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PopSci is attending the 40th annual National Symposium on Bat Research

Winged tanks, a torpedo-shaped aerobile, and flying cars designed by the 20th century's most renowned aviation minds

Torn between a high-speed plane and a hovering helicopter? Why should you have to choose?

An igloo-shaped lunar base, a train on the moon, a satellite housing 20,000 residents, and other places to live and play in space

If a stem cell treatment replaced the most common cosmetic surgery procedure, it could pave the way for much wider medical use of the potent little cells

We spent twenty-four hours on a Greenpeace boat in the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil and dispersant among marine life. On the six-month anniversary of the leak, we report back

It's the best tagline a gimmicky jump-assisting shoe could want: "Banned by the NBA." And now it's true

Any scientist can tell you how people catch fire in the movies. Only our columnist sets himself ablaze

What would the United States look like without bats? As winter approaches, biologists seek new methods and technologies to help control a potentially devastating ecological disaster

Conceptual shelters that will protect us all from the perils of our rapidly changing environment: rising waters, extreme heat, rampant pollution and overpopulation

The Gotthard Base Tunnel, a 35-mile hole in the Swiss Alps, has completed drilling

Want to know what makes us human? Ask a baby

Behind the wheel, we find that GM’s highest-profile concept car has become a refreshing, radically different kind of production vehicle