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FYI: Could My Cat Be Allergic To Me?
Cats get seasonal allergies to pollen and grass, and some have year-round allergies to fleas and dust mites. Sandy Willis,...
Video: Testing Project Enclosures Under Extreme Conditions (Read: Fire, Water, and Smashing)
My projects tend to live rough lives. To make it easier to safely house their delicate parts in the future,...
A Personal Beer Brewery That Spouts Pro-Quality Suds In A Week
Most beer drinkers don’t have the time (or inclination) to muddle through the painstaking home-brewing process, but the WilliamsWarn Personal...
Spy vs. Spy: Casinos Can’t See The Cameras Hidden Up Gamblers’ Sleeves
In January, at the newly opened $4-billion Cosmopolitan casino in Las Vegas, a gang called the Cutters cheated at baccarat....
Piloting a Massive Container Ship Takes More Than Just a Few Charts
To plan their routes, the crews of transoceanic cargo ships have to assimilate a huge amount of information: from beacons...
The Panama Canal Gets an Update
The century-old Panama Canal has a major shortcoming: New ships are too long, too deep and too wide to fit...
A Sensor-Packed Shipping Container That Folds Flat in 30 Seconds
In the half-century since Malcom McLean, an entrepreneurial former trucker from North Carolina, first began packing freight onto ships in...
The Man Who Would Stop Time
Bill Andrews has spent two decades unlocking the molecular mechanisms of aging. His mission: to extend the human life span to 150 years--or die trying
At The End Of The Earth: The Longest, Deepest Oil Wells In The World
On Sakhalin Island, in Russia’s far east, temperatures can fall to 35 degrees below zero. Many islanders herd reindeer. And...
