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Laptops of the Future May Not Have Space Bars
A recent Google patent points to a time when trackpads replace the trusty key
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Brewmasters Now Using DNA Techniques to Spot Bad Batches
Instead of waiting for bacteria to grow, a quick genetic test can identify problem brews
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Harnessing the Power of Peer Pressure Could Help Reduce Traffic
People are more likely to carpool if they think their peers are doing it too
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Eau de Death: Perfumer Develops Scents Based on Dead Loved Ones
A French perfumer is attempting to harness the emotional power of scent
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SOS! The FAA Gives the Go-Ahead for Emergency Rescue Company to Use Drones
A Maine-based search and rescue company is the first of its kind to win FAA approval to experiment with drones
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An Imagined Catalogue of Self-Assembling Furniture
The furniture of the future will put itself together
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A Record-Breaking Clock Won’t Lose a Second For Another 15 Billion Years
Strontium atomic clocks could eventually help scientists map the Earth’s shape
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Lifeless Venus Could Hold the Key to Life on Earth
Earth’s sister planet is astonishingly hostile to life, but exactly how it got that way has researchers intrigued
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Scientists Want to Use Lasers to Shoot Down Space Junk
The idea sounds farfetched, but it may be better than previous solutions
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Why Astronomers Are Fighting Back Against Robotic Lawnmowers
It’s a feud fueled by radio frequencies
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Disney’s Getting Into 3D-Printing Soft, Cuddly Things
The world of cartoons is going to get a little realer
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Scientists Bombard the Earth With Asteroids to Practice Saving It
The Planetary Defense Conference doesn’t just have papers and seminars. It also has an asteroid disaster scenario to solve.
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Levitating Train Breaks Speed Record in Japan
This magnetic levitation bullet train is capable of speeds of 366 miles per hour—and possibly more
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Why You Can’t Listen to Radio On Your Smartphone
There’s an FM radio on your phone…but you likely can’t use it
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Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out If Humans Can Hibernate
Studies of hibernators and experiments inducing short-term torpor in humans may answer whether human hibernation is possible
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What If Job Interviews Were Automated?
New study shows that computers can predict how applicants will do at interviews
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Forget Fake Meat…How About Fake Milk?
Move over, soy—a group of bio-hackers is trying to turn snippets of DNA into milk-producing yeast
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These Magic Toothbrushes Work Without Toothpaste
A new brush—and an old one, too—that don’t rely on possibly harmful pastes to make your smile shine
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