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New Federal Rules To Require Black Boxes to Record Driver Activity in Every Car
Technology

New Federal Rules To Require Black Boxes to Record Driver Activity in Every Car

By Rebecca Boyle

The Top 10 New Species of 2011
Animals

The Top 10 New Species of 2011

By Rebecca Boyle

As Congress Fusses Over Climate Semantics, the U.S. Faces a Weather Satellite Gap
Environment

As Congress Fusses Over Climate Semantics, the U.S. Faces a Weather Satellite Gap

By Rebecca Boyle

With Electrical Stimulation to the Spinal Cord, Paralyzed Man Walks Again
Health

With Electrical Stimulation to the Spinal Cord, Paralyzed Man Walks Again

By Rebecca Boyle

Is the Ending of the Shuttle Program a Setback for Space Science, Or a New Opportunity?
Science

Is the Ending of the Shuttle Program a Setback for Space Science, Or a New Opportunity?

By Rebecca Boyle

Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell
Health

Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell

By Rebecca Boyle

China’s Moon Ambitions: Rover in 2013, Bring Home Samples in 2017, and a Manned Base to Follow
Science

China’s Moon Ambitions: Rover in 2013, Bring Home Samples in 2017, and a Manned Base to Follow

By Rebecca Boyle

Tiny Fractal-Shaped Eye Implants Could Mimic Neurons, Allowing Blind Patients to See
Technology

Tiny Fractal-Shaped Eye Implants Could Mimic Neurons, Allowing Blind Patients to See

By Rebecca Boyle

NASA Gravity Experiment Finds Space-Time Vortex Around Earth, Like a Vat of Fourth-Dimensional Molasses
NASA

NASA Gravity Experiment Finds Space-Time Vortex Around Earth, Like a Vat of Fourth-Dimensional Molasses

By Rebecca Boyle

Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound
Aviation

Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound

By Rebecca Boyle

Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time
Robots

Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time

By Rebecca Boyle

The World’s Biggest Space Experiment Launches Tomorrow, Ready to Find Dark Matter and Alternate Universes
International Space Station

The World’s Biggest Space Experiment Launches Tomorrow, Ready to Find Dark Matter and Alternate Universes

By Rebecca Boyle

Government Says Biotech Companies Can Be Their Own Safety Testers
Technology

Government Says Biotech Companies Can Be Their Own Safety Testers

By Rebecca Boyle

New Bill Directs NASA Back to the Moon By 2022, With Permanent Habitation In Mind
Moons

New Bill Directs NASA Back to the Moon By 2022, With Permanent Habitation In Mind

By Rebecca Boyle

Bee Hackers Help Hives With Unconventional Tools
Animals

Bee Hackers Help Hives With Unconventional Tools

By Rebecca Boyle

Atomic Gardens, the Biotechnology of the Past, Can Teach Lessons About the Future of Farming
Agriculture

Atomic Gardens, the Biotechnology of the Past, Can Teach Lessons About the Future of Farming

By Rebecca Boyle

Self-Correcting Laser Rifle Sight Gives the Most Accurate Shot Yet
Military

Self-Correcting Laser Rifle Sight Gives the Most Accurate Shot Yet

By Rebecca Boyle

Your iPhone Keeps a Secret Log of Everywhere You Go, Security Experts Find
Technology

Your iPhone Keeps a Secret Log of Everywhere You Go, Security Experts Find

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Robots Finally Enter Crippled Japanese Nuclear Reactor, Find High Radiation Levels
Technology

Video: Robots Finally Enter Crippled Japanese Nuclear Reactor, Find High Radiation Levels

By Rebecca Boyle

Hydrocarbons Could Form Deep In the Earth From Methane, Not Animal Remains
Dinosaurs

Hydrocarbons Could Form Deep In the Earth From Methane, Not Animal Remains

By Rebecca Boyle

Blending Wool and Kevlar Could Make Better, Lighter Body Armor
Military

Blending Wool and Kevlar Could Make Better, Lighter Body Armor

By Rebecca Boyle

World Health Officials Debate Whether To Destroy Last Existing Samples of Smallpox
Health

World Health Officials Debate Whether To Destroy Last Existing Samples of Smallpox

By Rebecca Boyle

Florida, California, Washington D.C. and New York City to Receive Retired Space Shuttles
Science

Florida, California, Washington D.C. and New York City to Receive Retired Space Shuttles

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Powerful Magnets Pointed At British Editor’s Head Prevent Him From Reciting A Nursery Rhyme
Technology

Video: Powerful Magnets Pointed At British Editor’s Head Prevent Him From Reciting A Nursery Rhyme

By Rebecca Boyle

Are Aliens Living On Planets Inside Black Holes?
Black Holes

Are Aliens Living On Planets Inside Black Holes?

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: In Roiling Seas, Navy Laser Sets a Ship On Fire
Technology

Video: In Roiling Seas, Navy Laser Sets a Ship On Fire

By Rebecca Boyle

Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Akin To Human Milk
Animals

Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Akin To Human Milk

By Rebecca Boyle

Ground-Up Animal Meat and Bone Could Be Turned Into Biodegradable Plastics
Environment

Ground-Up Animal Meat and Bone Could Be Turned Into Biodegradable Plastics

By Rebecca Boyle

Infrared Light Pulses Could Make Better Bionics for Deafness, Blindness and More
Science

Infrared Light Pulses Could Make Better Bionics for Deafness, Blindness and More

By Rebecca Boyle

tool kit
Archaeology

Ancient Portable Tool Kit Shows Humans Settled North America Much Earlier Than Scientists Thought

By Rebecca Boyle

As Cooling Efforts Continue, Japanese Officials Consider Burying Fukushima Plant
Technology

