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Common Webcams Could Be Used to Continuously Monitor Your Vital Signs
Health

Common Webcams Could Be Used to Continuously Monitor Your Vital Signs

Particle Physicists Use Electrical Tape To Patch Tevatron
Science

Particle Physicists Use Electrical Tape To Patch Tevatron

Faulty seal would have caused frustrating delays

Instant Expert: Rebuilding Human Minds
Science

Instant Expert: Rebuilding Human Minds

Scientists hope to strengthen aging brains by tweaking the behavior of DNA

Solar Wind Could Replace Solar, Wind as Renewable Energy Source
Renewables

Solar Wind Could Replace Solar, Wind as Renewable Energy Source

Google Street View Expands to Antarctica, Is Now on All Seven Continents
Technology

Google Street View Expands to Antarctica, Is Now on All Seven Continents

BBC Broadcasts in Ultra High-Def, 16 Times Sharper Than HDTV
Gear

BBC Broadcasts in Ultra High-Def, 16 Times Sharper Than HDTV

Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women’s Brains
Medicine

Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women’s Brains

A new study explores the surprising cognitive effects of contraception

Odds of Alien Life on Newly Spotted Exoplanet Are “100 Percent” Says Its Discoverer
Exoplanets

Odds of Alien Life on Newly Spotted Exoplanet Are “100 Percent” Says Its Discoverer

The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment: a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap
Drones

The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment: a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap

How 140 scientists look inside the world's most dangerous weather

The Craziest Japanese Concept Cars, 1969-2009
Concept Cars

The Craziest Japanese Concept Cars, 1969-2009

New Space Telescope Relies on Never-Before-Manufactured Material; No Problem, Says NASA
Space Telescope

New Space Telescope Relies on Never-Before-Manufactured Material; No Problem, Says NASA

Enviropig: A Bioengineered Pig That Excretes Fewer Pollutants
Agriculture

Enviropig: A Bioengineered Pig That Excretes Fewer Pollutants

Listen: Microscopic Instrument Produces Tones Humans Can Hear
Technology

Listen: Microscopic Instrument Produces Tones Humans Can Hear

Video: I Float in Zero Gravity
Aviation

Video: I Float in Zero Gravity

Weightless on the "vomit comet," along with a batch of middle-school science projects

This Year’s MacArthur Fellowship Grants: Meet the New Class of Science Geniuses
Announcements

This Year’s MacArthur Fellowship Grants: Meet the New Class of Science Geniuses

Former Air Force Officers Claim UFOs Visited Bases, Tampered With Nukes
Air Force

Former Air Force Officers Claim UFOs Visited Bases, Tampered With Nukes

Pedal-Powered Shweeb Monorail System Wins $1.05 Million in Google Innovation  Contest
Vehicles

Pedal-Powered Shweeb Monorail System Wins $1.05 Million in Google Innovation Contest

Nuclear-Powered Ice-Breaking Merchant Ships Could Ply the Northwest Passage
Technology

Nuclear-Powered Ice-Breaking Merchant Ships Could Ply the Northwest Passage

Stretchable Sensor Mesh Could Act as Strong, Smart Skin for Planes, Cars and Robots
Technology

Stretchable Sensor Mesh Could Act as Strong, Smart Skin for Planes, Cars and Robots

In Test of Relativity Theory, Superaccurate Atomic Clocks Prove Your Head Ages Nanoseconds Faster than Your Feet
Physics

In Test of Relativity Theory, Superaccurate Atomic Clocks Prove Your Head Ages Nanoseconds Faster than Your Feet

Relativity experiment is the most accurate yet