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SpaceX's Reusable Rockets Could Cut Launch Prices 30 Percent

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Falcon 9 Rocket

A $43 million ride to space

SpaceX is already like the Walmart of the spaceflight industry. Now the company is saying it can bring down launch costs even further, to $43 million.


Elon Musk Says Nearly 200,000 Tesla Model 3 Cars Pre-Ordered In 24 Hours

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Elon Musk at the Tesla Model 3 unveiling event

The company has made over $7.5 billion in sales

Tesla's newest electric car, the Model 3, has only been available to pre-order for a little over a day, but it seems to be a hit already...

Air Force Proposes X-Wings As A-10 Replacement

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X-Wings

Yes, it's an April Fool's joke, but we'll take it over the F-35

The X-wing could be an A-10 replacement, if fiction was real.

Mouse Skin, Complete With Fur, Grown In Lab

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transplanted skin glows green

Also: it glows

Researchers in Japan have grown a fully functioning skin from the stem cells of adult mice.

Mile-High Mountains In Middle Of Mars Craters Were Built By Wind

Historical Science Celebs Battle It Out In Science Kombat Game

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Screenshot from Science Kombat browser game

Brazilian science and culture magazine develops free web game

Superinteressante, a Brazilian science and culture magazine has developed a new web game that pits famous scientists against each other in Mortal Kombat-style play.

Finnish Filmmakers Gave A Drone A Chainsaw

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Chainsaw Drone

Several snowmen were harmed in the making of this video

Drones can carry chainsaws. Should they? No.

You Can Now Save A Kitten In Virtual Reality

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Would you play this VR game that involves saving a kitten from a plank hovering about a city street?

Afraid of heights in real life? What about in VR?

Namco Bandai is opening a new VR space on April 15 where lucky visitors can strap on an HTC Vive and scare themselves, virtually, to death


Math Reveals The Most Important 'Game of Thrones' Character

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Sansa Stark

According to mathematicians, Sansa Stark is the linchpin

Sansa Stark's plot line may pale in comparison to others, but she has all the power in Westeros.

Pluto in 3D, A Complete Structure Of Zika, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week

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Plus a more affordable Tesla electric car

10 of our favorite images from this week's science and technology news.

Explore The Millennium Falcon's Cockpit In 360-Degree Video

How Did the Apollo Command and Service Modules Separate?

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Though they spent the bulk of every Apollo mission mated as one spacecraft, the Apollo command-service module was actually two separate vehicles, only one of which came home.

You’ve Been Looking at Amazon Dash All Wrong

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amazon dash button

Amazon’s push-button technology is about augmenting your appliances and your life

Amazon Dash is expanding its offerings in ways that have had us thinking. This seemingly unnecessary technology has a lot of potential as it evolves. The best part is that, if Amazon develops it correctly, Dash will only be limited by your own creativity.

How 'Popular Science' First Covered Apple

Amazon CEO's Space Company Will Launch Reusable Rocket Tomorrow

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Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos

Blue Origin will send up its New Shepard rocket for the third time

Tomorrow, the company will attempt a third launch, according to tweets from Bezos today.


Oculus Will Pay Shipping For All Pre-Orders To Date, After Delayed Rollout

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As a result of component shortage

Oculus shipment delayed because of component shortage.

Distant Gas Giant Planet Found Orbiting Three Stars

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triple sunset gif

Getting too much suns

That's a whole lot of sunshine.

Touching Robots In Private Parts Makes People Uncomfortable

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Touching A Robot's Hand

Enter the Uncomfortable Valley

People feel uncomfortable touching robots.

Clostridium difficile Is More Common Than You Think

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Researchers have revealed how many of us could be carrying this potentially deadly pathogen

For a decade Clostridium difficile has been thought to be a healthcare related infection. Now researchers have shown it is thriving in the regular community.

This Drone Fires Nets To Catch Other Drones

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Net Gun Drone

To snatch a predator’s distant, smaller, cousin

This drone catches drones.
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