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Fusion Rocket Would Shoot People To Mars In 30 Days
Rocket Test Chamber The magnetic chamber for heating deuterium plasma University of Washington, MSNWOne team will be testing fusion propulsion this summer in Redmond. A research team in Washington...
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Researchers Rearrange Nuts In Low Gravity
Mixed Nuts, Arranged By WeightMelchoir, WikipediaOutcome: your Chex Mix will be better dispersed on Mars. You may or may not have heard of the Brazil nut effect, but you've probably experienced it:...
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How It Works: Self-Coiling Cord
Powerful Reach The RoboReel's 15 amps are enough to run a fridge, air conditioner, or space heater. Trevor JohnstonCoiling up extension cords by hand is tedious. Spring-activated spools aren't much...
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How Thatcher The Chemist Helped Make Thatcher The Politician
Margaret Thatcher Publicity photo for the 1951 election campaign. The Royal SocietyBefore becoming Britain's first (and only) female prime minister, Thatcher graduated from Oxford with a chemistry...
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Do Brain Games Work?
Exercising the BrainIdaho Commission for LibrariesA few new studies, including one meta-analysis, suggest brain games don't make you any better at anything but playing brain games. Think you can make...
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This Weird Fish Has Clear Blood
Icefish Larvae This is a larvae of the icefish family, which includes about 25 species. Wikimedia CommonsLiving at 3,300 feet in one of the most inhospitable habitats on Earth, this fish has evolved in...
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Yes, Your Mind Can Control Your Body Temperature
Sirikit Dam ThailandTevaprapas Makklay/Wikimedia CommonsTibetan nuns prove the physical effects of spiritual activity. You don't have to look far to find the (mostly) positive and surprisingly powerful...
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The Science Of Sports Fandom
Go TeamChuck France / KU University Relations)Win or lose, watching sports changes you. What research says about being a fan. Whether you're lamenting the devastation of your March Madness bracket or...
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Penis Size Matters, Study Says
Take Your Pick A sample of the computer-generated images researchers asked heterosexual women to rate for attractiveness. Brian S. Mautz et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSize...
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Watch Rich People Earn More Money Than You In Real Time [Infographic]
Sixty Seconds Of SalaryBÃ¥rd Edlund/CNNMoneyHow much Kobe Bryant and others make in a minute compared to a minimum wage worker. CNNMoneyhas published an awesome visualization by artist BÃ¥rd Edlund...
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The Top 50 Navigation Innovations Of All Time
Jepp Chartvia FlyingOur friends over at Flying have a great slideshow up walking us through the 50 greatest innovations in navigation of all time. It's really fun to see how primitive but effective...
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You've Never Seen Chickens Look This Human
Black Japanese Bantam Cock Black Japanese Bantam Cock Class: Single Comb Clean Legged Other Than Game Bantams Origin: Japan Tamara StaplesPeculiar portraits of championship chickens, by award-winning...
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Dinosaurs Could Doggy Paddle Long Distances
A swimming theropodNathan E. RogersNew evidence suggests some two-legged dinos were strong swimmers. Most people still have a very last-century idea of what dinosaurs were like. No, T. rex didn't stand...
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Climate Change May Lead To Bumpier Airplane Rides, Study Finds
Clear SkiesShai Barzilay on Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0The first study of global warming's effects on clear-air turbulence offers some uncomfortable predictions. By 2050, plane trips between the U.S. and...
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How It Works: The Star-Mapping Spacecraft
Gaia DiagramKevin HandFrom the outside, galaxies appear as a mass of stars orbiting a dense center. But inside, they are more complex, with some groups of stars moving at different speeds or...
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The 10 Coolest Machines From The 2013 Sea-Air-Space Expo
Aeros AeroscraftKelsey D. AthertonRobots, railguns, and... a Guinness World Record holder? Click here to enter the galleryI got to see a lot of shiny new military technology at the Navy League's...
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U.S. Navy To Guard Old Ship With A Freaking Laser
Naval LaserU.S. NavyThe best defense is a good offense, unless you have lasers, in which case the best defense is lasers. One of the U.S. Navy's oldest ships is about to get a lot more futuristic,...
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Join the Popular Science #CrowdGrant Challenge And Do Something Amazing
The Popular Science #CrowdGrant ChallengeSubmit your project before June 15 for a shot at crowdfunding with the help of Popular Science and RocketHub. Popular Science has celebrated the world-changing...
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4 Things You Need To Know About The Future Of Defense Technology
Aeryon ScoutWikimedia CommonsTrends spotted at the 2013 Sea-Air-Space Exposition The Sea-Air-Space Exposition opened in Maryland yesterday. It is one of the U.S. defense industry's largest trade...
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Bogus Academic Conferences Lure Scientists
The Wisdom of Admiral AckbarBecause fake scientific journals weren't gnarly enough. If you build it, they will come. And someone, somewhere, is going to try to scam some money out of it.The "it" in...
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