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Today in Great Reads: "The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks" at The Atavist
The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks The Atavist The Atavist, one of our favorite venues for long-form journalism (and a great example of what the future of the medium looks like--their iPad stories have...
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Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone
E. Coli Scanner The device attaches to a cell phone camera. UCLA Have you ever been tempted to order steak tartare but decided against it for fear of getting sick? This little cell phone scanner can...
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Hot Weather Makes Mammals Smaller, So Will Global Warming Make Us Shrink?
Horses Big and Small This illustration shows the ancient horse ancestor Sifrhippus sandrae (right) touching noses with a modern Morgan horse, the latter which stands about 5 feet high at the shoulders...
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It's Official: DiscoRobo Wins PopSci's Ultimate Robot Dance-Off
Victorious DiscoRobo End-zone dance! Dan BracagliaThis is about as close as DiscoRobo can get to raising his arms in victory Thousands of votes were cast in our first robot dance-off, but the winner...
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Video: Wireless Devices Swim Through Your Bloodstream and Fix You Up,...
Fantastic Voyage A wireless medical device can move through the bloodstream controlled by a magnetic field. Carlos Suarez, StrongBox3dDeliver drugs, run tests and remove blood clots Implantable medical...
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5-Minute Project: Hand Warmers
Hand Warmers 1 Greg MaxsonMake your own portable hot packs Instant hand warmers are great--just shake 'em up, and you've got spontaneous warmth to thaw your hands during the cold winter months. But...
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There Are Way More Blood Types Than You Think
Bryan Ballif, University of Vermont Bryan Ballif, a University of Vermont biologist, in front of his mass spectrometer. Joshua Brown, University of Vermont, 2012 Researchers at the University of...
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The Six Places on Earth That Most Resemble Other Planets
The Simulated Red Planet Haughton-Mars Project 2005Space researchers uses deserts, valleys, and freezing lakes to test equipment and simulate procedures on space missions. Here's where they put future...
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Kickstarter Is On Track to Out-Fund the National Endowment for the Arts
Kickstarter, Haulin' It In Kickstarter Yancey Strickler, a co-founder of Kickstarter, said today that the crowd-sourced funding machine is on track to distribute over $150 million in 2012--more than...
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New Tubes: Redesigning the Toilet to Produce Water, Fertilizer, and Energy
New Toilet Lana Birbrair About 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to a sanitary toilet. To fix this, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded eight grants last year to scientists and...
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Galaxy May Be Full of Wandering Hobo Planets (Planet-Sized Bindles Unconfirmed)
Nomad Planet Not pictured: Bindle, dirty vest, boxcar. Greg Stewart / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Over at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), which is...
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The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 20-24, 2012
CHOMP. Beijing is the site of the 7th Annual International Strawberry Symposium, in a district called Changping that's apparently known for its strawberries. Here's the thing: none of us will ever be...
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This Week in the Future, February 20-24, 2012
This Week in the Future, February 20-24, 2012 Baarbarian Ah, a nice bucolic, all-American farm scene. Pigs with augmented-reality glasses browse a plate of fast food with prehistoric housecat-sized...
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Smithsonian Is 3-D Scanning and Printing Part of Museum Collection
How Could We Possibly Choose? The Milestones of Flight exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum contains plenty of awesome things, any of which would be excellent candidates for 3-D printed...
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The Department of Homeland Security's Favorite PopSci Posts
DHS Is Watching Us The DHS is monitoring publications and social media for red-alert keywords. Here's what they're reading on PopSci The Department of Homeland Security is carefully watching the...
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The Virus Station: A Field Lab for Finding a Deadly Disease
The Virus Station 01 WHO/Christopher BlackTo catch a fast-acting virus, response teams have to be faster A man who worked in a lead and gold mine in southwest Uganda died suddenly from a hemorrhagic...
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Does a Splash of Red Make a Woman More Attractive?
Angelina in Red Lipstick Dan MacMedan/WireImageAnd if so, why? At the Oscars this year, Angelina Jolie paired a leggy black dress with bombshell hair. What stood out, though, was her bright red...
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Could Climate Change Make Mount Everest Unclimbable?
North Face, Mount Everest Luca Galuzzi via WikimediaMeanwhile, Nepal asks world to help measure the peak's exact height Changes on the planet are affecting the world's tallest mountain, casting doubt...
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German Industrial Bot Takes Up the Art of Portraiture
Fraunhofer Sketchbot Sketchbot is programmed to ignore your wrinkles and draw a more youthful you. Fraunhofer IOSBSketchbot graciously ignores your wrinkles and imperfections Though he was destined for...
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Video: Flamethrowing Navy Railgun Blasts Terrifying Projectiles Through...
Railgun Blast The Navy is testing its newest electronmagnetic railgun, the first of two industry-built launchers to be delivered. Office of Naval ResearchFirst test fire of new prototype is a success A...
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