As Cooling Efforts Continue, Japanese Officials Consider Burying Fukushima Plant

By Rebecca Boyle

Scientists Say They May Have Found Lost City of Atlantis Near Spain
Archaeology

Scientists Say They May Have Found Lost City of Atlantis Near Spain

By Rebecca Boyle

Polar-Mounted Laser Could Zap Space Junk, Protecting Satellites and the Space Station
International Space Station

Polar-Mounted Laser Could Zap Space Junk, Protecting Satellites and the Space Station

By Rebecca Boyle

Next Week Messenger Probe Will Become First Craft To Orbit Mercury
Technology

Next Week Messenger Probe Will Become First Craft To Orbit Mercury

By Rebecca Boyle

My Visit to An American Rare Earth Metals Mine
Energy

My Visit to An American Rare Earth Metals Mine

By Rebecca Boyle

Largest Undersea Cable Ever Could Export Iceland’s Abundant Geothermal Power to the Rest of Europe
Energy

Largest Undersea Cable Ever Could Export Iceland’s Abundant Geothermal Power to the Rest of Europe

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Drones Perform Closest-Ever Autonomous Refueling Maneuver
Technology

Video: Drones Perform Closest-Ever Autonomous Refueling Maneuver

By Rebecca Boyle

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues
Biology

NASA Scientist Claims to See Alien Life In Meteorites, Controversy Ensues

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: New Microscope Produces 3-D Movies of Live Cells In Action
Health

Video: New Microscope Produces 3-D Movies of Live Cells In Action

By Rebecca Boyle

Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]
Engineering

Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]

By Rebecca Boyle

Kepler’s Ongoing Exoplanet Findings Show Bizarre Solar Systems And Peculiar Planets
Deep Space

Kepler’s Ongoing Exoplanet Findings Show Bizarre Solar Systems And Peculiar Planets

By Rebecca Boyle

Native Chinese Supercomputer Could Be World’s Most Efficient
Technology

Native Chinese Supercomputer Could Be World’s Most Efficient

By Rebecca Boyle

World’s Most Powerful Optical Microscope Lets Researchers See Inside Viruses
Health

World’s Most Powerful Optical Microscope Lets Researchers See Inside Viruses

By Rebecca Boyle

Scientists Book Trips Aboard Private Spaceships, In An Industry First
Private Space Flight

Scientists Book Trips Aboard Private Spaceships, In An Industry First

By Rebecca Boyle

As Shuttle Program Winds Down, Astronauts Weigh A Future With No Spaceship To Fly
Technology

As Shuttle Program Winds Down, Astronauts Weigh A Future With No Spaceship To Fly

By Rebecca Boyle

Large New NIH Study Finds That Cell Phone Use Does Affect Brain Activity
Health

Large New NIH Study Finds That Cell Phone Use Does Affect Brain Activity

By Rebecca Boyle

One Billion Hectares Worldwide Have Now Been Planted With Genetically Modified Crops
Agriculture

One Billion Hectares Worldwide Have Now Been Planted With Genetically Modified Crops

By Rebecca Boyle

Obama Puts $126 Million Toward Next-Generation Exascale Computer Research
Gear

Obama Puts $126 Million Toward Next-Generation Exascale Computer Research

By Rebecca Boyle

From NACHOS to MAHEM: Naming The World’s Most Advanced Military Tech
DARPA

From NACHOS to MAHEM: Naming The World’s Most Advanced Military Tech

By Rebecca Boyle

Researching Stress, Scientists May Have Accidentally Found Baldness Cure
Health

Researching Stress, Scientists May Have Accidentally Found Baldness Cure

By Rebecca Boyle

New Device Uses Electromagnetic Pulses to Detonate IEDs From a Safe Distance
Army

New Device Uses Electromagnetic Pulses to Detonate IEDs From a Safe Distance

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks
Animals

Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks

By Rebecca Boyle

New NASA Designs for a Reusable Manned Deep-Space Craft, Nautilus-X
Deep Space

New NASA Designs for a Reusable Manned Deep-Space Craft, Nautilus-X

By Rebecca Boyle

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain
Internet

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain

By Rebecca Boyle

Private Space Industry Could Pay For Military Communications and Commercialized Mars Missions
Private Space Flight

Private Space Industry Could Pay For Military Communications and Commercialized Mars Missions

By Rebecca Boyle

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy
Biology

With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid Collisions
Science

Video: Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid Collisions

By Rebecca Boyle

Private Company Wants To Put a Robot on the Moon Next Year
Private Space Flight

Private Company Wants To Put a Robot on the Moon Next Year

By Rebecca Boyle

Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt
Health

Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt

By Rebecca Boyle

Woodpeckers’ Heads Inspire New Shock-Absorbing Systems for Electronics and Humans
Animals

Woodpeckers’ Heads Inspire New Shock-Absorbing Systems for Electronics and Humans

By Rebecca Boyle

Water Flea Genome is the Most Complex Yet, and May Help Scientists Study Organisms’ Response to Stress
Animals

Water Flea Genome is the Most Complex Yet, and May Help Scientists Study Organisms’ Response to Stress

By Rebecca Boyle

A Company Seeks Ubiquitous Iris Scans On PCs, ATMs and Cell Phones
Technology

A Company Seeks Ubiquitous Iris Scans On PCs, ATMs and Cell Phones

By Rebecca Boyle

Attractive Italian Viaduct Has Wind Turbines Built In
Energy

Attractive Italian Viaduct Has Wind Turbines Built In

By Rebecca Boyle

New-Found Cornucopia of Exoplanets More Than Doubles the Current Cosmic Census
Science

New-Found Cornucopia of Exoplanets More Than Doubles the Current Cosmic Census

By Rebecca Boyle