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Aug 23, 2018
7 famous psych studies with troubling backstories
From stutters to shocks, this research is unlikely to be performed again.
Aug 17, 2018
Humans have a hard time ‘killing’ robots, especially when they beg for their lives
Could you pull the plug?
Mar 28, 2012
Video: Former DARPA Chief Regina Dugan Talks Hypersonic Gliders and Hummingbirds at TED
PopSci’s favorite DARPA head turned Google exec has done her turn at TED, and the video has just hit the...
Aug 07, 2009
Mutant Mice Are Bred to Order
Some are fat, others tiny. And one is just having a bad hair day
May 04, 2009
PharmaSat to Test Drugs in Space
Ever wonder whether antibiotics work in orbit? NASA has
Apr 06, 2009
Video: A Robot That Conducts Its Own Research
Artificial brains come around to the other side of the lab bench