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Man Who Blew Whistle On Danger At Oak Ridge Lab Has Died
Charles VarnadoreKen Murray via NYTimesBack in 1990, Charles Varnadore, a technician at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, had had enough with the unsafe conditions at the lab. He saw...
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7 Of The Best Gimmick Drones
Pizza drone!Domino'sDrones that deliver cake, beer, pizza, and more Click here to enter. Drones, despite years of experience at war, are not yet a technology that's ready for widespread commercial use....
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NASA Study Will Compare Twins' Health On Earth And In Space
Scott and Mark KellyScott Kelly (left) and Mark Kelly (right) pictured in 2008.NASAThis is what happens when you and your brother both work for NASA. Call it Project Gemini. A pair of twins, employed...
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Mars Rover Curiosity's 10 Greatest Hits
Curiosity on MarsThis artist's concept depicts the Curiosity rover using its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument to investigate the composition of a rock surface. ChemCam fires laser pulses at a...
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All Of The Asteroids That Could Potentially End The World
All of the PHAsNASA/JPLHere's the path of the nearly 1,400 asteroids that would cause "major devastation" if they hit our planet. It's no surprise that NASA is keeping track of all potentially...
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We'd Happily Break Our Wrist For This 3-D Printed Splint
3-D Printed SplintsPretty stylish for a splint.Custom, printable splints could make it easier to treat minor-yet-debilitating injuries in disaster zones or underdeveloped regions. Three graduate...
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Paralyzed Patients Communicate By Controlling Their Pupils
The Eyes Have ItCassi SaariA new idea for letting people with locked-in syndrome communicate Experimental setups for letting paralyzed people communicate usually work by measuring brainwaves, so they...
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Buys The Washington Post
Jeff BezosWikimedia Commons"I shall name it the Washington Bezost," he definitely didn't say. Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, will purchase the Washington Post and several of its holdings...
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Neil Armstrong In The Pages Of Popular Science
Popular Science's guide to the moon landingPopular Science archivesLooking back on the life of the late astronaut who was born Aug. 5, 1930 Popular Science first printed the words "Neil Armstrong" in...
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How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine
The Body ShopKevin HandWelcome to the age of bioprinting, where the machines we've built are building bits and pieces of us. A device the size of an espresso machine quietly whirs to life. The...
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Don't Sleep With Mean People
Don't Sleep With Mean PeopleBaba Brinkman via RocketHubA finalist in the Rockethub-Popular Science #CrowdGrant challenge hopes to put an end to meanness-with sex. A finalist in the Popular Science...
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The Quest To Uncover The Secret Lives Of Sharks
Data DrivenDr. Neil Hammerschlag (wearing a gray T-shirt) tracks sharks using a new kind of marine-animal tag that he helped design. His data could describe behavior and migration patterns in...
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Stained Glass That Doubles As A Solar Power Source
Lux Gloria The solar-stained glass installment features dichroic glass and will be connected to the city's electrical grid.Courtesy of Sarah HallArtist Sarah Hall's collection of glass facades are...
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FYI: Are Organs Ever Re-Donated?
Human Organ for Transplantationvia UWOA few transplants out of the 28,000 performed every year involve the same organ spending time in more than two bodies. The most common scenario arises when a...
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Engineered Golden Rice May Be Planted Soon In Philippines
Golden Rice and White RicePhoto taken in 2011International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)The genetically engineered rice has had a long journey to from lab to bowl. Nearly 15 years after its invention,...
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Costa Rica To Close Its Zoos And Release Animals Into The Wild
The silky anteater, shown here, could be climbing trees in its native forests soon. Costa Rican Environment Ministry officials yesterday announced the closing of its two national zoos, the Simon...
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Hide From GPS With This Signal-Blocking Phone Case
OFF PocketPRVCM / Adam HarveyPrivacy in a pouch! Just four data points from a location-tracking cellphone were enough to reveal the identities of 95 percent of people in a recent study. Is that a...
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You Can Now Buy A $1.15M Warhol On Amazon
"Flowers," Andy Warhol, 1964Andy WarholI'll just add this to my wish list for now. Amazon today opened up a new subsection of the site: Amazon Art. And this isn't for dorm-room copies of that Pink...
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Under Armour Speedform Review: I Wore A Bra For My Feet, And I Loved It
Under Armour SpeedformUnder ArmourConstructed in a bra factory, the Speedforms look completely ridiculous--but feels great. I wanted to hate the Speedform, a new running shoe from the Baltimore-based...
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Watching Fox News Increases Distrust In Climate Science
Petermann Glacier BreakupNASAConservative media makes people distrust scientists, and in turn, doubt the existence of climate change. Science has done a good job of documenting the great divide between...
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