To reach the bottom of all five oceans, this Texas businessman commissioned “the most significant vehicle since Apollo 11.”
Societies forget, and this physicist wants to know why.
Astronomy: Timothy Ferris eyes the amateur asteroid-watchers.
Microsoft unveils Sun Microsystems' vision for 2004
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In a highlight of last week's conference, Gates calls for zero emissions and agrees with Obama: We need nukes
Both the Atlantic and Pacific areas saw a record number and intensity of storms.
Franklin is all about energy and climate, as well as interplay between the two. Today, it's hunting for fossil fuels--and considering the consequences of burning them
Full body, nearly real-time imaging is here.
More scientists need to recycle this noble gas.
Domed glass cities, schools within skyscrapers, rocket-ship neighborhoods and more as we cruise through the complete PopSci archive in search of the perfect urban life
Check out some of the most important research in any field at a glance
Online archives let you get inside the great biologist's head
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, we take a look back at where it all began
Sex isn't nearly as binary as you think it is.
The tale of the "plant hunters," farming whales, vegetable matter that rains from the sky and more
