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What Will We Drink When The Planet Heats Up?
Corvina WineWikimedia CommonsItalian geneticists are planning to engineer climate-change-tolerant wine grapes. Grapes are phenomenally adaptable. We can grow wine grapes in the mountains of Arizona and...
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With A Struggling Wii U, Nintendo Plays It Safe At E3
Wii U Character Swimming ShowdownNintendoWhat we saw from Nintendo's E3 announcements: updated versions and sequels to classic franchises. Audio and video issues plagued Sony and Microsoft's E3 press...
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Using Wood As Biofuel May Be Worse For The Planet Than We Thought
New data suggests logging could release large amounts of previously ignored carbon into the atmosphere. Timber harvesting may release significant amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, according to a...
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This Accelerator Can Supply A Whole City With Medical Isotopes Overnight
Medical CyclotronCourtesy ACSIA refitted cyclotron could solve the shortage of Tc-99m, an isotope used in medical imaging. Researchers at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver and TRIUMF, the Canadian...
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How A Black Hole Sleeps
Sleeping Black HoleClick here to see this amazing image even larger!NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHUIt ate a bunch of stellar gas and now it needs a nap. Think of black holes as bottomless devouring machines? Not...
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British Police Department Adopts Night Vision Body Cameras
Officer Jodie White Demonstrates the Body CameraMelton TimesIt's no Google Glass, but it still does the trick. The best way to record a crime? Attach a camera to the police officer responding to it....
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Raise Your Own Edible Bugs With This Decorative Kitchen Pod
Eat 'Em UpMansour Ourasanah and KitchenAid via InhabitatIn case the only thing keeping you from adopting a sustainable bug diet was a lack of attractive appliances. The U.N. recently suggested (not for...
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Are Angry Legos Harming Our Children?
Angry LegoBartneck et al.A new study suggests the friendly building block sets are featuring more aggressive characters. When it comes to criticizing the violent ways our kids play, Legos don't usually...
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Only 5 Percent Of People Wash Their Hands Correctly
Wash your hands with soap, for Pete's sakeSeymour Nydorf via Wikimedia CommonsAnd 23 percent don't even use soap. That's messed up, people. "Many people do not wash their hands when the behavior in...
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The Energy Fix: Reinventing The Solar Array
Solar Power Pole with Spin Cells Graham MurdochReinventing the array could usher in a new age for solar. The solar market has been on fire. In the U.S., it's grown by 600 percent over the past five...
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How Mayor Bloomberg Plans To Strengthen NYC Against Rising Seas
East Williamsburg floodingMartha HarbisonThe New York City mayor's new $20 billion storm preparation plan is based on some scary data about how the city will look by the 2050s. Earlier today, New York...
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The Energy Fix: How Geography Drives Energy Development
Global Landscapes Fathom Information DesignThe importance of global landscapes Worldwide renewable energy production reached 66.83 quadrillion BTUs in 2010. The countries in the Organisation for...
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Almost An Expert: Flaming Dr Pepper
What's a better mix than science and booze? In this episode of our new video series, Popular Science Art Director Todd Detwiler shows you how to make a flaming Dr Pepper. Plus, the weird science of...
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Martian Gullies Were Formed By Gliding Boulders Of Dry Ice
Linear Gullies on MarsNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona"I dream of snowboarding down a Martian sand dune on a block of dry ice," says Serina Diniega, the lead researcher. On the sides of some...
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Why The U.S. Won't Dare Kill Edward Snowden With A Drone Strike
An MQ-9 Reaper, precision bombs and air-to-ground missiles at the readyUSAFThere are about 1,100 compelling reasons why the NSA leaker shouldn't fear death from above. Edward Snowden, a former CIA...
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New Type Of Pulsing Star Discovered
Open Star Cluster NGC 3766ESOScientists' current understanding of stars says these stars shouldn't vary in brightness, but they do. Astronomers have discovered a new type of pulsing star. There are 36...
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Congress Was Not Really Briefed On PRISM
President Obama Not Briefing Rep. Susan Collins on PRISMWikimedia CommonsNext time, members of Congress should make sure to ask for a briefing about a program they have no reason to believe even...
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Designers Spruce Up The Government's Crappy PowerPoint
Emiland's RedesignIntroducing PRISM.Slide 11Our government wins in espionage, but not in PowerPoint. Luckily for the NSA, there's the Internet. After news broke of PRISM, the government's secret...
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European Bee Sperm Bank Will Improve U.S. Bee Gene Pool
HoneybeePioneer, Utah's Online LibraryA new bee semen bank may help breed colony-collapse-disorder-resistant bees. Here's a new idea for protecting the declining honeybee population in the U.S. One...
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New Human Body Part Discovered
The human eye, now slightly less mysteriousPetr Novák via Wikimedia CommonsTime to rewrite the textbooks! The newest addition to human anatomy is just 15 microns thick, but its discovery will make eye...
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