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Hackintosh Diaries, Part Two: Choosing and Assembling Your Hardware
DIY

Hackintosh Diaries, Part Two: Choosing and Assembling Your Hardware

In part two of our three-part Hackintosh guide, we'll walk you through the most complex step: selecting all the individual components for your homebuilt OS X PC

By John Mahoney

Video: Ranger Robot Sets New Distance Record, Walking 40 Miles on a Single Charge
Technology

Video: Ranger Robot Sets New Distance Record, Walking 40 Miles on a Single Charge

By Clay Dillow

Hackintosh Diaries, Part One: It’s Never Been Easier to Build a Hackintosh
Projects

Hackintosh Diaries, Part One: It’s Never Been Easier to Build a Hackintosh

In the first of a three-part guide, we explain the basics of installing Mac OS X on a homebuilt PC. It's much easier than you might think

By John Mahoney

How 29 Long-Ignored Elements Could Make or Break the Clean-Energy Revolution
Climate Change

How 29 Long-Ignored Elements Could Make or Break the Clean-Energy Revolution

Depending on who you ask, these long-ignored, widely-scattered elements are either a dealbreaker or no problem at all

By Seth Fletcher

We Can and Should Put a Million Electric Cars on the Road by 2015
Electric Vehicles

We Can and Should Put a Million Electric Cars on the Road by 2015

By Dan Nosowitz

China’s Moon Ambitions: Rover in 2013, Bring Home Samples in 2017, and a Manned Base to Follow
Science

China’s Moon Ambitions: Rover in 2013, Bring Home Samples in 2017, and a Manned Base to Follow

By Rebecca Boyle

Tiny Fractal-Shaped Eye Implants Could Mimic Neurons, Allowing Blind Patients to See
Technology

Tiny Fractal-Shaped Eye Implants Could Mimic Neurons, Allowing Blind Patients to See

By Rebecca Boyle

The Psychology of Semen, Part Two: Your Questions Answered
Science

The Psychology of Semen, Part Two: Your Questions Answered

Come again?

By Jennifer Abbasi

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones
Ocean

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones

Fertilizer and sewage runoff cause the worst marine pollution, but we can reverse their effects

By Rowan Jacobsen

NASA Gravity Experiment Finds Space-Time Vortex Around Earth, Like a Vat of Fourth-Dimensional Molasses
NASA

NASA Gravity Experiment Finds Space-Time Vortex Around Earth, Like a Vat of Fourth-Dimensional Molasses

Gravity probe experiment used the most perfect spheres ever created

By Rebecca Boyle

Controversial Ideas: Does Semen Act As an Antidepressant to the Recipient?
Health

Controversial Ideas: Does Semen Act As an Antidepressant to the Recipient?

The saga of "Semengate"

By Jennifer Abbasi

Saving the Seas: Fixing the Water Cycle Is the Key
Ocean

Saving the Seas: Fixing the Water Cycle Is the Key

Atmospheric warming is causing saltier oceans and nastier storms

By Abe Streep

The Helicopter That Crashed in the Bin Laden Raid Was a Secret Stealth Helicopter
Aviation

The Helicopter That Crashed in the Bin Laden Raid Was a Secret Stealth Helicopter

By Clay Dillow

Saving the Seas: Bleaching Threatens Coral, But Phage Therapy Could Prevent “Ghostly” Reefs
Ocean

Saving the Seas: Bleaching Threatens Coral, But Phage Therapy Could Prevent “Ghostly” Reefs

A mysteriously healthy patch of coral reefs in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf might provide scientists with ways to protect the rest of the reefs

By Paul Kvinta

Now You Can Buy the Smallest Atomic Clock Ever Made
Technology

Now You Can Buy the Smallest Atomic Clock Ever Made

The new clock, precise to a millionth of a second, is 100 times smaller than its predecessor

By Julie Beck

Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound
Navy

Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound

The anonymous team behind the assassination, and how it went down

By Rebecca Boyle

Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time
Robots

Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time

By Rebecca Boyle

For the First Time, Humans See Quantum Entanglement With the Naked Eye
Physics

For the First Time, Humans See Quantum Entanglement With the Naked Eye

By Clay Dillow

Cell Phone Radiation Could Interact With Human Tissues in a Never-Before-Considered Way
Health

Cell Phone Radiation Could Interact With Human Tissues in a Never-Before-Considered Way

By Clay Dillow

Hundreds of Miles of Wind Farms, Networked Under the Sea
Technology

Hundreds of Miles of Wind Farms, Networked Under the Sea

Atlantic Wind Connection would link wind farms over hundreds of miles

By David Roberts