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The Good Kind of Mass Destruction
Sometimes the safest way out of a dangerous situation is to burn everything to the ground. From a house full of explosives to 134 tons of Mexican marijuana, here are nine instances when the best solution is controlled calamity
New Genetically Modified Chickens Can’t Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say
They still get sick and die; they just can't spread the disease
In Warmup Match, Jeopardy All-Stars Defeated By IBM’s Supercomputer Watson
Can a computer beat a human in the most challenging trivia game on TV? Today, at IBM's headquarters in New York, we learned that the answer is yes
The Terminator Scenario: Are We Giving Our Military Machines Too Much Power?
Even as we imagine the day when robots finally turn against us, scientists are at work on how best to control them
You Built What?! A Truck-Sized, Street-Legal Radio Flyer Wagon
The classic children's wagon, just...larger
Demystifying the Chevy Volt’s Mostly-Electric Engine
A look at the inner workings of GM's plug-in car
Farewell, Tevatron: Fermilab’s Particle Accelerator Will Cease Operation This Year
As the U.S.'s premier particle physics machine retires, the search for the Higgs falls to the Large Hadron Collider alone