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FYI: Can Skyscrapers Prevent Tornadoes?
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FYI: Can Skyscrapers Prevent Tornadoes?

Video: In Groundbreaking Demonstration of Flying Lightfoil, Laser Beam Generates Lift
Technology

Video: In Groundbreaking Demonstration of Flying Lightfoil, Laser Beam Generates Lift

Testing The Best: A Weekend With Mobilegs Crutches
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Testing The Best: A Weekend With Mobilegs Crutches

Thanks, space-crutches!

Wikileaked Cables from Beijing Reveal China’s Pursuit of Fusion Power, Teleportation
Physics

Wikileaked Cables from Beijing Reveal China’s Pursuit of Fusion Power, Teleportation

Brilliant 10: Iain Couzin, the Pattern Maker
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Brilliant 10: Iain Couzin, the Pattern Maker

He reveals the rules of groups

A Science Experiment in South Pole Ice Searches For Clues About Dark Matter
Science

A Science Experiment in South Pole Ice Searches For Clues About Dark Matter

This Sports Car Has Six Wheels
Vehicles

This Sports Car Has Six Wheels

The six-wheeled Covini C6W is heading to production

Testing the Best: Sony’s NEX-5, the Small Wonder
Gear

Testing the Best: Sony’s NEX-5, the Small Wonder

The compact camera to sell you on compact cameras

NASA’s Newly Discovered Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Are Fascinating, but Not Aliens [Updated + Video]
Biology

NASA’s Newly Discovered Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Are Fascinating, but Not Aliens [Updated + Video]

So everyone chill out. It does raise interesting questions for alien life-hunters, however

Bee-Inspired Algorithm Helps UAVs Detect the Horizon For Improved Aerobatics
Science

Bee-Inspired Algorithm Helps UAVs Detect the Horizon For Improved Aerobatics

Newly Discovered Cache of Red Dwarfs Triples the Number of Known Stars in the Universe
Space

Newly Discovered Cache of Red Dwarfs Triples the Number of Known Stars in the Universe

Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction
Agriculture

Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction

The Air Force’s Top Secret Space Plane, in Orbit for Seven Months, is Coming Home
Technology

The Air Force’s Top Secret Space Plane, in Orbit for Seven Months, is Coming Home

Swarms of Robot Soldiers Could Make Better Decisions Than Human Leaders on Data-Strewn Battlefields
Military

Swarms of Robot Soldiers Could Make Better Decisions Than Human Leaders on Data-Strewn Battlefields

New Brain-Machine Interface Taps Human Smarts to Enhance Computers’ Abilities, Instead of Vice Versa
Technology

New Brain-Machine Interface Taps Human Smarts to Enhance Computers’ Abilities, Instead of Vice Versa

Genetic Algorithms Design and Manufacture Robots Without Human Intervention
Technology

Genetic Algorithms Design and Manufacture Robots Without Human Intervention

Video: Personal Massage ‘Bot Drives Around Your Back For a Gentle Caress
Robots

Video: Personal Massage ‘Bot Drives Around Your Back For a Gentle Caress

Physicists Conjure the First Super-Photon, Creating a Whole New Kind of Light Source
Physics

Physicists Conjure the First Super-Photon, Creating a Whole New Kind of Light Source

Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains of the Future
Vehicles

Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains of the Future

If only our Thanksgiving travel plans included rides on cross-country high-speed rails, propeller-powered monorails, and the mythical Long Island bullet train

How Science Is Changing Your Thanksgiving Feast
Agriculture

How Science Is Changing Your Thanksgiving Feast

Thanks to biotechnology and widespread genetic modification, the meal you'll enjoy tomorrow certainly isn't your grandma's feast