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  InSight lander: NASA returns to Mars in 2016 for geologic discovery

  By Evan Rodgers on August 20, 2012 07:02 pm + 26 comments

  While the NASA's Curiosity rover explores the surface of Mars, NASA has another mission planned that Continue reading…

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  Nuclear-powered Mars rover fires first laser

  By Louis Goddard on August 20, 2012 04:14 am + 55 comments

  NASA's Curiosity rover, which touched down on the surface of Mars two weeks ago, has made the first Continue reading…

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  Harvard Medical School researchers encode full-length novel in DNA

  By Evan Rodgers on August 16, 2012 07:39 pm + 31 comments

  Researchers at Harvard Medical School have encoded a full-length HTML ebook, including rich Continue reading…

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  'The Oatmeal' launches campaign to build a Nikola Tesla museum

  By Amar Toor on August 16, 2012 02:58 am + 42 comments

  Nikola Tesla is widely regarded as one of the most important inventors the world has ever seen, but Continue reading…

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  New insect species identified through Flickr

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 13, 2012 07:01 am + 34 comments

  In May last year, photographer Guek Hock Ping took photos of a lacewing in Malaysia and posted them Continue reading…

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  Curiosity rover's gorgeous pictures from the surface of Mars

  By Amar Toor on August 12, 2012 09:03 pm + 155 comments

  NASA's Curiosity rover has begun sending back its first high-resolution photographs of Mars, and Continue reading…

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  Mars photos from NASA's Curiosity rover

  on August 12, 2012 09:03 pm + 11 comments

  Pictures from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. Continue reading…

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  Space shuttle Endeavour's final journey to Los Angeles

  By Amar Toor on August 9, 2012 12:15 am + 5 comments

  The space shuttle Endeavour will be arriving in Los Angeles in a few weeks, and Spaceflight Now has Continue reading…

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  Curiosity: 17 cameras, plutonium, and an 11-year-old computer

  By Kimber Streams on August 7, 2012 08:21 pm + 66 comments

  Curiosity has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, and this car-sized rover is absolutely Continue reading…

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  NASA releases color video of Curiosity's dramatic descent

  By Amar Toor on August 7, 2012 02:29 am + 135 comments

  After having successfully landed on the Mars yesterday, NASA's Curiosity rover has now begun Continue reading…