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voting at the polls
Technology

The Final Frontier : McCain and Obama Reach Toward the Stars

Do McCain and Obama’s voting history support their Science Debate answers about space?

Test Shred: The Moog Guitar
Gear

Test Shred: The Moog Guitar

Tech's gift to musicians? Quite possibly. Watch as PopSci gets its callused fingers on the guitar that may just revolutionize music

Olympic Medalists to be Retested
Health

Olympic Medalists to be Retested

The games are over, but the drug testing isn't

A Submersible Aircraft, Powered By Ideas
DARPA

A Submersible Aircraft, Powered By Ideas

DARPA wants to harness your imagination

The Flying Car Gets Real
Vehicles

The Flying Car Gets Real

The team at Terrafugia is about to fulfill the fantasy of every driver pilot: a consumer vehicle that can take to the highways and the skies. All they have to do is finish the first one

Baby, It’s All In Your Mind
Science

Baby, It’s All In Your Mind

This is your brain on stress

A Little Off the Top, S’Il Vous Plait
Medicine

A Little Off the Top, S’Il Vous Plait

The Doctor presents some background on foreskin and traces the history and health implications of circumcision

A packet of freeze-dried ice cream with a photo of an astronaut on the packaging.
Space

If it’s good enough for astronauts, it’s good enough for us

The high-tech joys of freeze-dried foods.

Aviation

FusionMan Makes Historic Jet-Propelled Flight

After a rain delay, daredevil Yves Rossy successfully crosses the English Channel in a homemade jet-wing

Burning the Tide
Fossil Fuels

Burning the Tide

Alan Burns made a fortune in the oil business. But as oil wanes, he’s convinced that clean energy will be—must be—the next big thing. And so this inventor has poured his fortune into a challenge far greater than finding new oil deposits: extracting energy from the ocean

Primitive Sushi?
Science

Primitive Sushi?

New research shows Neanderthals enjoyed surf and turf

Gear

A Water Lens for a Better Camera

New liquid lens technique could lead to cheaper, lighter and more energy-efficient cameras in a range of devices

Gear

Face Off: G1 v. iPhone

Android and Apple go head to head. Who will emerge victorious?

A $40,000 Hyundai? Luxuriating in the 2009 Genesis Sedan
Vehicles

A $40,000 Hyundai? Luxuriating in the 2009 Genesis Sedan

Hyundai undercuts Lexus, Infiniti and Mercedes with a luxury car that'll give car buyers another reason to forget the Korean carmaker's checkered past

Gaseous State
Environment

Gaseous State

Scientists measure methane at the source

Nerd on Nerd Cyber-Violence
Gear

Nerd on Nerd Cyber-Violence

Hackers attack LHC network. Is computer geeks/physicists the new Jets/Sharks?

Ain’t No Cure For The Winter Time Blues…Or Is There?
Health

Ain’t No Cure For The Winter Time Blues…Or Is There?

Fluctuations in serotonin transports help explain seasonal mood swings

Breaking Open the Unknown Universe
Particle Physics

Breaking Open the Unknown Universe

The most powerful and complex science experiment in the history of the universe is finally—after 14 years and $10 billion—about to begin. There’s no telling what it may find, and that’s entirely the point

Special Operations
Medicine

Special Operations

Work-around surgeries for missing limbs, quick fixes to mend Nazi bones and tricks for lengthening uneven limbs; when it comes to special ops, the Doctor is in

A More Efficient Hybrid
Gear

A More Efficient Hybrid

Reusing exhaust makes for a cleaner, more capable engine