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DIY Sonic Tractor Beam
Projects

Now you can 3D print your own sonic tractor beam

DIY levitation for tiny objects

A sextant made from junk
Projects

How to make a sextant from random junk

Navigate like it's ye olden tymes

Here’s a tiny slice of the largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos
Space

Here’s a tiny slice of the largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos

Each of these dots marks a galaxy

In photos: the unseen aircraft that carry planes, tanks, and soldiers
Aviation

In photos: the unseen aircraft that carry planes, tanks, and soldiers

Giants of the sky.

This is your brain on drugs
Health

This is your brain on drugs

Brain scans and other studies reveal how drugs hijack your brain

How the government is making way for self-driving cars
Self Driving

How the government is making way for self-driving cars

Outgoing Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on our robotic future

Can I use moss to navigate?
Ask Us Anything

Can I use moss to navigate?

Short answer: In principal, yes

Amazon patents warehouse blimps with packages delivered by drone
Drones

Amazon patents warehouse blimps with packages delivered by drone

Airships? More like airshops

Why your brain makes New Year’s resolutions impossible to keep
Science

Why your brain makes New Year’s resolutions impossible to keep

And what you can do about it

How the heck do you even add a leap second to the year?
Internet

How the heck do you even add a leap second to the year?

The intricate system working to make your New Year’s Eve a little longer

How to survive a polar bear plunge (and why you shouldn’t do one)
Health

How to survive a polar bear plunge (and why you shouldn’t do one)

Wading in makes it a little safer

Here are the last uncharted corners of the globe
Ocean

Here are the last uncharted corners of the globe

Despite modern navigation systems, the world is still full of mystery

Will we ever invent a teleportation device?
Science Fiction

Will we ever invent a teleportation device?

It would make holiday travel so much easier

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit
Life Skills

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit

Because phone apps can only do so much

These brothers built a mine-sweeping drone
Projects

These brothers built a mine-sweeping drone

To clear land mines without casualties

WTF is a pangolin? Fall in love with this sentient artichoke before it goes extinct
Endangered Species

WTF is a pangolin? Fall in love with this sentient artichoke before it goes extinct

Poaching in China is out of control

Uber Freight goes after the trucking business
Self Driving

Uber Freight goes after the trucking business

Autonomous 18-wheelers roll into an unknown future

In memory of Vera Rubin, the woman the Nobel Prize forgot
Space

In memory of Vera Rubin, the woman the Nobel Prize forgot

Rubin, who died Sunday, was never recognized for her work on dark matter

Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?
Mars

Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?

Short answer: Sure, if you're willing to wait

These will be the best places to live in America in 2100 A.D.
Global Warming

These will be the best places to live in America in 2100 A.D.

The climate is changing, but it's not too late to secure yourself some prime future-proof real estate