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In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation
Stem Cells

In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation

If a stem cell treatment replaced the most common cosmetic surgery procedure, it could pave the way for much wider medical use of the potent little cells

Fermilab is Building a ‘Holometer’ to Determine Once and For All Whether Reality Is Just an Illusion
Physics

Fermilab is Building a ‘Holometer’ to Determine Once and For All Whether Reality Is Just an Illusion

Windows Phone 7 Review: Once More, With Feeling
Gear

Windows Phone 7 Review: Once More, With Feeling

We've been using the HTC Surround, one of the first class of phones to launch running Microsoft's fully revamped mobile OS. Is it good enough to forgive years of Windows Mobile misery?

Six Months After The Leak, We Survey The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Up Close
Fossil Fuels

Six Months After The Leak, We Survey The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Up Close

We spent twenty-four hours on a Greenpeace boat in the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil and dispersant among marine life. On the six-month anniversary of the leak, we report back

NBA Bans Spring-Loaded Sneakers for Giving Unfair Ups
Technology

NBA Bans Spring-Loaded Sneakers for Giving Unfair Ups

It's the best tagline a gimmicky jump-assisting shoe could want: "Banned by the NBA." And now it's true

Gray Matter: In Which I Set Myself On Fire
Projects

Gray Matter: In Which I Set Myself On Fire

Any scientist can tell you how people catch fire in the movies. Only our columnist sets himself ablaze

Bored By Non-Glowing Skin? Ultra-Flexible, Waterproof LED Implants Are What You Seek
Technology

Bored By Non-Glowing Skin? Ultra-Flexible, Waterproof LED Implants Are What You Seek

Racing to Save Bats From Catastrophic Extinction, Biologists Turn to New Tools
Environment

Racing to Save Bats From Catastrophic Extinction, Biologists Turn to New Tools

What would the United States look like without bats? As winter approaches, biologists seek new methods and technologies to help control a potentially devastating ecological disaster

Life On the Edge: Four Visions For Inhabiting a World Transformed By Climate Change
Climate Change

Life On the Edge: Four Visions For Inhabiting a World Transformed By Climate Change

Conceptual shelters that will protect us all from the perils of our rapidly changing environment: rising waters, extreme heat, rampant pollution and overpopulation

Robots Are Stealing American Jobs, According to MIT Economist
Robots

Robots Are Stealing American Jobs, According to MIT Economist

After 14 Years of Drilling, the World’s Longest Tunnel Breaks Through the Swiss Alps Today
Engineering

After 14 Years of Drilling, the World’s Longest Tunnel Breaks Through the Swiss Alps Today

The Gotthard Base Tunnel, a 35-mile hole in the Swiss Alps, has completed drilling

In New Study, Babies Think A Silvery Robot Is Human, As Long As It Acts Friendly
Robots

In New Study, Babies Think A Silvery Robot Is Human, As Long As It Acts Friendly

Want to know what makes us human? Ask a baby

This Picture of a Mosquito Heart Is The Year’s Best Microphotograph
Animals

This Picture of a Mosquito Heart Is The Year’s Best Microphotograph

Never Mind the Naysayers: The Chevy Volt is Excellent
Technology

Never Mind the Naysayers: The Chevy Volt is Excellent

Behind the wheel, we find that GM’s highest-profile concept car has become a refreshing, radically different kind of production vehicle

How to Clean Up Hungary’s 16-Square-Mile Toxic Mess
Environment

How to Clean Up Hungary’s 16-Square-Mile Toxic Mess

So an industrial accident has blanketed your countryside in millions of cubic feet of caustic sludge. Now what?

New Theories Test Our Understanding of Nature’s Most Elemental Force
Space Telescope

New Theories Test Our Understanding of Nature’s Most Elemental Force

Chilean Miners May Ride ‘Phoenix’ Capsule to Safety As Early as Tomorrow Night
Technology

Chilean Miners May Ride ‘Phoenix’ Capsule to Safety As Early as Tomorrow Night

Video: Voodoo Software Removes Objects From Video In Real Time
Technology

Video: Voodoo Software Removes Objects From Video In Real Time

Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 With Something for Everyone (Except Verizon Customers)
Phones

Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 With Something for Everyone (Except Verizon Customers)

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is the most exciting thing to happen to smartphones in years. Here's what happened at today's launch, and why you should care

SpaceShipTwo
Technology

Video: Virgin Galactic’s Enterprise Makes Maiden Manned Flight