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NATO Tests Electromagnetic Beam To Stop Suicide Bombers
The non-lethal weapon stops vehicles by turning off their engines. NATO is developing a device that stops suicide bombers' vehicles before they can reach their targets. In a video released today, NATO...
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The Crazy-Specific Colors Biologists Use To Describe Animals
True ColorsKöhler used his guide to detail 35 species in Mexico this spring-and discovered a new lizard.Joel Sartore/Getty ImagesIs this lizard opaline green? Perhaps more pistachio? In field biology,...
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GE's Silent MRI Scanner Has Hit The Market
MRI ScannerCourtesy GE HealthcareQuiet scans for everyone! MRI scanners do a good job of imaging the brain to help doctors find potential health problems. But the experience of actually sitting in one...
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Paying Doctors For A Job Well Done Benefits Patients, New Studies Find
Blood Pressure CheckJames Gathany, CDC/CDC ConnectsBut the jury's still out, overall, whether paying doctors by their performance works. Some CEOs get paid by how much profit their companies make, and...
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Robo-Maggots Will Munch Through Brain Tumors
MaggotsiStockGross, but great for minimally invasive surgery. Creepy, crawly maggots might be making their way into people's brains. Robot maggots, that is. Inspired by a TV show where plastic surgeons...
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The UK Is Selling Off Its Mail System
Royal MailKenneth Allen via Wikimedia CommonsThe government has filed an "intention to float" which sounds pretty pleasant, like "we're taking Fido to live on a farm." The British government is dumping...
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Everything You've Ever Been Told About How You Learn Is A Lie
Three myths your teachers told you about how your brain learns, debunked When I was in middle school and high school, teachers loved to impart various tidbits of wisdom about the way students learn...
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Fact: You Carry Around Enough Bacteria To Fill A Large Soup Can
Colorful E. colivia WikimediaBARF How much bacteria do people carry around?Enough to fill a big soup can. "That's three to five pounds of bacteria," says Lita Proctor, the program coordinator of the...
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Big Pic: Frog That Got Too Close To A Rocket Will Make You Laugh, Cry
Space FrogNASA/Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional SpaceportThis frog launched into the air by the LADEE rocket will fill you with emotions you didn't know you could produce, is what I'm saying. So: Space...
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This Is Unofficially The World's Ugliest Animal
The Noble Blobfishvia MonsterFishWorldAfter tallying thousands of votes, this creature is now the mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. Meet the blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), a...
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Americans Hate Polls
According to a poll How do you find out if people trust or want to participate in polls? You poll them. Look, if you have a better suggestion, I'm sure the pollsters would love to hear it.Kantar, a...
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Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This Creepy-Handed Yelper?
Mystery Animal Contest: September 12, 2013TBA (It's a Mystery!)Guess the species (either common or Linnaean) by tweeting at us--we're @PopSci--and get your name listed right here! Plus eternal glory,...
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Voyager 1 Has Entered Interstellar Space
Voyager 1One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA.NASAAfter 36 years, we can wave goodbye to our pal. 36 years after launch, Voyager 1 has officially left the solar system,...
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Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots
A Robot's Best FriendEniko KubinyiDogs will interact with social machines. But will dogs assist the robots in taking over the world? In the centuries-old best friendship between dogkind and humankind,...
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Big Pic: A Desert Refugee Camp For 120,000 Syrians
Zaatri Facing NortheastPanorama of Zaatri Refugee Camp in Mafraq Governate, Jordan.Jonathan DumonthFor Syrians who have escaped civil war, a temporary home in Jordan It has a population of 122,017,...
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Watch The Ig Nobel Prizes Live Here
The annual celebration of the year's silliest science starts at 5:40 p.m. Could it be? The most magical time of the year is already upon us? It's true: the annual Ig Nobel Prizes, the most important of...
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Twitter Files For "Secret" IPO, Announces It On Twitter
Internet Second TeaserTwitter announced today...on Twitter...that the company has confidentially begun the process of filing for an Initial Public Offering, or IPO. Filing for an IPO is the first step...
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Is Ouya Getting Scammed On Kickstarter?
OuyaA couple crowdfunding campaigns sure look suspicious. And the (crowdfunded) console company should've seen it coming. The indie game console Ouya made waves last year for its massively successful...
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Infographic: Should You Buy A New iPhone?
Everyone wants to know: should I spring for a new iPhone? So we made an infographic that'll guide you through that thorny question. Apple just announced the new crop of iPhones, which means one...
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FYI: What Happens If I Put Rocket Fuel In My Gas Tank?
Rocket FuelStockTrek/Getty ImagesIf your car is a diesel, it will run. Liquid hydrogen, the fuel that powered the space shuttle's main engines, could work, says Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, an aeronautics...
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