Technology & Space

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World's 10 Fastest Supercomputers

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Scientists Set Phasers to Stun

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Sci-fi Contact Lenses Get Closer to Reality

The robotic Cassini spacecraft which is now orbiting Saturn looked back toward the eclipsed Sun and saw a view unlike any other.

Fantastic Photos of our Solar System

In the past decade, extraordinary space missions have found water on Mars, magnetic storms on Mercury and volcanoes on the moons of Saturn

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Fun with Science Games

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An Honor and a Party for Stephen Hawking

Galileo was the first to discover the moons of Jupiter.

Galileo's Revolutionary Vision Helped Usher In Modern Astronomy

The Italian scientist turned his telescope toward the stars and changed our view of the universe

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Five Funny Science Sites on the Web

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Forensic Astronomer Tackles Three More Munch Paintings

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Picture of the Week—Fireworks

Conventional wisdom held that only a huge stretch of DNA could function as a gene. The discovery of an overlooked genetic entity upends that view. Croce "was stunned."

High Hopes for a New Kind of Gene

Scientists believe that microRNA may lead to breakthroughs in diagnosing and treating cancer

The ocean's boundless energy (von Jouanne near Oregon's Otter Rock Beach) could furnish up to 6.5 percent of U.S. electricity.

Catching a Wave, Powering an Electrical Grid?

Electrical engineer Annette von Jouanne is pioneering an ingenious way to generate clean, renewable electricity from the sea

Building a robot that humans can love is pretty ambitious. But Javier Movellan (in his San Diego lab with RUBI) says he would like to develop a robot that loves humans.

Robot Babies

Can scientists build a machine that learns as it goes and plays well with others?

Elizabeth Rusch is the author of "Catching a Wave."

Elizabeth Rusch on “Catching a Wave”

Sylvia Pagán Westphal is the author of "High Hopes for a New Kind of Gene."

Sylvia Pagán Westphal on “High Hopes for a New Kind of Gene”

Evidence indicates the wheel was created to serve as potter's wheels around 3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia—300 years before they were used for chariots.

A Salute to the Wheel

Always cited as the hallmark of man’s innovation, here is the real story behind the wheel – from its origins to its reinvention

The Hubble Space Telescope’s Finest Photos

Now that the telescope has received its final upgrades, we look back on Hubble's most memorable images from space

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Become a Mad Scientist

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Learning About Magnets, Electricity and Acceleration at the Amusement Park

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Wanted: Chief Scientific Advisor for MI5

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