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Ants Have Been Farming Fungi Since The Dinosaurs Died Out

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And they’ve evolved to become completely co-dependent

Ants have been cultivating fungi since a few million years after the dinosaurs’ demise.

Homeland Security Demands Access To Journalist's Phone

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Security screening area at Denver International Airport

Privacy doesn't count at the border, even if the border is in an airport

Homeland security hates secrets.

Conan O'Brien Becomes A Superhero For Comic-Con

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Super Conan

Something's tingling, and it's not his Spidey-sense

With great late-night power comes great perks.

Four Cool Ways to Clear the Air

North Korea Is Building Bigger Pens For Its Submarines

The Mars Curiosity Rover Is Starting To Make Its Own Decisions

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Curiosity rover

The robot got a sort-of, almost, artificially intelligent upgrade

Curiosity can now autonomously decide which rocks to laser-zap.

Apple Delays Secretive Car Project

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Pushed back to 2021

Someone upset the Apple Car.

American Military Will Test Toyota Trucks For War


Debate: Who Was The Best Captain In Star Trek?

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Picard and Kirk

Who best led us where no man has gone before?

With the imminent release of the next Star Trek film, the Popular Science staff decided to lift the veil on one of our nerdiest moments yet. Noted Trekkies sat down to…

A Sea-Slug-Powered Robot, Zuckerberg’s A.I. Toaster, And Other Amazing Images

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Our favorite science images of the week

Our favorite images from this week in science and tech.

Update: Dark Matter's Mysteries Remain Elusive

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After years of studying beneath the Earth's surface, dark matter still eludes observation

The announcement came at an international dark matter conference in the UK yesterday.

Glowing Green Juice Could Change How We Examine Intestines

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Green juice

Rx: A tall glass of fluorescent spinach

Researchers developed a juice that glows all the way down, in order to better study the intestinal tract.

Watch The First Slurpee Delivery By Drone

The New CBS 'Star Trek' Series Is Called 'Star Trek: Discovery'

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Star Trek: Discovery

Get your first look at the U.S.S. Discovery

At San Diego Comic Con, showrunner Bryan Fuller announced CBS' new Star Trek series will be called Star Trek: Discovery.

Artificial Intelligence That Battles Smog

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One of 10 insane ideas that just might save the world

IBM's Watson has tackled air pollution in China, India, and South Africa.

How Lyft's Driverless Car Network Will Change Our Cities And The World

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Logan Green on the self-driving utopia of the future

Lyft co-founder Logan Green on how driverless cars will change the use and consumption of automobiles…

Pangea Broke Apart As Fast As Fingernails Grow

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tectonic plates

That's pretty fast for a 20-mile thick continent

We now know that the continents split apart in a big hurry.

Who Hacked The Democratic National Committee?

Popular Science's Spaceship Design Contest Winners!

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The Ao-Shun Spacecraft

Congratulations

The winners of PopSci's spaceship design contest…

A.I. Mirror Turns Your Reflection Into A Picasso Painting

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Cubist Mirror

Electronic Cubism

Machine learning in art is getting pretty sharp: look no further than this real time Cubist Mirror.
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