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First Preventative Cancer Vaccine Demonstrated to Work in Mice
Vaccines

First Preventative Cancer Vaccine Demonstrated to Work in Mice

Fraunhofer Lab Engineers a Cycling Helmet That Raises a Stink When it Needs Replacing
Technology

Fraunhofer Lab Engineers a Cycling Helmet That Raises a Stink When it Needs Replacing

Uncle Sam Wants to Know About Your Internet Service
Technology

Uncle Sam Wants to Know About Your Internet Service

Or, more specifically, diligently measure its speed with a special router

DARPA Wants To Look into the Future to Prevent Outbreaks Before They Happen
Health

DARPA Wants To Look into the Future to Prevent Outbreaks Before They Happen

And in fine DARPA style, the project to do it is called "Prophecy"

How it Works: A Computerized, Looping Waterslide
Technology

How it Works: A Computerized, Looping Waterslide

This waterslide does a gut-flipping--yet safe--loop-de-loop

NASA Pronounces Phoenix Mars Lander Officially Dead
Technology

NASA Pronounces Phoenix Mars Lander Officially Dead

This Week in the Future, May 17-21, 2010
Science

This Week in the Future, May 17-21, 2010

In 2022 World Cup Bid, Japan Offers to Broadcast Live, Full-Scale 3-D Holographic Games on Fields Worldwide
Technology

In 2022 World Cup Bid, Japan Offers to Broadcast Live, Full-Scale 3-D Holographic Games on Fields Worldwide

Computer Algorithm Can Recognize Sarcasm (Which Is Just Soooo Cool)
AI

Computer Algorithm Can Recognize Sarcasm (Which Is Just Soooo Cool)

World’s Smallest Pump is Powered by Nanowires with Glass Electrodes
Technology

World’s Smallest Pump is Powered by Nanowires with Glass Electrodes

Japan to Launch Venus-Bound Atmospheric Probe Today
Solar System

Japan to Launch Venus-Bound Atmospheric Probe Today

The mission will study Venusian atmosphere; solar sail experiment hitches a ride

Menu on Chinese Space Mission Sounds Tasty, Includes Dog
Technology

Menu on Chinese Space Mission Sounds Tasty, Includes Dog

Controversy ensues

Walgreen’s Will Be First to Retail Personal Genomics Tests, if the FDA Allows it
Health

Walgreen’s Will Be First to Retail Personal Genomics Tests, if the FDA Allows it

New Software Can Hire, Evaluate, and Pay Workers, Making Human Bosses Obsolete
Internet

New Software Can Hire, Evaluate, and Pay Workers, Making Human Bosses Obsolete

DARPA’s Brain Implants Would Help Replace Mental Function in Wounded Warfighters
DARPA

DARPA’s Brain Implants Would Help Replace Mental Function in Wounded Warfighters

The implants would use light pulses to activate certain brain regions and reroute function

First Test of Orion Escape Vehicle Goes off ‘Like Clockwork’
Technology

First Test of Orion Escape Vehicle Goes off ‘Like Clockwork’

IBM and DOT to Test Our High-Tech Transit Future in Texas First
Vehicles

IBM and DOT to Test Our High-Tech Transit Future in Texas First

California Engineers Create World’s Smallest Room-Temperature Laser
Technology

California Engineers Create World’s Smallest Room-Temperature Laser

The device is literally smaller than the wavelength of the light it emits

A Brief, Buttery Ride on Shanghai’s Maglev Train
Technology

A Brief, Buttery Ride on Shanghai’s Maglev Train

Covering 16 miles in 8 minutes, topping out at 160 mph

DigitalGlobe Satellite Returns High-Resolution Photos of Oil Slick
Environment

DigitalGlobe Satellite Returns High-Resolution Photos of Oil Slick

New images show oil’s spread; leak is 5 times worse than originally thought