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Bullet Solves Crime By Tagging Shooters And Snagging Their DNA
Nanomaterials scientists develop a solution to the problem of heat--emitted when a weapon is fired--destroying precious DNA evidence.
In 2013, Free Schools In England Will Have To Teach Evolution In The Classroom
Scientists were concerned that children in England’s free schools– taxpayer-funded schools that aren’t run by local authorities–might not learn about...
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron Wants a Master Kill-Switch for Social Networks
Things are bad in England. In addition to arresting some 1,100 people and nearly tripling the number of police officers...
Vintage Cutaways Show the Nuclear Reactors of Our Past (and Present)
Wall-art-worthy cutaways of European, American, and Asian nuclear reactors
London Builds an Insect Hotel to Keep Helpful Bugs in Residence
Most architects design structures with the hope that bugs won’t take up residence inside, but design house ARUP (the same...
New Brain Scan Quantifies The Formerly Subjective Feeling of Pain
The seemingly subjective nature of pain always proves problematic for doctors, who have to use a woefully imprecise chart to...
Video: Half-Kilometer-Long Explosive Whip Clears IEDs The Explode-y Way
Clearing battlefield obstacles has pitted trapper against sapper since Roman times. But whereas the minefields and dragon teeth of previous...
Robots To Clear Baltic Seabed Of WWII Mines
In a dangerous legacy of the world’s deadliest conflict, 150,000 World War Two-era sea mines litter the Baltic Sea. The...
New Computer Program Studies Trees on TV to Simulate Their Movement
The same subtle, random movements, bouncing shadows, and immense complexity that make plants fascinating to observe in life also make...
