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Scuba-trained investigators are learning protocols for examining watery graves. Rule #1 is not so high-tech: Watch out for 'gators.

Technology may be ushering in a golden age of stalking, in which predators use GPS, cellphones and other devices to track and terrorize.

Three years after its Human Transporter was supposed to change the world, Dean Kamen's innovation factory unveils a successor that just wants to have fun.

Burt Rutan's test pilots have pushed the envelope all the way into space. Meet America's new astronaut corps--highly skilled, gutsy and ready for takeoff.

Forensic scientists in Switzerland are pioneering a whole new way to do autopsies. No scalpel required.

Thuraya Hughes 7101

Radar, lasers, wireless radio networks and other embedded tech will enable our cars to sense faraway traffic and stop accidents before they happen. But who will be in the driver's seat?

What is BitTorrent, and how does it work?

In the early 1900s, radioactive water was all the rage. Hard to believe smart people could fall for such twaddle--right?

Supersonic business jets will use aerodynamic shaping to minimize sonic booms. Don't be alarmed by the lack of windows: Cameras will send exterior images to the cockpit and cabin.

The 2004 Popsci Design Competition

How do you completely disassemble a classic sports car and rebuild it better than new? You take a deep breath and dive in.

Could sudden climate change wreak independence day-level havoc? The director of The Day After Tomorrow let us run his new disaster flick by the experts. Uh-oh.

It's called body packing, it's dangerous and gross, and new technology makes gut-based drug smuggling harder to spot.

Richard Stroud is the nation's chief medical examiner for wildlife, and he's getting a state-of-the-art lab. Poachers beware.

Police sketches from eyewitness accounts are notoriously unreliable. The question is, Will "DNA sketches" be any better?

In the dark and chatty world of avatars and assumed identities, this cybercop is a virtual Sybil, trolling for creeps and thieves.

The killing of a young child led investigators to this problem: Can the single-celled life in water tell where the water is from?

Blood flies, and leaves a tale. But it takes an expert like Paulette Sutton to sort truth from fiction in spatter language.

GE's Evolution does 0-60 in 45 seconds, unloaded. Braking is a different story: A full-on panic stop takes half a mile.