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It's like the trippy parts of A Space Odyssey for Google Chrome, basically. Here's a beautiful way to make yourself feel insignificant. A bunch of space-loving Google employees got together to make 100,000 Stars, a virtu...

Soft robotic fingers, robots that can open doors, and a robotic sea turtle--iRobot's R&D guys stopped by to show us their latest projects yesterday, and we're passing the awesomeness on to you. The nice folks at iRobot w...

Chevron's Aug. 6 fire re-ignited questions many Richmond residents have asked for years. What does it mean to live next to the largest refinery on the West Coast? What are people living in the city breathing?

Can you imagine telling someone a century ago that a hundred years hence a stack of electrified silicon would be studying for its medical exam? It’s the stuff of Star Trek. (“Computer? Early Grey, hot.�...

The Leonids are back: the annual meteor shower of November that offers us the chance to see a bit of very ancient history disintegrate in a fiery second.

Consumer-grade multi-material printers could hit the market in the next decade. Here's why that matters. In 1984, inventor Charles Hull built the first rapid-prototyping machine, a massive device that turned digital blue...

Analysing images to find what aspects evoke which feelings could allow computers to create art that packs an emotional punch

PopSci thought experiment: If we were to make a famous building today, what would we do differently? Two architects and a civil engineer weigh in. Part of the reason we're enamored with our famous buildings is for the se...

The story of the disgraced former CIA director shows how easy it is to piece together someone's online secrets

Jimi Hendrix sang: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky." You might have the same urge when you look at the purple haze in this image of a supernova remnant

Super-smart next-generation spacebots will fix or salvage spacecraft on the fly (full text available to subscribers)

Some South American katydids seem to have evolved super-sensitive ears on their legs which may help them tell potential mates from foes

Delayed by five years, a report warns of the huge damage that sabotage of the US power grid could cause. But much has changed since it was written

Sony's Wonderbook: Book of Spells for PlayStation 3 goes beyond gimmickry with augmented reality that is integral to an engrossing gameplay experience

See how a brain stimulation cap can help you improve your mathematical ability while you play a video game

For the first time, the patterns of brain activity that represent the meaning of specific words have been identified

A new generation of colour-changing LED light bulbs may help you relax, concentrate, or even improve your sleep habits

Schizophrenia wrecks the lives of millions worldwide – and has defeated researchers looking for a single cause. Time for complex new thinking, says Aiden Corvin (full text available to subscribers)

When every police-citizen interaction is recorded, maybe we'll be nicer to each other. Memo to Salt Lake City Police Department: Lifeblogging was never cool. Neither, come to think of it, are the glasses you see above. B...