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California Engineer Is Building A Gyrocopter-Inspired Flying Car

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The Future Bones Of A Flying Car

Escape from the desert into the sky

flying car gyrocopter thing.

Museum Of Ice Cream Delivers A Scoop Of Science, But Only If You Ask For It

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What is ice cream

New York pop-up exhibit is somewhat vanilla

Pop Sci went to the Ice Cream museum.

American Anti-Drone Rifle Deployed In Iraq

I Proposed With A Diamond Grown In A Lab

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A close-up of Sarah's lab-grown diamond engagement ring

Spoiler alert: it worked

The diamond in her ring is a lab-grown jewel, and virtually identical to its natural counterparts. "Even a trained jeweler cannot tell them apart with the naked eye or…

The Most Controversial Line In Hillary Clinton’s Acceptance Speech Was About Science

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hillary clinton DNC speech

It wasn't about gender or race. It was much simpler.

It being the year 2016 and all, it’s hard to believe that a simple statement about trusting science was the most controversial line in Hillary Clinton’s nomination…

New iPhone Accessory Allows You To Record 360-Degree Videos

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Insta360 also supports livestreaming

If you’re one of the billion-plus Facebook users, it’s almost certain that you’ve seen a 360-degree video show up on your timeline. Now, you can record your own videos…

Bloody Veggie Burgers, Blooming Corpse Flowers, And More

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Our 10 favorite images of the week

Our favorite images from this week in science and tech.

China's Road-Straddling Bus Takes First Test Drive

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Straddling Bus

All aboard the straddle bus!

How would you feel about a bus zooming over your head? It's a real question you'll have to ask soon in China as the first test run of the straddle bus was successfully…

HoloLens Developer Edition Available To Anyone Now

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HoloLens Developer Edition promotional image

As long as anyone is a developer

HoloLens is available to all developers now, and that pretty much means everyone! Windows reported this morning that in addition to several upgrades in the program, any…

Family of Star Trek Actor Files Lawsuit Against Fiat Chrysler

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Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin’s parents claim wrongful death

The parents of the late actor Anton Yelchin, best known for his portrayal of Pavel Chekov in the recent Star Trek movies, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against…

Drone Startup Wants To Deliver Blood To Rural America

Don't Try This Craft At Home: Hydraulic Pressed Flowers

Google To Test Delivery Drones in the U.S.

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Delivery Drone

FAA, White House give approval for more testing

The Federal Aviation Administration has given Google the green light today to test delivery drones in six approved test sites in the United States.

Io's Entire Atmosphere Freezes And Collapses

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Io

On a semi-regular basis

Imagine what would happen if our atmosphere froze solid, contracting and collapsing on the ground. It would likely be enough of a catastrophe to end life on this planet.

What Would it Take to Make a Sensory Deprivation Tank From 'Stranger Things'?

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Eleven enters the 'Stranger Things' isolation tank

The kiddie pool one, not the creepy government agency one

Quickly becoming the TV show of the summer, Netflix’s original series Stranger Things mixes science fiction with actual science. As science fiction goes, some events in…

Is Something Below Zero Safe To Drink?

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Beyond Zero

Freezing alcohol into a solid seems cool... dangerously cool.

Beyond Zero has created a machine that freezes alcohol into cubes and stores them. For $8,000, you get an icemaker that will freeze anything on the bar. It may just be…

Duck-Billed Dinosaur Had Painful Arthritis

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Hadrosaur

Diagnosed millions of years after it died

All that remains of the dinosaur is a fragment of an arm, but it's enough.

Flashy Wearable Patch Sees Under Your Skin

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heart rate patch

No batteries, no wires

Developed by Jeonghyun Kim and colleagues, this stretchy, removable circuit affixes to the skin and sends readings to a smart device…

Facebook Creates Giant Hardware Lab To Build VR and Drones

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An engineer works the Facebook lab's 9-axis lathe, to be used for prototyping networking technology.

Called "Area 404"

Facebook Opens Hardware Lab To Build VR and Drones…

Rich Households Have More Diverse Bugs

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Mo' money mo' arthropods

The interiors of homes in affluent neighborhoods are populated by a more diverse array of arthropods than those in less prosperous neighborhoods, a new study indicates.
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