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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

Electronic Arts's football technology is good for more than playing around

Volcanoes, and the scientists who imitate them

This Sunday, keep an eye out for 3-D commercials. But if you can't see them, it may be time for a checkup

The next big thing in alternative energy: your body. Wasted energy from your movements may not be enough to power your house, but it will be charging your cellphone and more within the next decade

We're no happier, but we are more equally unhappy