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How the 21st-century military may make one of our wildest and longest-held dreams come true

Big problem, small budget? Tap the affordable talents of brainy undergrads

Five technologies that will shape the cars of the future

The method and chemistry behind your favorite caffeine source.

It’s not quite the enemy.

They start shipping this week.

Choosing the right brand can be intimidating if you aren’t quite sure what you’re looking for.

Your TV probably isn’t quite ready for the new Xbox’s maximum performance.

New hubs will connect Columbus commuters to buses, rideshares, rental cars, bikes, and, yes OK, scooters.

Everything you need to know before taking the whitening plunge

Skilled fixers still service everything from cameras to denim.

Veteran astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz has spent four decades developing his rocket fueled by nuclear reactors and liquid hydrogen. Now NASA just might let it fly

For over two centuries we have struggled to understand the scope of Afghanistan's mineral wealth. Now geologists, if they can determine what lies beneath the nation's ground, might also help bring stability to the surface

In today's Arctic, there isn't as much ice to break

We may need to move fish farms onto land to satisfy growing appetites

Nearly a decade ago, NASA built an Earth-monitoring satellite that could have observed global warming in action. Then the agency stashed it in a warehouse in Maryland, where it remains to this day.

Good for a helluva lot more than just fish sticks

The future-proofing engine.

The accelerator will take pictures of nanotechnology too small to see otherwise.

The 51,000-year-old carved bone suggests Neanderthals not only made simple tools, but art, too.