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Political Strife Caused By Climate Change Doomed The Mayans
Chichen ItzaDaniel Armesto/WikimediaArchaeologists argue that drought caused by climate variation played a major role in the decline and fall of Mayan civilization. Debilitating drought may have been a...
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How The Science Of Tribology Could Smooth The Way To A Better Energy System
The Fiction Of NonfrictionRyan SnookFor manufacturers, less friction means more efficiency. In 1964, a lubrication expert named Peter Jost gathered with his colleagues at the Institution of Mechanical...
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People Are Literally Allergic To BlackBerry Phones
BlackBerryWikimedia CommonsLike, an actual itching allergy. But, come on, there are lots of other reasons to dump BlackBerry. BlackBerry has been having a rough go of it lately, slowly sliding into...
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I Will Destroy This Robot Sheet-Music Sight-Reader, I Swear I Will
Gocen Sheet Music ReaderDigInfoLook, you weasely little gadget. I trained for years to be able to do what you do so coldly and casually and perfectly. There isn't room on this piano bench for the two...
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8 Of Stanley Kubrick's Greatest Technological Innovations
Stanley Kubrick in the interior of the Discovery spaceship Image courtesy of LACMAA new exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art celebrates Kubrick's pioneering embrace of cutting-edge...
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Ask a Geek: How Can I Permanently Delete My Computer Files?
Wiped CleanThilo RothackerMake sure nobody will ever see your classified documents. Before you sell, donate, or recycle your old computer, beware: You may be handing personal information to strangers....
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Your Scrambled Eggs Are Wrong, And Other Cooking Science Lessons From...
Eggs 101Cook's IllustratedThe food experimenters who publish Cook's Illustrated have put together a cookbook featuring 50 kitchen science lessons every home cook should know. We put some to the test. I...
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A Microscopic Look At A Pop-Tart And Other Amazing Photos From This Week
A Pop-Tart, Up Close This is a Pop-Tart magnified by an electron microscope. Photographer Caren Alpert takes a look through the scope as a means of getting us to think more about our food. Yum. Caren...
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Vintage PopSci: Carl Sagan Advocates For Life On Mars
Carl Sagan This astronomer predicted that "we will one day venture to the stars." Wikimedia CommonsIn 1972, the astronomer was discovering properties of Mars we never thought possible. Carl Sagan,...
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This Week In The Future: The Blimp Watches You Vote
This Week in the Future, November 5-9, 2012BaarbarianIn the future, donuts.lol will be the highest-trafficked site on the internet. We will all visit it for donut lols. Want to win this paranoid...
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Introducing Our Latest Theme Week!
We are living in a material world...Popular SciencePlant your eyeballs here for a look at the biggest advances in materials science. This week, as a companion to Popular Science's November issue, we're...
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4 Extreme Labs That Subject New Materials To Fire, Lightning, Crashes, and...
Let It BurnCourtesy DupontSometimes, the best way to improve a new material is to beat the hell out of it. Failure is supposed to be a bad thing. In materials science, however, understanding and...
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FYI: What's The Softest Material On Earth?
Materials Varying In HardnessWayne Scherr/Getty ImagesWe know diamonds are the hardest, but determining the softest stuff on the planet is complicated. Everyone knows the hardest material on Earth is...
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8 Stunning Science Visualizations
The Origins of ChaosLuke JohnsonCast a vote for your favorite! Images are fundamental to science. Biologists use X-rays to study the fine structure of plants, and astronomers take pictures with the...
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Synthetic, Self-Healing Skin That's Sensitive To The Touch
Self-Healing, Touch-Sensitive Synthetic SkinLinda A. Cicero, Stanford News ServiceHuman skin is a hard system to emulate, but that hasn't stopped Stanford scientists from producing a touch-sensitive...
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The First 'Perfect' Invisibility Cloak Completely Conceals Objects (From...
The 'Perfect' Invisibility CloakNature Materials via BBCIt's not quite the visible-spectrum breakthrough we're waiting for, but invisibility science has hit a theoretical high point. A big step forward...
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Samsung's Cool/Weird Android-Running Galaxy Camera Will Cost $500
Samsung Galaxy Camera Front and BackSamsungThe goofy Samsung Galaxy Camera--a point-and-shoot with a 4.8-inch touchscreen and a full version of Android--came out of nowhere and actually impressed us....
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Seven Navy SEALs Disciplined For Divulging Secrets While Consulting On Video...
SEALsU.S. NavyProof that video games keep getting more and more realistic: Seven U.S. Navy SEALs, including one who participated in last year's raid that killed Osama bin Laden, have been disciplined...
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17-Petaflop Titan Supercomputer Is Now Officially The World's Fastest
Meet TitanNVIDIAAmerican supercomputers now make up half of the top 10 fastest machines on the planet. The latest TOP500 rankings of the world's fastest supercomputers is out today, and as expected Oak...
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To Fight Bacteria, Coat Everything In Mucus
BiofilmWikimedia CommonsBodily fluids have evolved for millions of years to fight bacteria, so why not harness them, like in your toothpaste?! Bodily fluids are not the first thing that come to mind...
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