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Chinese Entrepreneur Offers Canned Designer Air To Citizens Suffering From Smog
Shanghai Sunset This undated photo shows the sun setting over the smoggy Shanghai skyline. The sun hasn't actually hit the horizon there--that's just the smog line. Suicup via WikimediaIt's a publicity...
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Petting Mice Reveals Chemical Reason Why Massage Feels Good
Contented CritterNatureChemically stimulating the neurons in mice that respond to stroking could lead to better pain relievers for us. Do animals actually enjoy petting? Mice seem to, according to new...
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Just Relax For A Minute And Watch This Incredible Moonrise [Video]
Can you believe something this beautiful happens 182 days a year? This is an edited, single-shot (not time-lapse) video of the moon rising over Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand two...
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GE's Hospital Robot Could Reduce Human Errors And Save Lives
GE Wants To Build An Intelligent Robot For OR PrepGEThis automated OR 'bot will sort scalpels, sterilize tools, and prep operating rooms for surgery. It may not seem like it, but a huge portion of a...
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The Genius Who Plays For A Living
Puzzle Master As a computer scientist, Erik Demaine uses math to model physical systems, particularly ones that fold. His work has informed biology, robotics, and design, but it all stems from the same...
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Jackets Grown From Bacteria And 10 More Feats Of Bio-Engineering
Bioluminescent Trees Could jellyfish genes be used to light the cities of the future? Courtesy Alberto T. EstevezWilliam Myers' Bio Design explores the intersection of design and biology. We can...
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Popular Science Q&A: How NASA Selected The 2013 Class Of Astronauts
Harrison Schmitt collects moon rock during Apollo 17 missionNASAWhat is 'the right stuff' for a trip to Mars? Want to be an astronaut? Well, NASA wrapped up its latest astronaut recruitment period last...
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How Chinese Hackers Infiltrated The New York Times
Faces in the Crowd Scott Henderson, a private intelligence contractor, believes that civilian hackers in China pose a real threat to American cybersecurity Jasper James/Getty ImagesThe New York Times...
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Starchitect Norman Foster To Design A 3-D Printed Lunar Base
Moon Base CloseupFoster+PartnersFoster's firm also designed Spaceport America, 2 World Trade Center, and Apple's new "flying saucer" campus. Click to launch the photo galleryThe first real lunar base...
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What Happens When Researchers Give People Superpowers?
Do they use them to do good or evil? In most superhero origin stories, there's the moment of doubt: How will Peter Parker use his radioactive-spider powers? Invariably, the heroes use them to help...
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"Twitching" Material Dislodges Bacteria From Ship Hulls
Barnacle Hull HouseU.S. Navy via FlickrSurface changes in the paint-like material can reduce biofilm buildup. When a horse is dislodging a pesky fly, it twitches a small portion of its skin to shake...
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Researchers Capture A Zebrafish's Thought Process On Video
And what is the fish thinking about? Spoiler: food. What's in a thought? When it comes to the zebrafish, now you can see for yourself. For the first time, Japanese researchers have captured video of...
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NASA Will Launch A 13,000-Square-Foot Solar Sail Next Year
Sunjammer, The World's Largest Solar Sail DemonstratorL'GardeThe largest solar sail the solar system has ever seen weighs only 70 pounds. NASA's new heavy lift rocket isn't the only massive space...
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Controlled Evolution In A Test Tube Produces Artificial Enzymes
Artificial Enzymes From Evolution This visual explainer should clarify the process. University of Minnesota / Peggy RinardResearchers at the University of Minnesota have just created an artificial...
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By The Numbers: The U.S.'s Warmest Year Yet [Infographic]
A PopSci interactive of the 30,854 record-breaking highs recorded across the country in 2012 In the U.S., 2012 was the warmest year since national record keeping began in 1895. From January through...
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Roam The Grand Canyon Virtually With Google Maps
Google At The Grand Canyon Google is bringing its street-view empire to the Grand Canyon. The cameras aren't the coolest, but seeing a panoramic of the Grand Canyon from anywhere? Awesome. Google via...
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Microsoft: Stop Making Us Pay For The Xbox's Video Apps
House of Cards on NetflixMicrosoftMicrosoft is "unlocking" the Xbox's Netflix app this weekend so users can watch a premiere without paying a monthly fee. But Netflix, and all the other video apps,...
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Mapping The Birth Of An Art Movement [Infographic]
Abstract ConnectionsMOMAVisualizing who knew who when abstract art was invented One of the strangest developments in the whole history of human art came in 1911, when famous painters began producing...
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How Homing Pigeons Find Their Way Home
Homing Pigeon Homing pigeons may derive their impeccable navigation skills from their keen sense of low-frequency hearing. Andreas Trepte via WikimediaA new theory explains why homing pigeons are so...
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Are We Running Out Of Scientific Geniuses?
The Greatest Modern Genius Einstein in 1931. Wikimedia CommonsIn the latest issue of Nature, Dean Keith Simonton argues that modern science is just building on what's already known, rather than...
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