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The Next iPhone and iPad May Include NFC for Wallet-Replacing Mobile Payments
Gear

The Next iPhone and iPad May Include NFC for Wallet-Replacing Mobile Payments

The Air Force’s Unblinking ‘Gorgon Stare’ System Appears Half-Blind in Early Tests
Technology

The Air Force’s Unblinking ‘Gorgon Stare’ System Appears Half-Blind in Early Tests

The ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Stealth Aircraft Quietly Resurfaces in New Pics
Drones

The ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Stealth Aircraft Quietly Resurfaces in New Pics

WISE Captures Runaway Star Sending a Shockwave Through the Cosmos
Technology

WISE Captures Runaway Star Sending a Shockwave Through the Cosmos

MIT’s Kinect-Powered Real-Time Hologram System Could Bring Holographic Video Chat Home
Technology

MIT’s Kinect-Powered Real-Time Hologram System Could Bring Holographic Video Chat Home

Soybeans in Automated Greenhouse
Agriculture

How To Genetically Modify a Seed, Step By Step

Using nature as a guide, geneticists build plants with qualities evolution could never produce

New Split-Cycle Engine Design Shown To Improve Fuel Economy By 50 Percent
Concept Cars

New Split-Cycle Engine Design Shown To Improve Fuel Economy By 50 Percent

This Week In The Future: January 17-21, 2011
Science

This Week In The Future: January 17-21, 2011

Is the Developing World Poised for an Electric-Vehicle Boom?
Technology

Is the Developing World Poised for an Electric-Vehicle Boom?

That's what some experts here at the Lithium Supply and Markets conference believe, and if they're right, it could be good for everyone

Video: Revolutionary Beer-Pouring System Fills Cups At Breakneck Speed, Using Magnets
Science

Video: Revolutionary Beer-Pouring System Fills Cups At Breakneck Speed, Using Magnets

New Imaging Method Opens a Long-Term Porthole Into the Deep Brain
Science

New Imaging Method Opens a Long-Term Porthole Into the Deep Brain

The Last Flight of the Space Shuttle Has Been Scheduled For June
Technology

The Last Flight of the Space Shuttle Has Been Scheduled For June

Now, to scrape together the money

A Disc-Cutter-Powered Drag Racer That Hits Nearly 50 MPH
DIY

A Disc-Cutter-Powered Drag Racer That Hits Nearly 50 MPH

Tooling around in the Bolt Lighting--a car constructed by and of tools

How The World’s Most Powerful Visualization Lab Turns Hard Data Into Scientific Cinema
Space Telescope

How The World’s Most Powerful Visualization Lab Turns Hard Data Into Scientific Cinema

With a blend of processing power and artistic acumen, the Advanced Visualization Lab recreates the universe in breathtaking visuals

Archive Gallery: Mankind’s Eternal Fascination With the Mysterious Moon
Moons

Archive Gallery: Mankind’s Eternal Fascination With the Mysterious Moon

What's on the moon? Here are the "midget-sun hypothesis," lunar snow, and more wild speculations we made prior to the Apollo 11 mission in 1969

With Upgraded Fasteners for the iPhone 4, Apple Finds a New Way to Screw With Inquisitive Users
DIY

With Upgraded Fasteners for the iPhone 4, Apple Finds a New Way to Screw With Inquisitive Users

The Second Green Revolution: An Alliance of Organic Farmers and Genetic Engineers
Agriculture

The Second Green Revolution: An Alliance of Organic Farmers and Genetic Engineers

A century of agricultural innovation vastly increased the amount of food--but with it came an increased population, and now hunger is on the rise. Fixing it will require an unlikely alliance

At Least for the Next Ten Years, “Peak Lithium” is Nonsense
Electric Vehicles

At Least for the Next Ten Years, “Peak Lithium” is Nonsense

At the Lithium Supply and Markets conference in Toronto, analysts make clear that until 2020 there will literally be more than enough of the element to go around

The Navy’s Megawatt Laser Weapon Takes a Big Leap Forward with Powerful New Electron Injector
Navy

The Navy’s Megawatt Laser Weapon Takes a Big Leap Forward with Powerful New Electron Injector

Italian Scientists Claim (Dubious) Cold Fusion Breakthrough
Energy

Italian Scientists Claim (Dubious) Cold Fusion Breakthrough