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Same-Sex Marriage Doesn't Affect Opposite-Sex Marriage Rates, Study Finds
Not The Death Of MarriageDennis Bratland via Wikimedia CommonsImagine that! The data sets are in, and marriage equality isn't the harbinger of death for "traditional" marriage between men and women,...
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This Man Wants To Power The World With Tornadoes
Louis MichaudCraig GloverLouis Michaud has received funding from Peter Thiel's Breakout Labs to harness energy through manmade vortexes. Will your streetlights soon be powered by a tornado? Many...
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Deadline Extended: #CrowdGrant Challenge Submissions Due June 30
The Popular Science #CrowdGrant ChallengeNeed more time to polish a killer crowdfunding proposal? Fear not! Submissions to Popular Science's #CrowdGrant Challenge are now due June 30 by 11:59 pm EDT....
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Which Of These TV Dads Is Most Like Yours? [Infographic]
TV Dadsvia blip.tvHas your dad recently made a terrible mistake? In celebration of Father's Day, take a romp through this infographic following the colorful paths into the lives of television's...
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Greedy Algae May Thwart Ocean Fertilization Efforts
Diatom IceThis photo shows the ship on which researchers traveled while collecting plankton samples in Antarctica. Layers of brown ice, like those in this photo, often contain diatoms.Image courtesy...
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America's Road To Energy Independence, Part 3
A four-part series on the clean technologies that will set us free Our series follows Editor-in-Chief Jacob Ward on a trip across the country and around the world to see firsthand the ideas that could...
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Post-Apocalyptic Britain And Other Amazing Images From This Week
Apocalypse NowTo coincide with the release of the post-apocalyptic videogame The Last Of Us, PlayStation released a series of computer-generated images showing Britain after mankind gets wiped out....
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What Glenn Greenwald Got Wrong
NSA Data Center in Bluffdale, UtahPhone records? Probably in here.Wikimedia CommonsTech types are outraged by the media's misinterpretation of some of the aspects of the (very technical) PRISM...
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Q&A: Former FBI Counterterrorism Agent David Gomez On PRISM, Intelligence,...
Haystacks. This is a subtle metaphorFind a needle in this, but with more hay constantly being added to the pile.Sebastian Ballard, via Wikimedia CommonsDoes PRISM solve the wrong problem? The National...
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What's Next For Gene Patenting?
DNAOak Ridge National LaboratoryWe take a look at how yesterday's Supreme Court ruling affects risk testing for breast cancer. Plus, this isn't the last word for gene patenting. The U.S. Supreme Court...
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U.S. Schools Are Dumb About Their Smart Devices, Report Finds
Teacher and Student in ChicagoThe Official Blog of the U.S. Department of EducationJust having an iPad for every kid isn't enough. U.S. schools are spending money on laptops and tablets for their...
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Corrective Running Shoes Are Based On A Myth
Usain BoltWikimedia CommonsNew research suggests that ordinary shoes work just fine for runners with under- and over-pronating feet. For decades, running shoes have been manufactured in different...
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U.S. Government Uses Early Knowledge Of Microsoft Bugs For Spying
This Microsoft Sign Would Protect Your Information Better Than Their SoftwareStones: they can't be hacked.Wikimedia CommonsForget PRISM, this is real super-villain stuff. Buggy software isn't just...
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Bike Shares Make Cities Safer For Bikers
Bike Share Users in New York CityNew York City DOTThe New York Times looks at studies of urban bicycling. Want to make your city safer for bicyclists? Perhaps you should think about asking for a public...
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The Week In Numbers: Saturn's Moon Hides An Ocean, New Human Body Part...
Saturnian moon DioneIcy Dione in front of Saturn. The horizontal stripes near the bottom of the image are Saturn's rings. Images taken on Oct. 11, 2005, with blue, green and infrared spectral filters...
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The 10 Best Dads In Nature
Barbary MacaqueA father Barbary macaque with infant in tow.Wikimedia CommonsWe all know our own fathers are deserving of annual praise, but nature is full of unappreciated fathers as well. From...
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Electronic Pee Sniffer Can Detect Bladder Cancer
OdoreaderUWE Bristol NewsThe Odoreader goes where no human nose wants to. A new kind of electronic nose could make diagnosing bladder cancer a whole lot easier, according to a new study published this...
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NASA's Next Mars Rover Will Look For Past Life
2020 Mars RoverClick here to see this amazing image even larger.NASA/JPL-CaltechIt'll store and collect samples to (hopefully) one day return to Earth. NASA's next Mars rover mission, set for 2020,...
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This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California
Black Sea Nettlevia Flickr user Ganesha.isisIt's got a three-foot bell and a whopping 20-foot-long body. Eeeep. Reports coming out of Orange County, in Southern California, suggest that a rare giant...
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Nintendo's Power Glove Is Getting A Documentary
The vintage gaming accessory is finding life after death. Released back in 1989, the Power Glove was a motion-control accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The concept: wave your hand, and...
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