Science articles

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  Portable laser can tell if you're eating your fruits and vegetables

  By Andrew Webster on May 31, 2012 09:47 am + 6 comments

  For those of us that often forget — sometimes conveniently — how many fruits and vegetables we Continue reading…

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  The Wirecutter investigates the standing desk and how sitting may be killing you

  By Evan Rodgers on May 30, 2012 03:09 pm + 51 comments

  Standing desks are kind of a thing here at The Verge — Laura June, Joshua Kopstein, and even Paul Continue reading…

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  Could phantom limb therapy lead to more sensory video games?

  By Amar Toor on May 30, 2012 03:03 am + 2 comments

  Recent years have seen a surge in video game-related medical research, with results showing that Continue reading…

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  Adam Savage at Maker Faire: 'Why We Make'

  By Evan Rodgers on May 28, 2012 12:48 pm + 9 comments

  Adam Savage delivered a speech entitled "Why We Make" at this year's Maker Faire. In it, Savage Continue reading…

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  Physicist depicts Large Hadron Collider in da Vinci-style sketches

  By Amar Toor on May 26, 2012 08:45 pm + 6 comments

  Leonardo da Vinci didn't invent the Large Hadron Collider, but if he had, this is what his sketches Continue reading…

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  Google to provide Raspberry Pis and Arduinos, train teachers for UK schools

  By Andrew Webster on May 25, 2012 12:18 am + 11 comments

  Google has announced a three-year partnership with UK organization Teach First, which aims to Continue reading…

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  NASA develops speedy vacuum tube prototype for computers in space

  By Andrew Webster on May 24, 2012 11:26 am + 9 comments

  While semiconductors replaced vacuum tubes as the go-to way to conduct electrical current in our Continue reading…

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  Map of Life aims to digitally catalog and pinpoint the Earth's species

  By Amar Toor on May 15, 2012 03:18 am + 5 comments

  A team of researchers has embarked on a potentially groundbreaking project known as the Map of Life Continue reading…

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  Sound in space: how waves behave in almost zero gravity

  By Jamie Keene on May 14, 2012 08:31 am + 19 comments

  There might not be any air in space, but NASA scientist and astronaut Don Pettit has come up with a Continue reading…

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  ZeroN magnetic levitation system can play back movements in space

  By Amar Toor on May 13, 2012 11:41 pm + 9 comments

  Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed a rather remarkable device known as ZeroN — a Continue reading…