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High-speed movie cameras can shoot up to 20 million frames in the blink of an eye. The world is a mighty interesting place in ultimate slo-mo.

Did SARS start in space?

There may be no weirder tech-to-tech combat than the fight to build the world's most powerful sound system.

Is ex-Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen backing Rutan? More on the Silicon Valley connection

Finessing inherent instability is one of the joys of controlling many machines. Our man gets wet to prove the point.

In serious driving, one car's big brakes can outmaneuver another car's bigger engine.

Even if it's fixed, the disaster-prone Shuttle may not be allowed to fly as long as NASA requires. The agency's plans to replace it are in disarray. But there are concepts on the drawing board.

The battle over genetically modified food is over: Supercrops won. Now crops designed to yield drugs and vaccines have come close to slipping into our food supply. No one knows if they're safe, and everyone involved seems to have something to hide.

Post-9/11 laws protect Americans from the mishandling of potential bioterror agents. They could also slow down some vital medical research.

Geographic profiling pioneer Kim Rossmo has been likened to Sherlock Holmes; his Watson in the hunt for serial killers is a digital sidekick -- an algorithm he calls Rigel.

Already, smart unmanned subs are set to replace dolphins as undersea mine sniffers. Next tech: mine detonation, remote sleuthing and robotic combat.

The Osama tapes highlight a technical challenge: verifying the voice of the enemy.

Our man was a Coast Guard swimmer in the 1980s. Oh, how the tech has changed.

The Air Force is readying the first airborne laser weapon, which could be used to intercept Scud missiles. Mark Farmer takes you inside the project.

Import tuners, once kid brothers to small-block chevys, have grown up.

World-beating skyscraper engineering isn't dead. Across the Pacific, new technology is feverishly being deployed to set records.

PopSci talks with the new reproductive technology watchdog.

Look up, but not way up: Boeing's massive cargo carrier would fly very, very low indeed. Here's how. Monster at 20 ft.

Two angles on the world's most dangerous high-altitude, high-tech daredevil stunt.

No antipiracy tech here. Just 5 supercool players.