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The second version of Google's mobile OS (codenamed Eclair) borrows ideas from existing (and upcoming?) phones for an improved user experience

Martian dust devils leave trails reminiscent of tattoos on the planet surface

What does it take to prep humans for a trip to an asteroid or a martian moon? Starvation? Isolation? Recycling feces for food? NASA's newest astronauts begin a grueling training regimen this fall to find out

Meet PopSci's annual Brilliant 10--a selection of the brightest young researchers in the country. They're helping to keep us healthy, prevent disasters, and make green energy cheaper than coal. Lucky for us, our future is in their capable hands

Master the vernier calipers and you can get you dimensions down to the thousandth of an inch.

A new sky map shows the region where our solar system bumps up against interstellar boundaries

The National Mall was transformed into a futuristic commune for the past two weeks as 20 teams from four countries erected solar-powered homes

And why do I own three?

Take a Kindle, and put a multitouch screen where the keyboard and navigation buttons go, and you've got the Barnes & Noble e-reader.

A peek inside the simple gears and complicated math that make up one of the coolest devices in your house

The energy giant's 600,000-ton megaships will process natural gas and shrug off typhoons

The public is disappointed by lack of flashy impact debris from NASA's lunar impactors, but scientists remain elated

If you could ask the product of the robot-human merge ten questions, what would they be?

The Internet giant's geniuses are working on software that'll help get electric cars juiced without stressing out the electrical grid.