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Italy’s iPhones to be Unlocked?
Gear

Italy’s iPhones to be Unlocked?

A report suggests an Italian telecom company will be selling unlocked iPhones, without the mandatory service plan

Safe At Every Speed
Vehicles

Safe At Every Speed

A European research project aims for the "uncrashable" car

Bacteria to the Rescue
Energy

Bacteria to the Rescue

See how scientists are learning from the most common form of life on Earth to fight cancer, produce ethanol and maybe even grow crops on the moon

Wing Men
Air Force

Wing Men

On the eve of the world championship of remote-control flight, an American financier, a three-star general, a jet engineer and the Air Force’s most powerful civilian have come together in Thailand to build the perfect fighting plane—at 1:5 scale

Twitter to the Rescue
Technology

Twitter to the Rescue

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

Scientists Weigh in on Biofuels vs. Food Debate
Energy

Scientists Weigh in on Biofuels vs. Food Debate

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

Redefining the Kilogram
Science

Redefining the Kilogram

A notoriously imperfect standard of measurement gets a modern makeover

The Littlest Arduino
DIY

The Littlest Arduino

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

American Airlines’ Own Pilots to Protest Recent Mismanagement
Technology

American Airlines’ Own Pilots to Protest Recent Mismanagement

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

Solar Systems Like Ours
Technology

Solar Systems Like Ours

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

Johnny Chung Lee points at a large screen.
Tech Hacks

Johnny Lee, Wii genius

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

Lightning From Laser Beams
Technology

Lightning From Laser Beams

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

Racing the Nissan GT-R: In Any Other Car, You’d Be Dead Now
Vehicles

Racing the Nissan GT-R: In Any Other Car, You’d Be Dead Now

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

Not Your Average Wall-Climber
Science

Not Your Average Wall-Climber

Engineers find that ivy uses nanoparticles to climb walls

DARPA Turns 50
Technology

DARPA Turns 50

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

Cellphone a la Carte
Gear

Cellphone a la Carte

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

The Census’s Tech Woes
Technology

The Census’s Tech Woes

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

A DIY pocket theremin.
Projects

Build a pocket theremin on the cheap

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

The Unenhanced Performance Is not Worth Testing For
Health

The Unenhanced Performance Is not Worth Testing For

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

Moving Pictures
Technology

Moving Pictures

Live digital television broadcasts come to handhelds and highways