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Researchers Unveil World's First 4-D Printer
4-D Cube PrintingSkylar Tibbits/The Self-Assembly Lab/MITWhat the hell is that?! We've only just started learning the amazing things we can do with 3-D printing. So forgive us if we can't quite get our...
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Pneumatic Muscles Power Sinewy New Leopard Robot
Pneupard takes a strollFrom "Pneupard: A cheetah robot with artificial muscles" by Adaptiverobot on YouTubeWatch it nimbly stride over wooden blocks, metal inclines and what looks like those foam...
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The World's Nerdiest Marriage Proposal
Physics nerds in love. Did it undergo peer review first? A physicist posted this marriage proposal from her boyfriend, also a physicist, on Imgur a couple days ago. The proposal somehow combines...
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Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This Wide-Eyed Flufftail?
Mystery Animal: Feb. 26, 2013TBAGuess the species (either common or Linnaean) by tweeting at us--we're @PopSci--and get your name listed right here! Plus eternal glory, obviously. Update: We have a...
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Physicists Probe The Deep Earth For A Fifth Fundamental Force
InteractionsNASAElectrons' spin may give rise to a force that allows particles to interact over very long distances. In general, people tend to use the phrase "force of nature" loosely, as in "she's a...
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Getting 'Em Early: Pharma Reps Give Gifts To Most Medical Students
Pharmaceutical companies start talking with doctors early in their careersPhoto by Erich Ferdinand, CC BY 2.0Think of the children! Or at least the medical students-and their future patients. In spite...
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European Space Agency Decides Which Asteroid They'll Go Smash Into First
Didymos And Its MoonESA2022 mission to a double asteroid could be a trial run for a deflection mission. A European mission to intercept and deflect an asteroid now has a target: asteroid Didymos. The...
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Fruit Flies Force-Feed Their Children Alcohol
High ToleranceMr.checker via Wikimedia Commons But it's to protect them! Humans have been using alcohol as a medicine since ancient times, using it as an antiseptic and a pain killer, among other...
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Canadian Gamer Facing $50K Fine For Train Station Map Says He'll Release It...
Diego Liatis says he'll face the potential lawsuit for creating a map of Montreal's Berri-UQAM metro station. Last week, we reported on a gamer facing nearly $50,000 in fines for creating a map of...
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Scientists Spot Possible Remains Of "Rodinia," Ancient Lost Microcontinent
Supercontinent Rodinia This map of supercontinent Rodinia shows the ancient locations of the continents. "Mauritia" is sandwiched between what is now India and Madagascar. United States Antarctic...
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Astronomers Calculate Russian Meteorite's Orbit, Find It Has 80 Million Cousins
Asteroid Orbits Both the asteroid 2012DA14 and the Chelyabinsk meteorite came from the asteroid belt, but from different orbits. Earth's orbit is shown in green. NASAThe Chelyabinsk meteorite came from...
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Watch: How Cockroaches Are Helping Scientists Design Better Robots
Running RoachUniversity of Pennsylvania ModLabRunning cockroaches are pretty good at regaining their footing when faced with obstacles, like the sole of your shoe. Cockroaches can recover their footing...
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Watch This Guy Fire 600 Rounds With A Partially 3-D Printed Gun
Defense Distributed's new demonstration of their improved 3-D printed gun with a large capacity magazine seems designed to confound--and throw a middle finger to--Congress, which is trying to ban...
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Nonprofit To Send A Married Couple Skimming Past Mars In 2018
Cozy Mars Capsule The Inspiration Mars capsule could incorporate an inflatable element with a modified SpaceX Dragon capsule. Inspiration MarsThe least crazy aspect of this mission is the desire to do...
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Why Your Music Files Sound Like Crap
Audio Data CompressionMoehre1992All of the compression algorithms are based on outdated understanding of how the human ear works. Those music files -- be they MP3, AAC or WMA -- that you listen to on...
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Karma Review: Finally, A Wi-Fi Hotspot That Isn't Trying To Screw You
Karma Hotspot 1Dan NosowitzThe best-looking, simplest Wi-Fi hotspot we've ever tested also carries a dose of good karma. The Karma is a very small revolution in tech: it's a gadget with a data plan...
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Distant, Gargantuan Black Hole Spins At Almost The Speed Of Light
Supermassive Black Hole This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. It's surrounded by matter flowing onto the black hole in what is...
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Watch Boeing's Chubby Hydrogen-Powered Drone Take Off With Its Special...
Phantom Eye Takes Off The pot-bellied hydrogen-powered airplane takes off using a special plane-skateboard. BoeingPot-bellied Phantom Eye will be able to fly for four days without refueling. This fat...
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How One Group Is Trying To Skirt Federal Regulations On Its $50 3-D Printed...
2nd AM Arms concept lower receiver2nd AM ArmsA crowd-funded 3-D printing project seeks to make a "some assembly required" gun part. Enthusiasts of gun-law loopholes, this might be your new favorite...
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Astronomers Think They've Captured The Birth Of The Youngest Planet Ever
Two views of the gas and dust around star HD 100546 On the left is a visible-light image, from the Hubble Space Telescope. On the right is an infrared image, from the Very Large Telescope. In both...
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