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A rapidly executed reversal of one man's wrongful imprisonment demonstrates the the power of a wide net

With debate raging on whether biofuels are robbing the world's hungry of food, scientists and engineers at the first annual BioMass conference in Minneapolis say it ain't so

A notoriously imperfect standard of measurement gets a modern makeover

Build a matchstick-sized Freeduino kit and add a 5V battery for microcontroller power in a tight space

After hundreds of cancellations last week due to safety concerns, AA's pilots take action

Scientists find two gas giants orbiting a star, and with it up the chances of our discovering another Earth

The DIYer extraordinaire presents his latest Wiimote hack: a dirt-cheap, interactive white board.

Scientists get closer to generating lightning bolts on-demand by firing laser pulses at thunderclouds

PopSci's new automotive guru flogs one of the year's most anticipated sports cars—the 2009 Nissan GT-R

Engineers find that ivy uses nanoparticles to climb walls

The Pentagon agency that gave us the Internet throws a birthday party in Washington

Make this mini cellphone do just about anything, simply by swapping its case

An inadequate and overly-complex gadget sends the bureau's budget skywards and its practices backwards

Throw together this pint-sized light-sensitive theremin for spooky sci-fi sound effects on the cheap.

WADA announces HGH blood tests for Olympic Athletes, despite reports that the hormone has no effects

Live digital television broadcasts come to handhelds and highways

Engineers copy a toxic-jet-spewing beetle to design better drug-delivery devices, fire extinguishers and more

Biologists can now create organisms that have never before existed—including designer bacteria that turn sugar into fuel

In order to prevent a crop-killing San Diego drought season, neighboring Palo Verde Valley is foregoing its own crops and selling its water for millions

A growing body of research suggests the environment may play a significant role in developing the degenerative disease