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  • #futurism

    15 Reasons To Live For The Next 10 Years

    The 2000s left us feeling battered, but the 2010s are looking awesome. Thanks to recent scientific research and an explosion of cultural interest in science fiction, there are at least 15 brilliant reasons to stick around for another decade. More »
  • #imagecache

    What Is This? The Year's Most Mysterious Images

    It's been a great year in pictures—some more identifiable than others. Here is a retrospective of 2009's best mystery shots. Care to take another guess? More »
  • #biomedical

    In These Solar Eye Circuits, Light is the Power and Signal

    Researchers have been tinkering with contact and implanted eye sensors and electronics for some while, but here's a way around the problem of powering that gear: use the same light entering the eye to power it. More »
  • #screens

    The Hunt For the Perfect Screen

    As I stood in the corner of a small, cluttered optics lab at MIT, the professor flipped a switch. The room filled with an electrical buzz, and suddenly a holographic video popped out at my face. More »
  • #space

    Voyager Unveils the Mystery of the Interstellar Fluff from Hell

    For years, astronomers have been puzzled by the fact that our solar system is crossing a cloud of interstellar hell. One that shouldn't be there at all. Intergalactic plot to keep us isolated or cosmic event? Voyager got the answer. More »
  • #holidayshopping

    The Secret Lives of Amazon's Elves

    If Amazon is Santa, 400 folks living in RVs outside the Coffeyville, Kansas fulfillment center this winter are the elves.
  • #power

    What Is This?

    When I first saw this abstract image, I thought I was looking at some weird crystals, or maybe some snowflakes under the microscope using polarized light. The answer was much more amazingerest and surprising than that. More »
  • #batteries

    Panasonic Home Lithium Storage Battery Can Power Your House For a Week

    After officially taking over Sanyo earlier this week, Panasonic is hitting the ground running with a joint venture aimed at developing a powerful lithium-ion storage battery than could store enough juice to power an average [Japanese] home for a week. More »
  • #toys

    Solar-Powered Cockroaches, I Will Smack You Too

    Why people insist on creating things to freak the hell out of me? There's only one thing I hate more than cockroaches, and that's nazis. I'm sure the solar-powered $15 cockroach bot was created by the latter. [Gadget4all via Nerd Approved]