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Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots
Robots

Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots

The combination of vulnerability to earthquakes and a natural affinity for robotics has led to a surplus of Japanese rescue robots

This Week in the Future, March 7-11, 2011
Technology

This Week in the Future, March 7-11, 2011

Next Week Messenger Probe Will Become First Craft To Orbit Mercury
Technology

Next Week Messenger Probe Will Become First Craft To Orbit Mercury

Gray Matter: A Foil Boat Floating On An Invisible Sea
Projects

Gray Matter: A Foil Boat Floating On An Invisible Sea

You can’t see them, but other gases can collect in places where we expect there to be air

Swedes, Danes Consider Dumping Postage Stamps for Codes Sent Via Text
Technology

Swedes, Danes Consider Dumping Postage Stamps for Codes Sent Via Text

Golf Cart Powered by the Spirit (and Engine) of a Truck
Projects

Golf Cart Powered by the Spirit (and Engine) of a Truck

My Visit to An American Rare Earth Metals Mine
Energy

My Visit to An American Rare Earth Metals Mine

The electronic future is buried under the ground in Missouri

Largest Undersea Cable Ever Could Export Iceland’s Abundant Geothermal Power to the Rest of Europe
Renewables

Largest Undersea Cable Ever Could Export Iceland’s Abundant Geothermal Power to the Rest of Europe

Australian Robots Communicate With Each Other By Blowing Coded Vortices of Air
Technology

Australian Robots Communicate With Each Other By Blowing Coded Vortices of Air

Video: Drones Perform Closest-Ever Autonomous Refueling Maneuver
Technology

Video: Drones Perform Closest-Ever Autonomous Refueling Maneuver

NEC’s ‘Fruit Recognition’ Tech Identifies Individual Pieces of Produce From Cellphone Pics
Gear

NEC’s ‘Fruit Recognition’ Tech Identifies Individual Pieces of Produce From Cellphone Pics

Japan Announces Plans to Fly Its Own Domestically Developed Stealth Fighter in 2014
Aviation

Japan Announces Plans to Fly Its Own Domestically Developed Stealth Fighter in 2014

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues
Biology

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues

The jury is still out, but skepticism permeates the scientific community

Our Body the Ecosystem: Understanding the Interplay Between Man and Microbe
Medicine

Our Body the Ecosystem: Understanding the Interplay Between Man and Microbe

Studying our natural internal bacteria could help doctors cure diseases that affect millions

This Week in the Future, February 28-March 4, 2011
Science

This Week in the Future, February 28-March 4, 2011

Video: New Microscope Produces 3-D Movies of Live Cells In Action
Health

Video: New Microscope Produces 3-D Movies of Live Cells In Action

Cell biologists get observational omniscience

Discovery’s Booster Rocket Films a Stupendous Full-Length Video
Technology

Discovery’s Booster Rocket Films a Stupendous Full-Length Video

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Most Impractical Inventions
Technology

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Most Impractical Inventions

The crocodile-drawn wagon, the butter-churning bicycle, the jazz-powered mushroom farm, and more

Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]
Engineering

Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]

Anthony Atala wows the crowd

mars colony
Mars

Plants Can Survive the Radioactive Soils of Chernobyl, Widening Options For Space Farming