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You Built What?! A Truck-Sized, Street-Legal Radio Flyer Wagon
The classic children's wagon, just...larger
Demystifying the Chevy Volt’s Mostly-Electric Engine
A look at the inner workings of GM's plug-in car
Farewell, Tevatron: Fermilab’s Particle Accelerator Will Cease Operation This Year
As the U.S.'s premier particle physics machine retires, the search for the Higgs falls to the Large Hadron Collider alone
Penthouse’s All-Porn Channel Joins Slowly Developing 3-D Content Landscape
Porn isn't your thing? More 3-D content providers are hopping the bandwagon. We break them down here
Video: NASA Planet Hunters Announce Smallest Exoplanet Ever Found, Just 560 Light Years Away
More exoplanet discoveries are pending, as Kepler team approaches deadline to publish data
Frogs in Peril: A Race to Save a Threatened Frog With Risky Experimental Techniques
Scientists douse frogs with experimental bacteria to halt mass amphibian death
Test Drive: GM’s EN-V Electric Transporter, Half a Smart Car On a Segway Base
I took a ride in the automated, wirelessly communicating EV-V in a Las Vegas parking lot
We Won’t Have Enough Power For Interstellar Travel Until At Least 2211, According to New Calculations
On the bright side, that's sooner than others suggest
GM’s New Battery Chemistry? It’s Already In the Chevy Volt
Yesterday, GM announced that it would start using an advanced lithium-ion electrode material developed by Argonne National Laboratory. Turns out that an early version of that material is already blended into the Volt’s batteries. But that’s not the end of the story: Expect dramatically better EV batteries based on the compound very soon
What Cataclysm Killed the Birds in Arkansas (and Louisiana, and Sweden)? Maybe None
If 5,000 birds die in a forest and no one is around to find them, does it still become a media sensation?
Sikorsky and Eurocopter Compete To Build Super-High-Speed Choppers
Who will build the fastest experimental helicopter?