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With a Massive Hardware Hack, Libyan Rebels Hijack Disabled Cell Phone Network
Military

With a Massive Hardware Hack, Libyan Rebels Hijack Disabled Cell Phone Network

World Health Officials Debate Whether To Destroy Last Existing Samples of Smallpox
Health

World Health Officials Debate Whether To Destroy Last Existing Samples of Smallpox

The X-47B in Flight
Navy

The Navy’s X-47B Will Be So Autonomous, You Can Steer It With Mouse Clicks

MIT Uses Your Phone’s Sensors to Predict Its Movement And Keep Your Network Connection Steady
Technology

MIT Uses Your Phone’s Sensors to Predict Its Movement And Keep Your Network Connection Steady

Florida, California, Washington D.C. and New York City to Receive Retired Space Shuttles
Space

Florida, California, Washington D.C. and New York City to Receive Retired Space Shuttles

Houston snubbed, but Kennedy Space Center in Florida gets a shuttle

Space Debris Solution du Jour: Launching a Cloud of Tungsten Dust Into Orbit
Space

Space Debris Solution du Jour: Launching a Cloud of Tungsten Dust Into Orbit

The Secrets of Yuri Gagarin, Fifty Years Later
Space

The Secrets of Yuri Gagarin, Fifty Years Later

Today we celebrate five decades of secrets, lies, and half-truths from space agencies

Video: Powerful Magnets Pointed At British Editor’s Head Prevent Him From Reciting A Nursery Rhyme
Technology

Video: Powerful Magnets Pointed At British Editor’s Head Prevent Him From Reciting A Nursery Rhyme

Are Aliens Living On Planets Inside Black Holes?
Black Holes

Are Aliens Living On Planets Inside Black Holes?

Maybe that’s why we can’t seem to find them

Putting a Price on Carbon Could Slow Oceans’ Acidification
Ocean

Putting a Price on Carbon Could Slow Oceans’ Acidification

A carbon tax would make companies think harder about using fossil fuels, which spur rising acidity in the seas

Video: In Roiling Seas, Navy Laser Sets a Ship On Fire
Technology

Video: In Roiling Seas, Navy Laser Sets a Ship On Fire

Spending that military budget

Archive Gallery: Revisiting the Golden Age of Zeppelins
Aviation

Archive Gallery: Revisiting the Golden Age of Zeppelins

We comb our archives for the most majestic airships of the 1920s

Unprecedented Cosmic Explosion Spawns an Intergalactic Mystery
Technology

Unprecedented Cosmic Explosion Spawns an Intergalactic Mystery

Nissan’s Concept Esflow Takes the Lead on the Electric Sport Car Scene
Electric Vehicles

Nissan’s Concept Esflow Takes the Lead on the Electric Sport Car Scene

Esflow outdrives Nissan's first electric car Leaf and prices better than Tesla's Roadster

In November, A Massive Asteroid Will Fly Very Close To Earth
Technology

In November, A Massive Asteroid Will Fly Very Close To Earth

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean
Biology

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean

Five Ways to Improve Your Facebook Page
Social Media

Five Ways to Improve Your Facebook Page

SpaceX Unveils its New ‘Falcon Heavy’ Rocket, a 22-Story Heavy-Lift Behemoth
Technology

SpaceX Unveils its New ‘Falcon Heavy’ Rocket, a 22-Story Heavy-Lift Behemoth

More than twice the payload of a Delta IV at one-third the cost

Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Akin To Human Milk
Animals

Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Akin To Human Milk

How It Works: A Smarter Crash-Test Dummy
Vehicles

How It Works: A Smarter Crash-Test Dummy

How the next generation of sensor-packed devices gather 70,000 data points per second to make cars safer for flesh-and-blood humans