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It's Now Legal For The Police To Collect DNA As Part Of Any Arrest
Cheek Swab for DNAWikimedia CommonsAnd create a law-abiding cloned version of wayward citizens The US Supreme Court ruled today on the case of Maryland v. King, deciding with a 5-4 majority to uphold...
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Gorgeous Prints Turn Great Films Into Starry Constellations
Dorothy Star Chart, Open Edition PairsDorothyFrom The Jazz Singer to Avatar in two prints. Design studio Dorothy (see: these awesome color wheels made from musicians and songs) have struck again with a...
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The Goods: June 2013's Hottest Gadgets
Roku 3With the Roku 3, a person can watch a movie without bothering everyone in the house. When a viewer plugs a pair of headphones into a standard 3.5mm jack on the remote, the Roku signals the...
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FYI: Why Do You Lose Your Tan In The Winter?
Such a glorious tan! Popular ScienceWhenever you decide to clean your house, you could be slowly but surely sweeping your tan right out the door. Walk along a California beach on a warm summer day, and...
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To Build Better Sonar, U.S. Navy Turns To Cicadas
A Brood II Cicada in 2013Look at this idiot bug. Just look at it.Lawrence Woodworth Jr, via Wikimedia CommonsSolving the mystery of the cicada's clamorous thrum This summer, billions of cicadas will...
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This Lensless Camera Is Never Out Of Focus
Compressive SensingarXiv:1305.7181 [cs.CV]It creates images using only a fraction of the data a normal camera would. Researchers from Bell Labs in New Jersey have created a camera that operates without...
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The Best Ever Maps Of Our Two Nearest Galaxies
Say hello to the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, like you've never seen them before. Thanks to NASA's Swift satellite and astronomers from both NASA and Penn State University, we can now feast our...
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Your Brain Makes Its Own Version Of Valium
ValiumWikimedia CommonsPoppin' peptides. Valium, the anti-anxiety drug that was once the most popular prescription medication in America, might have a naturally occurring relative in the mammalian...
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10 Stunning Underwater Photos
Best OverallThis ghostly photo of a harbor seal, snapped at a kelp forest at Cortes bank near San Diego, took the grand prize in the competition, and for good reason. Look at that seal! It's like a...
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The Energy Fix: How To Clean Up Fracking's Bad Rep
Hydraulic Fracturing 1. Drillers inject a fluid (almost always water) carrying sand and other additives into a well at high pressures. This fractures the rock and frees natural gas to flow back to the...
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Big Pic: How Turkish Protesters Use Google Maps To Track Police
Mapping police actions around Taksim Square, IstanbulGoogle MapsProtesting? There's a map for that. Consider it civilian reconnaissance. Protesters in Turkey are using Google Maps to track police...
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How Will Police Regulate Stoned Driving?
Marijuana MadnessDreamstimeNow that recreational marijuana is legal in two states, lawmakers and law enforcement have to grapple with how best to deal with cannabis-impaired drivers. When Colorado and...
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Last Week's Oklahoma Tornado Was The Widest Tornado Ever Recorded
El Reno TornadorbohacThe record-breaking twister in the city of El Reno was 2.6 miles across. On Friday, not even two weeks after a destructive tornado ran through Moore, Oklahoma, another twister hit...
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Researchers Unveil A Thought-Controlled Drone
This drone is being controlled by thoughtThis is basically telekinesis. Drone telekinesis. Teledronesis.University of MinnesotaA month ago this was Iron Man 3 level science fiction. Now? Reality....
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Bear Species Of The World, In Order Of Quality
Adorable Bear CubWikimedia CommonsThe definitive list of bears, from worst to best. Only one can be the world's best bear. Click to launch the gallery.   Â
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FYI: How Do Mosquitoes Survive Rainstorms?
Nature's very own tankNot even violent rainstorms can kill a mosquitoDreamstimeRaindrops are to mosquitoes what falling VW Beetles would be to humans. Yet incredibly--maddeningly--mosquitoes survive...
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The Limits Of The Human Body: Popular Science At Nerd Nite
At Nerd Nite in San Francisco, Popular Science Editor-in-Chief Jacob Ward explains why technology's biggest limitation is the human body itself. Join Ward August 17 in Brooklyn, NY, for the first...
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Island Formations Might Make Tsunamis Worse
Watch Out For Tsunami!Wikimedia CommonsA computer simulation found nearby islands can amplify the severity of a tsunami by as much as 70 percent. While it seems like the more barriers between you and a...
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Extinct Giant Lizard Named After Jim Morrison
Barbaturex morrisoni FossilCraig Chandler/University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University CommunicationsI am the Lizard King. I can name anything.A long time ago, Doors lead singer Jim Morrison sang/said I...
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World's Oldest Primate Fossil Discovered
Archicebus achillesCAS/Xijun NiRecovered from sedimentary rock strata deposited in an ancient Chinese lake roughly 55 million years ago, Archicebus achilles provides a key link in the history of human...
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