May 10 2013
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People who observed their own brain activity using real-time fMRI feedback were better able to control and reduce…
Apr 27 2012
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An ultra-fast tiny laser can work as a miniature scalpel inside the body, making careful incisions or excisions…
Sep 2 2011
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For now at least, the moon is like the sea: everyone can use it, but no one can own it. In 1967 the U.S. and the…
Jun 2 2011
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Like a long-distance romance, quantum entanglement is a fragile interaction; one moment, two particles can be…
May 27 2011
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Disney researchers apparently don't feel that your video games are realistic enough. Engineers at the company's…
Apr 29 2011
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PopSci's a forward thinking place, but their vintage stuff is worth a check too—harkening back to a simpler time…
Apr 29 2011
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Los Alamos National Labs is often associated with bombs, and the one it dropped today is no less likely to stir up…
Jul 16 2010
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On the left, we have an issue of Popular Science from 1925. On the right we have an issue of the same magazine from…
May 1 2010
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Apple priced digital downloads lower than CDs. Amazon said a digital book should be cheaper than a paper one. But…
Apr 3 2010
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I honestly can't tell you what it's like to see and touch and consume news, magazines and comics on the iPad. You…
Mar 3 2010
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In 2002, to experience augmented reality was to lash 26 pounds of equipment to your body and hobble waywardly within…
Feb 24 2010
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As we've been hearing for months, 2010 is going to be a year of belt-tightening for NASA. But it still has some…
Feb 3 2010
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If bacteria settle in between your teeth and form a cavity, your dentist must drill through your tooth just to get…
Jan 20 2010
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What's cooler than a hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing)…
Jan 19 2010
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The People's Republic has unveiled more details on its quest to phase U.S.-made processors from its microchip diet.…
Jan 14 2010
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LCDs, make way for LPDs. Xconomy reports on a California startup's new laser phosphor displays (LPDs) that use just…
Nov 20 2009
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Bright ideas and products in skiing and snowboarding, from a Norwegian hotel built into a mountainside to an…
Nov 18 2009
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Some of it I really do plan to use. Some of it I can't even identify. Hi. My name is Vin and I'm an addict. I can't…
May 20 2009
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One year ago, some Popular Mechanics editors set out with the broad goal of building the most ridiculously…
Feb 16 2009
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Pop Sci has a tutorial on how to build supplementary LED grow lights for plants. I'd assume you should use LEDs with…