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How to Clean Up Hungary’s 16-Square-Mile Toxic Mess
Environment

How to Clean Up Hungary’s 16-Square-Mile Toxic Mess

So an industrial accident has blanketed your countryside in millions of cubic feet of caustic sludge. Now what?

New Theories Test Our Understanding of Nature’s Most Elemental Force
Space Telescope

New Theories Test Our Understanding of Nature’s Most Elemental Force

Chilean Miners May Ride ‘Phoenix’ Capsule to Safety As Early as Tomorrow Night
Technology

Chilean Miners May Ride ‘Phoenix’ Capsule to Safety As Early as Tomorrow Night

Video: Voodoo Software Removes Objects From Video In Real Time
Technology

Video: Voodoo Software Removes Objects From Video In Real Time

Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 With Something for Everyone (Except Verizon Customers)
Phones

Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 With Something for Everyone (Except Verizon Customers)

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is the most exciting thing to happen to smartphones in years. Here's what happened at today's launch, and why you should care

SpaceShipTwo
Technology

Video: Virgin Galactic’s Enterprise Makes Maiden Manned Flight

Revealed: Google’s Car Fleet Has Been Driving Around Unmanned For 140,000 Miles Already
Self Driving

Revealed: Google’s Car Fleet Has Been Driving Around Unmanned For 140,000 Miles Already

Instant Expert: What Interstellar Dust Can Tell Us
Space

Instant Expert: What Interstellar Dust Can Tell Us

Dust may help astronomers understand the formation of stars and planets

Smog on Titan Moon May Hold Ingredients For Life, New Study Says
Moons

Smog on Titan Moon May Hold Ingredients For Life, New Study Says

In a simulation, a Titan-like atmosphere produces nearly all of life's building blocks

Instant Expert: The Drama and Controversy of Fracking
Technology

Instant Expert: The Drama and Controversy of Fracking

A dramatic technique for mining oil and natural gas called hydraulic fracturing is under fire. Here’s why

bee and flower
Environment

The Case of the Mass Honeybee Killer Has a New Prime Suspect

Thanks to a joint investigation from academics and the Department of Homeland Security, the culprit in the Case of the Honeybee Killer has been found.

Wireless System Tracks Deadly Bacteria In Hospitals
Technology

Wireless System Tracks Deadly Bacteria In Hospitals

How Scientists Grow Working, Made-To-Order Lungs
Technology

How Scientists Grow Working, Made-To-Order Lungs

This Bomb Shelter is Part of the World’s First Underground Luxury Community
Technology

This Bomb Shelter is Part of the World’s First Underground Luxury Community

Survive the end of the world in this bomb shelter for just $5,000 down

‘PinDr0p’ Tech Uses Unique Noise Fingerprints to Trace Calls
Technology

‘PinDr0p’ Tech Uses Unique Noise Fingerprints to Trace Calls

How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber
Animals

How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber

After years of research, we may be close to full-scale production of super-strong spider silk

Future-Predicting Search Engine Reveals Some of the Analytical Tricks Inside Its Crystal Ball
Technology

Future-Predicting Search Engine Reveals Some of the Analytical Tricks Inside Its Crystal Ball

U.S. Military Aims to Use 50 Percent Renewable Energy Within Ten Years
Army

U.S. Military Aims to Use 50 Percent Renewable Energy Within Ten Years

How the Empire State Building Is Pioneering the Future of Energy Efficiency
Technology

How the Empire State Building Is Pioneering the Future of Energy Efficiency

Greening the world’s most iconic skyscraper

Meet RatCar, a Japanese Robot Car Controlled By a Rat’s Brain
Robots

Meet RatCar, a Japanese Robot Car Controlled By a Rat’s Brain