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How Lockheed Martin Plans To Set Up A Base Camp In Mars' Orbit

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base camp at mars

The journey to Mars, told in GIFs

NASA has come under fire for not thoroughly plotting its roadmap to Mars. Lockheed Martin wants to help them fill in the details.

Virtualandia: The Hottest New Real Estate Is In The Ether

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As everybody moves in to virtual reality, who's making the rules?

“It’s the first medium that creates the sensation that you’re somewhere else,”…

Here's Our Original Coverage of Apollo 11

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In the July 1969 issue of Popular Science, a famous rocket scientist narrated the first moon landing.

Forty-seven years ago, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first footprints on the Moon, and it was epic.

This June Was The Hottest June Ever On Record

These Adorable Creatures Just Want A Drink

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slow loris

They won't get hammered with you, but they can hold their alcohol

Dartmouth College scientists found that the slow loris and aye-aye actively seek out more alcoholic nectar.

New York City Is Using Emojis To Teach Sex Ed

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Nurse, Needle, Eggplant, Band-Aid

NYC Health and Hospitals is trying to appeal to younger adults and adolescents about the importance of safe sex using their own language. A new campaign focusing on…

Wildfires Have Burned More Than 2.6 Million Acres So Far This Year

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Climate Change and Wildfire

Off to a roaring start

The Department of the Interior says wildfires are getting worse, and will continue to do so as long as climate change continues.

Watch A Sky Surfer Jump Out Of A Plane Into A Lightning Storm

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Jumping Gif

Taking skydiving to shocking heights

Don't try this at home. Don't try this at work. Just don't try this.

Women of NASA Get LEGO-sized Tribute

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Women of NASA Lego Set

Five female scientists whose work blasted off

Submitted to LEGO Ideas, the Women of Nasa project highlights five female scientists and astronauts who've made a lasting impact.

Dams Could Replace Disappearing Glaciers

Tesla's New 4-Item To-Do List

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Tesla Model S P85D

Elon Musk lays out his plan for the future of Tesla

After completing the first plan in 10 years, Tesla founder Elon Musk lays out his vision for the future of Tesla with a second master plan.

Status Report: 7 'Star Trek' Technologies Under Development

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You won't even have to wait 200 years for some of them

Star Trek was visionary in the technology it predicted, but we're still waiting for some of the technologies to materialize.

China And US Train Together At Submarine Rescue

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LR-7 Submersible China Deep Sea Rescue RIMPAC 2016

LR7 submersible makes RIMPAC history

The American and Chinese navies practice underwater rescue from deep sea wrecks, with a high tech submarine.

New Website Will Reveal The Science Behind Your Favorite Foods

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Ice cream

All of the food and all of the facts

There's a new food science news website!

To Save Black-Footed Ferrets, Scientists Will Bring Back DNA From Frozen Specimens

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The animals have perilously low genetic diversity

The Fish and Wildlife Service has a plan to bolster the black-footed ferret population: reintroduce DNA from dead specimens.

Rosetta Spacecraft Heads To Its Final Destination

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Final Destination

Last stop: the Ma'at region

All good things must come to an end.

Birds And Humans ‘Talk’ To Each Other To Outsmart Bees

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Yao honey-hunter Orlando Yassene holds a wild greater honeyguide female (temporarily captured for research) in the Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique.

Show me the honey!

For hundreds of thousands of years, African honey-hunters have solicited the help of tiny birds to help them locate honey. Research in the Niassa National Reserve in…

This Robot Catches Pokémon

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Baxter Plays Pokemon

The future of games is having robots play the boring parts

robot catches pokemon…

Watch A Working Jetpack Imitate A Golf Cart

A Zika Patient In Florida May Have Acquired The Virus Locally

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Aedes Mosquito

Health officials have ruled out sex and travel

A case of a woman infected with the Zika virus in Florida has had health officials questioning how she acquired the virus. Today, the AP reported via Twitter that…
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