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How Do You Find More Donor Organs? Pay People For Their Body Parts
Human Organ for Transplantationvia UWOBuying and selling organs is illegal, but one Canadian researcher thinks a financial incentive for organ donors is the way to save lives. A Canadian study probing...
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Mars Rover Curiosity's Drivers Switch Back To Earth Time
One Hour Short of Mars Time A new study says exposure to blue light at the right times, along with smarter caffeine use, can help humans adjust our biological clocks to the 24.6 hour Mars day rather...
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Researchers Turn Animal Ears Into Bio-Batteries
Guinea Pig: Adorable Pet And Bio-batteryJay Reed via WikimediaThere's a small electrical charge living in your cochlea, and it can power electronics. The line between man and machine--or at least...
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20 Simple Ways to Hack Your Camera
Camera Hacksvia Pop PhotoYour camera--whether it's a DSLR, an interchangeable-lens camera, or an advanced compact--doesn't need to stay as it was when you bought it. You can make your camera suit you,...
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The Pacific Island Chain of Tokelau Is The First Territory Powered Solely By...
The Tokelau Atoll Of Atafu, From SpaceNASA Johnson Space CenterThe string of atolls has switched fully from expensive and environmentally harmful diesel generators to solar energy. The remote island...
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You Built What?!: A Submarine Simulator That Soaks Lollygagging Players
General QuartersAckerman + GruberA disaster simulation that's a lot of fun. On July 19, a dozen teams gathered in hackerspaces around the country to await the rules of a 72-hour build competition. Red...
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SPONSORED PROJECT: STANLEY® STUD SENSOR
As the old saying goes, "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." And in my case, most DIY projects in my NYC apartment look like nails. That's why, when my wife asked me to hang our...
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Experience Relativity Firsthand In MIT Video Game That Slows The Speed Of Light
When light slows to the speed of a stroll, things get very, very strange. Many have wondered (and theorized) what it would be like to travel at the speed of light, but over at MIT's Game Lab developers...
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Dear President Obama: Congratulations! But We Need To Talk.
The Orion NebulaNASAAn open letter from PopSci to President Obama about science and the future Dear President Obama,What a relief, many of us thought this morning. We re-elected a president who...
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Fund A Tiny Robotic Dragonfly
Robot Dragonflyvia IndiegogoThe Georgia Institute of Technology has plopped its robotic dragonfly drone up on Indiegogo to be crowdfunded. It's a pretty impressive device: a four-winged, superlight...
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Inside The Largest Simulation Of The Universe Ever Created
Simulating Matter Distribution Across The CosmosJoe Insley and the HACC team, Argonne National Laboratory.A giant supercomputer is making massively detailed models of the cosmos. Imagine being asked to...
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Why Do Computer Scientists Want Election Day To Drag On For A Full Week?
Polling PlaceWikimedia CommonsElectronic elections carried out over longer periods would increase turnout and decrease costs, they say. Fun thought experiment or the future of voting? There's something...
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Why Can't We Stop A Hurricane Before It Hits Us?
Some methods that people have suggested for preventing, or stopping, a hurricane--and why they might not work Hurricane Sandy has caused untold billions of dollars in damage and insane casualties. And...
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The Universe Is Almost Done Making Stars
Globular Cluster M10NASA/ESA/Hubble Space TelescopeStar formation is now 30 times lower than at its peak 11 billion years ago. In its youth, the universe was a roiling soup of star ingredients, with...
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This Is Why Nobody Will Use Credit Cards In A Few Years
Mutant MastercardMastercardTwo mobile payment things happened today. They're both baby steps toward the future, but you'll only want to use one of them. Entertainment Weekly has twice now inserted an...
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BeerSci: How To Make Beer Foamier
Foam Face-off To determine the role of Cfg1p protein on beer foam stability, researchers made a strain of yeast that was lacking the gene associated with that protein. They then brewed beer with normal...
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Baby Birds Use Unique Passwords To Unlock Dinner
Fairy WrenColombelli-Negrel et al., Current BiologyFemale fairy wrens teach bird embryos a special note. They can also pass on bird memes to their young. In an interesting example of prenatal learning,...
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How The Evil Tech In James Bond Films Evolved Alongside Real-World Fears
SkyfallUnited Artists CorporationFive 007 threats adapted from history, from nuclear-powered missile jammers to anonymous computer hackers When Skyfall hits theaters on Friday November 9, it will be...
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Mystery Animal Contest: Hello, Little Puffball
Mystery Animal: November 8, 2012via BuzzfeedGuess the species (either common or Linnaean) by tweeting at us--we're @PopSci--and get your name listed right here! Plus eternal glory, obviously. Update:...
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New Study Examines "Hookup Culture" In Awkward, Clinical Way
Hardly Anyone Has The Hook-Upvia BlackEnterpriseA new study from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine takes a look at the noted alarmist old-people concept "hookup...
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