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New software from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory gives you control of a fleet of satellites, to harvest data or just play around

New research confirms a theory: high-frequency acoustic waves can be converted to light

PopSci.com's guide to the vapors that are making Earth more toasty

How the World Wide Web has changed science

Building a great app: that’s the objective, see?

For NASA's latest moon launch, violent self-destruction will mean success

The new smart grid, part 2: Today’s electrical grid is based on 19th century thinking. The growing chorus for building a new smart grid is simply a call to modernize. Here’s how

A new sensor from BERU brings professional car-racing teams up to speed on tire conditions like no sensor has before

Researchers are uncovering some pretty strange culprits behind the obesity epidemic—everything from air-conditioning to infectious love handles

Which 2008 blockbuster's science is the best?

Obesity is booming, yet there are only two medications approved for long-term weight loss. Why is it so hard to make a diet pill that works? For one thing, evolution hates diets

Our latest online game puts lives in your hands. How good an engineer are you?

A new series of Adidas sportswear uses polymer springs to give athletes an extra edge

A new unit of the German army signals the arrival of the age of cyber war

Our experts turn up their noses at nothing in their quest for the truth

For they have seen Aurora Borealis burning bright

Sticks and stones can break your bones but… names can make you commit crimes?

A new military radio show probes science

It's making you depressed and infertile

NASA, Google and other top thinkers establish university for future leaders