The next big breakthrough in synthetic biology just might come from an amateur scientist
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Why would a petro-state erect a solar-powered eco-metropolis in the middle of the Arabian desert? To change the world.
Everything you need to know about the hottest topic in medicine, from big-league breakthroughs and new therapies to emerging health risks and the patients willing to take them
Dispatches From The Future contains more than 100 pages of mind-bending science fiction, including a first-ever animated graphic novel adapted from Isaac Asimov's legendary short story, "Nightfall." Download a copy today.
Stories from the coolest day jobs in the world.
It might seem silly to investigate whether people are happier on the weekend, but behind such truisms are revelations about our brains, our behavior and our environment. Here we round up the year's most outwardly obvious scientific studies
The curious history of mankind's most vital resource. No, not oil.
A muscle-numbing magic wand protects cops and citizens, Jedi-style
Since 2000, the government has tried to help democracy go digital. But is it working?
* that's a big, fat "might"
Two desktop-printer engineers quit their jobs to search for the ultimate source of endless energy: nuclear fusion. Could this highly improbable enterprise actually succeed?
For some, the eclipse looked a lot like Pac-Man
If fear really is all in our heads, Joseph LeDoux thinks he can eliminate it. The first step is to block out our memories
Ten of the brightest minds in science fiction imagine how we will live—on Earth and beyond—in the decades and centuries to come.
Tests in mice show potential for reversing the slowdown in learning that comes with puberty
Ten amazing projects built by teens.
With a decade of war winding down, post-traumatic stress disorder is an increasingly urgent problem. Will the Army's efforts work?
Our editors are back with more bizarre facts for season two.
Sure the candidates said the right things, but do their records match their rhetoric? As part of a two-week investigative series, Popular Science looks into the voting record of Senators McCain and Obama
Turning what into wine?
