and more

International Scientists Race to Create the Heaviest Element in the Universe
Science

International Scientists Race to Create the Heaviest Element in the Universe

Image Recognition Software Can Help Cops ID Gang Graffiti Automatically
Technology

Image Recognition Software Can Help Cops ID Gang Graffiti Automatically

Honduran Teen Invents Cheap, Simple Eye-Tracking Device For Disabled
Projects

Honduran Teen Invents Cheap, Simple Eye-Tracking Device For Disabled

Available in 2012 for $300

New Material Promises Faster Chips, Faster Internet, Faster Everything
Energy

New Material Promises Faster Chips, Faster Internet, Faster Everything

North Face’s ThermoBall Wants to Revolutionize Jacket Insulation
Technology

North Face’s ThermoBall Wants to Revolutionize Jacket Insulation

Down jackets are warm, but useless when wet. Synthetics have long been heavy, stiff, and bulky. North Face's proposed solution? Tiny little balls. Tiny little balls of warmth.