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Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]
Engineering

Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]

Anthony Atala wows the crowd

mars colony
Mars

Plants Can Survive the Radioactive Soils of Chernobyl, Widening Options For Space Farming

The Navy Wants a Swarm of Semi-Autonomous Breeding Robots With Built-In 3-D Printers
Technology

The Navy Wants a Swarm of Semi-Autonomous Breeding Robots With Built-In 3-D Printers

How It Works: A Tabletop That Sees and Responds to What’s Put On It
Gear

How It Works: A Tabletop That Sees and Responds to What’s Put On It

Artificial ‘Honey Pot’ Cells Lure Deadly Viruses, Then Deactivate Them
Health

Artificial ‘Honey Pot’ Cells Lure Deadly Viruses, Then Deactivate Them

Kepler’s Ongoing Exoplanet Findings Show Bizarre Solar Systems And Peculiar Planets
Exoplanets

Kepler’s Ongoing Exoplanet Findings Show Bizarre Solar Systems And Peculiar Planets

Native Chinese Supercomputer Could Be World’s Most Efficient
Technology

Native Chinese Supercomputer Could Be World’s Most Efficient

The race for performance-per-watt is on

Popular Science+ FAQ
Science

Popular Science+ FAQ

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World’s Most Powerful Optical Microscope Lets Researchers See Inside Viruses
Health

World’s Most Powerful Optical Microscope Lets Researchers See Inside Viruses

New technology breaks the theoretical limit on how small we can see

Scientists Book Trips Aboard Private Spaceships, In An Industry First
Private Space Flight

Scientists Book Trips Aboard Private Spaceships, In An Industry First

An Amazing Pic of Discovery Docking with the ISS, Taken from Earth
International Space Station

An Amazing Pic of Discovery Docking with the ISS, Taken from Earth

Video: A Triumphant Ending to the First Robot Marathon
Technology

Video: A Triumphant Ending to the First Robot Marathon

Climate Scientist Digs Up Data By Literally Mining The News
Environment

Climate Scientist Digs Up Data By Literally Mining The News

Archive Gallery: PopSci Envisions Your Future Home
Technology

Archive Gallery: PopSci Envisions Your Future Home

The bubble house, the computerized home, the floating cabin and more places we imagined you'd live in during the decades to come.

Discovery Launches on Final Mission Toward a Busy International Space Station
Technology

Discovery Launches on Final Mission Toward a Busy International Space Station

It's getting crowded up there

Artificial Skin Gets a Solar-Powered Upgrade
Technology

Artificial Skin Gets a Solar-Powered Upgrade

As Shuttle Program Winds Down, Astronauts Weigh A Future With No Spaceship To Fly
Technology

As Shuttle Program Winds Down, Astronauts Weigh A Future With No Spaceship To Fly

No 'mass exodus,' but hard choices ahead for U.S. astronaut corps

Could Scientists Really Create a Zombie Virus
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Could Scientists Really Create a Zombie Virus

Scientists Talk About the Possibility of a Zombie Virus

Large New NIH Study Finds That Cell Phone Use Does Affect Brain Activity
Technology

Large New NIH Study Finds That Cell Phone Use Does Affect Brain Activity

Apple to Announce iPad 2 on March 2nd
Gear

Apple to Announce iPad 2 on March 2nd