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Elaborate Software Model Addresses Burning Question: “How Is the Eiffel Tower Still Standing?”
Technology

Elaborate Software Model Addresses Burning Question: “How Is the Eiffel Tower Still Standing?”

Active Camouflage System Uses E-Ink to Make Tanks Invisible on the Battlefield
Military

Active Camouflage System Uses E-Ink to Make Tanks Invisible on the Battlefield

British Doctor Faked Data Linking Vaccines to Autism, and Aimed to Profit From It
Vaccines

British Doctor Faked Data Linking Vaccines to Autism, and Aimed to Profit From It

You Built What?! A Truck-Sized, Street-Legal Radio Flyer Wagon
Projects

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
Electric Vehicles

Demystifying the Chevy Volt’s Mostly-Electric Engine

A look at the inner workings of GM's plug-in car

New Metallic Glass Beats Steel as the Toughest, Strongest Material Yet
Technology

New Metallic Glass Beats Steel as the Toughest, Strongest Material Yet

Farewell, Tevatron: Fermilab’s Particle Accelerator Will Cease Operation This Year
Environment

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

The Largest Molecule Ever Made Could Be Used to Deliver Drugs
Science

The Largest Molecule Ever Made Could Be Used to Deliver Drugs

H1N1 Finding Could Lead to Universal Flu Vaccine
Health

H1N1 Finding Could Lead to Universal Flu Vaccine

Penthouse’s All-Porn Channel Joins Slowly Developing 3-D Content Landscape
Technology

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
Exoplanets

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
Animals

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
Electric Vehicles

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

This Week in the Future, January 3-7, 2011
Science

This Week in the Future, January 3-7, 2011

We Won’t Have Enough Power For Interstellar Travel Until At Least 2211, According to New Calculations
Space

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
Electric Vehicles

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
Birds

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?

With New Method, China Can Mass-Produce Light Water For Its Citizens’ Thirst
Science

With New Method, China Can Mass-Produce Light Water For Its Citizens’ Thirst

Sikorsky and Eurocopter Compete To Build Super-High-Speed Choppers
Technology

Sikorsky and Eurocopter Compete To Build Super-High-Speed Choppers

Who will build the fastest experimental helicopter?

Smart Computer-Vision Systems To Spot Prison Riots Before They Happen
DARPA

Smart Computer-Vision Systems To Spot Prison Riots Before They Happen