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Holiday Video: Cute Quadrocopter Hovers Above Piano, Picks Out ‘Jingle Bells’
Technology

Holiday Video: Cute Quadrocopter Hovers Above Piano, Picks Out ‘Jingle Bells’

GM Is Turning Recycled Deepwater Horizon Oil Containment Booms Into New Chevy Volts
Technology

GM Is Turning Recycled Deepwater Horizon Oil Containment Booms Into New Chevy Volts

FCC Expected to Pass Net Neutrality Rules Today, Drawing Line Between Wired and Wireless Web
Technology

FCC Expected to Pass Net Neutrality Rules Today, Drawing Line Between Wired and Wireless Web

Popular Science+ Comes to the Samsung Galaxy Tab
Science

Popular Science+ Comes to the Samsung Galaxy Tab

Check out our new special issue, designed exclusively for the Samsung Galaxy Tab

2010’s 100 Best Innovations of the Year, All in One Place
Best of What's New

2010’s 100 Best Innovations of the Year, All in One Place

Our Best of What's New roundup is your guide to the year in science, tech, gadgets, engineering and much more

Microsoft Shows Off Glasses-Free 3-D
Gear

Microsoft Shows Off Glasses-Free 3-D

NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet to Fire Spacecraft Into Orbit
NASA

NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet to Fire Spacecraft Into Orbit

White House Commission: Biologists Can Engineer Custom Organisms Without Federal Regulation
Health

White House Commission: Biologists Can Engineer Custom Organisms Without Federal Regulation

Green light for synthetic biology

Video: LCD Shades Smartly Block Points of Bright Light, Leaving the Rest of Your View Clear
Technology

Video: LCD Shades Smartly Block Points of Bright Light, Leaving the Rest of Your View Clear

1927 Model T Triumphs Over 164 Modern Machines In Punishing Endurance Race
Vehicles

1927 Model T Triumphs Over 164 Modern Machines In Punishing Endurance Race

See what happens when a 1927 Model T and a 1986 Mustang come together in an unholy (but fast!) union

Jumping into the New Space Race, Orbital Sciences Unveils Mini-Shuttle Spaceplane Design
Private Space Flight

Jumping into the New Space Race, Orbital Sciences Unveils Mini-Shuttle Spaceplane Design

Cassini Spots a Giant Ice Volcano on Saturn’s Titan Moon
Technology

Cassini Spots a Giant Ice Volcano on Saturn’s Titan Moon

FYI: How Many Different Ways Can a Chess Game Unfold?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: How Many Different Ways Can a Chess Game Unfold?

The Pioneer Anomaly, a 30-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery, May Be Resolved At Last
Physics

The Pioneer Anomaly, a 30-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery, May Be Resolved At Last

What is the mystery force slowing down the Pioneer spacecraft? Do we finally know the answer?

Implant Uses A Microchip Embedded in the Spine To Edit Out Chronic Pain
Medicine

Implant Uses A Microchip Embedded in the Spine To Edit Out Chronic Pain

Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV
Stem Cells

Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV

Deep Below South Dakota, a Mine Becomes a Physics Lab, and Miners Return to Work
Particle Physics

Deep Below South Dakota, a Mine Becomes a Physics Lab, and Miners Return to Work

For traditional mining culture as well as particle physics, it's a real scientific gold mine

Which Is the Robot?
Science

The Most Amazing Science Images of 2010

Launch the gallery below, and enjoy our favorite pictures of the year, all in one place

New Report Calls for Creation of “Space Superfund” to Clean Up Junk in Low Earth Orbit
Technology

New Report Calls for Creation of “Space Superfund” to Clean Up Junk in Low Earth Orbit

Phantom Ray Drone Makes Its First Flight, A Piggyback Ride On A Shuttle-Carrier 747
Drones

Phantom Ray Drone Makes Its First Flight, A Piggyback Ride On A Shuttle-Carrier 747

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