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A Substance Called Carbomorph Is The Key To 3-D Printing Entire Electronic...
Printing Electronics On Consumer 3-D Printers Pictured: Research group leader Simon Leigh. University of WarwickUniversity of Warwick researchers have developed a new material that is conductive,...
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Lava's 7-Mile Journey And 10 More Amazing Images From The Past Week
Lava, Meet Ocean Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, has been erupting pretty much nonstop for the last 30 years. The lava has to travel seven miles to get to the ocean, but get there it does. Read more...
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FYI: Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete?
Jay Cutler and Brandon MarshallWikimedia CommonsThe idea that Viagra helps out athletes has been around for years now, but is there a scientific consensus on it? Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall...
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Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This King Of The Beasts?
Mystery Animal: November 30, 2012via FlickrGuess 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: We...
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As Kilauea Volcano Spews Lava Into The Ocean, Tourists Flock To The Scene
Caution: Hot LavaSee it bigger!Reuters/Hugh GentryUnlike hurricanes or earthquakes, this natural disaster could actually encourage tourism. Remember those plucky writers who were reckless enough to...
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MIT Researchers Create The Swiss Army Knife Of The Robotics World
Specially designed motors are key MIT While engineering programmable matter, they also invented a motor that holds its position without power. MIT is calling this tiny device the Swiss army knife of...
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This Week In The Future: Curling Up With A Magazine And A Polar Bear
This Week In The Future, November 26-30, 2012BaarbarianIn the future, two things will keep us warm: the cuddly polar-bear stuffed animal by our sides and the fire under our indestructible chocolate....
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A DIY Sub For Underwater Exploration
DIY Sub for Underwater ExplorationMichael ChoWith OpenROV, anyone can probe underwater realms. Eric Stackpole's passion for discovery was originally directed toward outer space. As a mechanical...
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FYI: What Makes Hair Curly?
Curly HairLeonard McLane/Getty ImagesAnd what really makes curly hair different than straight hair? Why a strand of hair bends or falls the way it does may sound like a simple question, but the answer...
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Tablet Newspaper 'The Daily' Is Folding
The DailyNews CorporationPeople had hopes "The Daily," the once-a-day, tablet-exclusive newspaper from media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, would help bring publishing into the digital age....
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FYI: What Do Forensic Chemists Do, And Why Would They Cheat?
CocaineAlaska Department of Public SafetyA forensic chemist at a Massachusetts crime lab was arrested for tampering with drug evidence recently. A bad egg or the product of perverse incentives? Earlier...
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New Lighting Could Replace Fluorescents, CFLs, and LEDs As The Light Source...
FIPEL Lighting Could Replace FluorescentsKen Bennett, Wake Forest University photographerFIPEL technology produces the soft, white light our eyes crave without that annoying fluorescent hum. Like the...
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Mmmmm? Scientists Make Bread Last 60 Days
Zapping BreadMicroZapUsing microwave technology, one company says it can make bread last for two months, thus cutting down on food waste. Ah, first-world problems! Americans waste 40 percent of the...
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What Ancient Antarctic Microbes Reveal About The Hunt For Extraterrestrial Life
McMurdo Dry Valleys, Home Of Lake VidaRobert Simmon, based on data provided by the NASA GSFC Oceans and Ice Branch and the Landsat 7 Science TeamDozens of feet below the surface of Antarctica in an...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Finds Complex Chemistry On Mars, But Can't Confirm...
Scoops At Rocknest This is a view of the third (left) and fourth (right) trenches made by the 1.6-inch-wide scoop on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity in October 2012. The image shows some of the properties...
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Is It Good For Our Work Lives To Be Constantly Connected? [Infographic]
Wake up, check phone. Go to work, look at computer. Go home, play with tablet watch TV check phone look at computer. Go to bed. When your life is constantly connected, it can be hard to disconnect from...
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This Is What Thinking About Nothing Looks Like
This Is What Nothing Looks LikeGustav Metzger via DesignWeekArtist Gustav Metzger hooked his brain up to a robotic sculpting machine that carved based on his thoughts. Then he tried desperately to...
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How Moon Dust Could Improve Weather Predictions On Earth
Oops Forecasting Improvement John Lane looks over data recorded from his laser system as he refines his process and formula to calibrate measurements of raindrops. NASA/Jim GrossmannDuring a moon dust...
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Better Than A Condom? Discreet Nanofabric Protects Against Pregnancy and HIV
The Rubber Condoms have saved countless lives, but can we do better? New research says so. Courtesy WikimediaThis nanofabric dissolves in the body, releasing antivirals and blocking sperm. University...
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African Elephant's Cataract Operation Is The Biggest Eye Surgery Ever
Elephant OphthalmologyRichard Austin/AP imagesThe elephant, Duchess, goes under the knife, with doctors using custom tools for the rare surgery. Duchess, a 4.4-ton, 45-year-old African elephant at the...
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