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Google Rolls Out a Browser-Based Content Farm Blocker, Helping Users Sort the Wheat from the Chaff
Technology

Google Rolls Out a Browser-Based Content Farm Blocker, Helping Users Sort the Wheat from the Chaff

Russia Is Ready to Plunge Into Risky Arctic Drilling Projects, In Partnership With BP
Science

Russia Is Ready to Plunge Into Risky Arctic Drilling Projects, In Partnership With BP

What could possibly go wrong?

Vise Cakes: Making a Grain Puffer on the Cheap
Projects

Vise Cakes: Making a Grain Puffer on the Cheap

The hosts of Food Jammers show how to make a version of a multimillion-dollar commercial grain puffer for about 50 bucks. See the video inside

By Shining a Laser From the Ground, Researchers Could Easily Measure Earth’s Magnetic Field
Environment

By Shining a Laser From the Ground, Researchers Could Easily Measure Earth’s Magnetic Field

Satellites, step aside

New NASA Designs for a Reusable Manned Deep-Space Craft, Nautilus-X
Deep Space

New NASA Designs for a Reusable Manned Deep-Space Craft, Nautilus-X

Nautilus includes a centrifuge and inflatable parts

Tonight, Jeopardy Champions Take on IBM’s Supercomputer Watson
Technology

Tonight, Jeopardy Champions Take on IBM’s Supercomputer Watson

AI in prime time

Unseen Currents: A Blind Oceanographer Chases Undersea Storms
Weather

Unseen Currents: A Blind Oceanographer Chases Undersea Storms

On the Labrador Sea, the scientific crew of the research vessel Knorr hunts for underwater storms, sinks a two-mile mooring--and gathers clues to the planet's fate

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain
Internet

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In
Medicine

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In

The human genome was just the start

Private Space Industry Could Pay For Military Communications and Commercialized Mars Missions
Private Space Flight

Private Space Industry Could Pay For Military Communications and Commercialized Mars Missions

Archive Gallery: PopSci Fights the Battle of the Sexes
Science

Archive Gallery: PopSci Fights the Battle of the Sexes

PopSci attempts to determine, once and for all, which is the superior gender

A Desperate Nokia Partners With Microsoft, Will Release Windows Phone 7 Smartphones
Gear

A Desperate Nokia Partners With Microsoft, Will Release Windows Phone 7 Smartphones

NASA and DARPA Want a “100-Year Starship,” As Long as They Don’t Have to Build It
DARPA

NASA and DARPA Want a “100-Year Starship,” As Long as They Don’t Have to Build It

An ‘Ion Funnel’ Could Help Future Mars Missions Identify Signs of Alien Life
Science

An ‘Ion Funnel’ Could Help Future Mars Missions Identify Signs of Alien Life

Ask A Geek: How Do I Protect My Smartphone From Viruses?
DIY

Ask A Geek: How Do I Protect My Smartphone From Viruses?

Nissan’s ESFLOW Concept Merges Leaf’s Zero-Emission Powertrain Tech With Sports Car Sexiness
Technology

Nissan’s ESFLOW Concept Merges Leaf’s Zero-Emission Powertrain Tech With Sports Car Sexiness

Pigging the Unpiggable: Robots Keep Gas Lines From Blowing Up
Robots

Pigging the Unpiggable: Robots Keep Gas Lines From Blowing Up

This new little piggy goes where the rest can’t

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy
Biology

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy

Russian team investigating the Antarctic lake isolated for 14 million years may have polluted it as they left

Video: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid Collisions
Space

Video: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid Collisions

Two stones, each a meter in diameter, suspended from cranes

NYU Professor’s Body Rejects His Implanted Head-Cam
Health

NYU Professor’s Body Rejects His Implanted Head-Cam