Science articles

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  Meet Lamar Smith: SOPA author, climate change skeptic, and Congress' next science boss

  By T.C. Sottek on December 5, 2012 01:00 pm + 420 comments

  You're looking at a man who will soon sit in a powerful chair. His name is Representative Lamar Continue reading…

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  The challenges involved in creating the perfect elevator experience

  By Ben Kersey on December 5, 2012 08:31 am + 15 comments

  It’s easy to take something as simple as the elevator for granted, but there are a huge number of Continue reading…

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  World's oldest dinosaur fossil discovered in a museum

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 5, 2012 04:56 am + 27 comments

  Scientists have identified a new species that may have lived 15 million years earlier than any other Continue reading…

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  NASA announces new rover mission launch in 2020, says new plans take a 'significant step' towards human visitation

  By T.C. Sottek on December 4, 2012 05:04 pm + 76 comments

  NASA has just announced new plans for additional Mars missions, building on its ongoing Curiosity Continue reading…

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  MIT researchers use magnets and motors to create tiny shape-shifting robots

  By Kimber Streams on December 3, 2012 08:46 pm + 10 comments

  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a series of tiny, motorized Continue reading…

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  NASA unveils discovery of organic compounds on Mars, still no 'definitive evidence' of life

  By Kimber Streams on December 3, 2012 01:11 pm + 65 comments

  While discussing the results of Curiosity's highly anticipated soil tests at a press conference Continue reading…

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  Plastic light bulbs have all the benefits of LEDs, none of the downsides

  By Ben Kersey on December 3, 2012 06:44 am + 76 comments

  Scientists at the Wake Forest University have created a new type of light bulb that promises to be Continue reading…

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  Department of Energy kicks off five-year, $120 million battery research program

  By Louis Goddard on December 2, 2012 11:47 pm + 86 comments

  Work has begun at a new research hub coordinated by the US Department of Energy (DoE), with the aim Continue reading…

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  'The Last Pictures' could be the Earth's final time capsule

  By Ben Kersey on December 1, 2012 02:47 pm + 49 comments

  Human beings have buried time capsules throughout history for future generations to find, but artist Continue reading…

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  NASA dashes hopes for Curiosity discovery, says there is no 'definitive evidence' of life on Mars

  By Kimber Streams on November 29, 2012 03:14 pm + 67 comments

  Today NASA announced that the swirling speculation around the Mars rover Curiosity's recent soil Continue reading…