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Oldest cache of water on Earth may give clues to early life forms

By Sam Byford on May 17, 2013 01:42 am + 56 comments

Deep below the surface of a small town in Ontario, Canada, scientists have discovered the oldest Continue reading…
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Rain will get more extreme thanks to global warming, says NASA study

By Carl Franzen on May 4, 2013 06:31 am + 189 comments

The forecast for the future of rainfall on Earth is in: over the next hundred years, areas that Continue reading…
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Life on Venus? Scientists rethink the idea of 'habitable' planets

By Carl Franzen on May 2, 2013 02:56 pm + 58 comments

For years, astronomers have been hunting for other planets capable of supporting life. Those efforts Continue reading…
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'Interactive Fish Tank' turns water into a capacitive touchscreen

By Amar Toor on April 5, 2013 06:54 am + 10 comments

"Interactive Fish Tank" is an installation that explores new, wet boundaries in touch-based Continue reading…
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Watch water freeze and flow backwards in elegant optical illusion

By Adi Robertson on March 14, 2013 05:31 pm + 18 comments

With the right camera, a speaker, and a rubber hose, you can make water appear to freeze, move in Continue reading…
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Is there life on Mars? Why the question still eludes us after years of discovery

By Carl Franzen on March 14, 2013 12:00 pm + 92 comments

"Is there life on Mars?" David Bowie crooned in the 1971 glam rock hit of the same name. Four years Continue reading…
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Meet RASSOR, the robot that could help us colonize the moon

By Aaron Souppouris on January 30, 2013 04:58 am + 16 comments

The Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot — RASSOR, for short — is the robot that Continue reading…
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Curiosity Rover planning to drill into Martian rock for the first time, search for evidence of water

By Nathan Ingraham on January 16, 2013 02:00 pm + 14 comments

NASA has announced that the Mars Curiosity Rover is planning to drill into Martian rock for the Continue reading…
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Sony launches the 5-inch, quad-core Xperia Z into the battle for best 1080p Android phone

By Vlad Savov on January 7, 2013 08:01 pm + 61 comments

Sony's flagship phone for 2013 has just been revealed as the Xperia Z. This 5-inch Android 4.1 Continue reading…
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NASA's Curiosity rover finds evidence of ancient stream on Mars

By Andrew Webster on September 27, 2012 05:30 pm + 71 comments

Since landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has brought us plenty of stunning views of the Martian Continue reading…