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tool kit
Archaeology

Ancient Portable Tool Kit Shows Humans Settled North America Much Earlier Than Scientists Thought

Video: 360-Degree Fog Display Creates a 3-D Image Observable From All Angles
Technology

Video: 360-Degree Fog Display Creates a 3-D Image Observable From All Angles

For the First Time, Satellites Track a Ballistic Missile Through All Phases of Flight
Technology

For the First Time, Satellites Track a Ballistic Missile Through All Phases of Flight

Moveable Beasts:  Tracking Winged Migrations To Predict Weather, Stop Disease, and Save Species
Weather

Moveable Beasts: Tracking Winged Migrations To Predict Weather, Stop Disease, and Save Species

Vintage Cutaways Show the Nuclear Reactors of Our Past (and Present)
Energy

Vintage Cutaways Show the Nuclear Reactors of Our Past (and Present)

Wall-art-worthy cutaways of European, American, and Asian nuclear reactors

Single Stationary Microscope Lens Can Capture 3D Images
Technology

Single Stationary Microscope Lens Can Capture 3D Images

As Cooling Efforts Continue, Japanese Officials Consider Burying Fukushima Plant
Technology

As Cooling Efforts Continue, Japanese Officials Consider Burying Fukushima Plant

The Retrieval of Hayabusa
Technology

A Second Hayabusa Asteroid Exploration Mission Will Pack Spacebound Explosives

Can Next-Generation Reactors Power a Safe Nuclear Future?
Energy

Can Next-Generation Reactors Power a Safe Nuclear Future?

As nations around the world rush to reconsider their nuclear plans, nuclear experts look toward a future of smaller, safer reactors designed to greatly reduce the likelihood of a Fukushima-sized catastrophe

Air Support Assists In Japanese Nuclear Crisis
Energy

Air Support Assists In Japanese Nuclear Crisis

As helicopters drop tons of water on the fuel rods, a U.S. Global Hawk drone monitors the situation from above

Digital Maps Of Moonscape Could Reveal Safe Landing Spots And Traversable Terrain
Technology

Digital Maps Of Moonscape Could Reveal Safe Landing Spots And Traversable Terrain

FYI: Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?
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FYI: Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?

FYI: How Does Nuclear Radiation Do Its Damage?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: How Does Nuclear Radiation Do Its Damage?

Or, why everyone is stocking up on iodine tablets

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes
Diabetes

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes

New ESO Image Captures Baby Stars Causing Chaos in the Nursery
Technology

New ESO Image Captures Baby Stars Causing Chaos in the Nursery

After Earth: Why, Where, How, and When We Might Leave Our Home Planet
Solar System

After Earth: Why, Where, How, and When We Might Leave Our Home Planet

Humanity may have millennia to find a new home in the universe--or just a few years

Robonaut Is Unboxed At Long Last
Technology

Robonaut Is Unboxed At Long Last

Hitchhiking to Space on a Soyuz Gets More Expensive As NASA Signs New Deal with Russia
Technology

Hitchhiking to Space on a Soyuz Gets More Expensive As NASA Signs New Deal with Russia

How One Man Waged War Against Gravity
Physics

How One Man Waged War Against Gravity

The story of Roger Babson, gravity's sworn enemy, and his Gravity Research Foundation

How Nuclear Reactors Work, And How They Fail
Energy

How Nuclear Reactors Work, And How They Fail

Several of Japan's nuclear power plants are experiencing serious damage from the earthquake and ensuing tsunami. Here's what you need to know to understand the news, as it happens