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Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt
Robots

Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt

Woodpeckers’ Heads Inspire New Shock-Absorbing Systems for Electronics and Humans
Birds

Woodpeckers’ Heads Inspire New Shock-Absorbing Systems for Electronics and Humans

Water Flea Genome is the Most Complex Yet, and May Help Scientists Study Organisms’ Response to Stress
Animals

Water Flea Genome is the Most Complex Yet, and May Help Scientists Study Organisms’ Response to Stress

Scientists Mine Dormant Bacterial Genes For New Antibiotics
Health

Scientists Mine Dormant Bacterial Genes For New Antibiotics

The Internet Officially Runs Out of Addresses Today, But It’s Not Cause for Panic
Internet

The Internet Officially Runs Out of Addresses Today, But It’s Not Cause for Panic

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Blotting Out the Sun
Science

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Blotting Out the Sun

Geoengineering could cause more problems than the global warming it aims to stop

A Company Seeks Ubiquitous Iris Scans On PCs, ATMs and Cell Phones
Technology

A Company Seeks Ubiquitous Iris Scans On PCs, ATMs and Cell Phones

Attractive Italian Viaduct Has Wind Turbines Built In
Renewables

Attractive Italian Viaduct Has Wind Turbines Built In

New-Found Cornucopia of Exoplanets More Than Doubles the Current Cosmic Census
Science

New-Found Cornucopia of Exoplanets More Than Doubles the Current Cosmic Census

The Kepler telescope team announces a trove

A Tour of The Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Laboratory
Technology

A Tour of The Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Laboratory

Inside a high-tech laboratory that's spinning out the future of food (in a centrifuge at 13 Gs)

First Demonstration of Cars That Test Blood Alcohol Level Before Letting You Drive
Vehicles

First Demonstration of Cars That Test Blood Alcohol Level Before Letting You Drive

Breakfast at Myhrvold’s: Pea Butter, Drinkable Bagels, and Other Modernist Miracles
Technology

Breakfast at Myhrvold’s: Pea Butter, Drinkable Bagels, and Other Modernist Miracles

In a high-tech kitchen laboratory in Seattle, Nathan Myhrvold is putting the finishing touches on Modernist Cuisine, his obsessive 2,438-page cookbook documenting the future of food. I recently visited for a futuristic breakfast

To Improve Astronomic Measurements, Scientists Want To Launch A Light Bulb Into Space
Physics

To Improve Astronomic Measurements, Scientists Want To Launch A Light Bulb Into Space

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Deep-Drilling a Supervolcano
Science

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Deep-Drilling a Supervolcano

Sure, it could work, or it could also cause an earthquake or eruption

FYI: How Much Can A Human Body Sweat Before It Runs Out?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: How Much Can A Human Body Sweat Before It Runs Out?

China’s New Super-City Will Merge Nine Urban Centers into a Single, 16,000-Square-Mile Megatropolis
Energy

China’s New Super-City Will Merge Nine Urban Centers into a Single, 16,000-Square-Mile Megatropolis

State of the Union 2011: Win The Future! But How?
Technology

State of the Union 2011: Win The Future! But How?

Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles
Self Driving

Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

Your Guide to the Year in Science 2011
Science

Your Guide to the Year in Science 2011

2011 is shaping up to be a great year for science. Here's what to look forward to

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: An Internet “Off” Switch
Internet

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: An Internet “Off” Switch

Just how this idea could backfire