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Unseen Currents: A Blind Oceanographer Chases Undersea Storms
Weather

Unseen Currents: A Blind Oceanographer Chases Undersea Storms

On the Labrador Sea, the scientific crew of the research vessel Knorr hunts for underwater storms, sinks a two-mile mooring--and gathers clues to the planet's fate

By Donovan Hohn

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain
Internet

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain

By Rebecca Boyle

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In
Medicine

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In

The human genome was just the start

By Brooke Borel

Private Space Industry Could Pay For Military Communications and Commercialized Mars Missions
Private Space Flight

Private Space Industry Could Pay For Military Communications and Commercialized Mars Missions

By Rebecca Boyle

Archive Gallery: PopSci Fights the Battle of the Sexes
Science

Archive Gallery: PopSci Fights the Battle of the Sexes

PopSci attempts to determine, once and for all, which is the superior gender

By Denise Ngo

A Desperate Nokia Partners With Microsoft, Will Release Windows Phone 7 Smartphones
Gear

A Desperate Nokia Partners With Microsoft, Will Release Windows Phone 7 Smartphones

By Dan Nosowitz

NASA and DARPA Want a “100-Year Starship,” As Long as They Don’t Have to Build It
DARPA

NASA and DARPA Want a “100-Year Starship,” As Long as They Don’t Have to Build It

By Clay Dillow

An ‘Ion Funnel’ Could Help Future Mars Missions Identify Signs of Alien Life
Science

An ‘Ion Funnel’ Could Help Future Mars Missions Identify Signs of Alien Life

By Clay Dillow

Ask A Geek: How Do I Protect My Smartphone From Viruses?
DIY

Ask A Geek: How Do I Protect My Smartphone From Viruses?

By Rena Marie Pacella

Nissan’s ESFLOW Concept Merges Leaf’s Zero-Emission Powertrain Tech With Sports Car Sexiness
Technology

Nissan’s ESFLOW Concept Merges Leaf’s Zero-Emission Powertrain Tech With Sports Car Sexiness

By Clay Dillow

Pigging the Unpiggable: Robots Keep Gas Lines From Blowing Up
Robots

Pigging the Unpiggable: Robots Keep Gas Lines From Blowing Up

This new little piggy goes where the rest can’t

By Elizabeth Svoboda

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy
Biology

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy

Russian team investigating the Antarctic lake isolated for 14 million years may have polluted it as they left

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid Collisions
Space

Video: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid Collisions

Two stones, each a meter in diameter, suspended from cranes

By Rebecca Boyle

NYU Professor’s Body Rejects His Implanted Head-Cam
Health

NYU Professor’s Body Rejects His Implanted Head-Cam

By Clay Dillow

FYI: What Does Space Smell Like?
NASA

FYI: What Does Space Smell Like?

By Lizzie Schiffman

This Robot Can Hear Your Frightened Breathing, Even Through Walls
Army

This Robot Can Hear Your Frightened Breathing, Even Through Walls

By Clay Dillow

NASA’s STEREO Mission is Now Beaming Back the World’s First 3-D View of the Sun
Sun

NASA’s STEREO Mission is Now Beaming Back the World’s First 3-D View of the Sun

By Clay Dillow

Private Company Wants To Put a Robot on the Moon Next Year
Space X

Private Company Wants To Put a Robot on the Moon Next Year

By Rebecca Boyle

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Flying Hummers
Technology

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Flying Hummers

But they would be so cool

By Tom Vanderbilt

Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt
Robots

Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt

By Rebecca Boyle