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How Robots Will Do the Heavy Lifting in the Sahara and Antarctica

Building in the Sahara Graham Murdoch Already under construction, these two projects are saving humans from having to work in two of the most inhospitable environments on the planet: the Sahara...

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Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Peruvian Burial Ground

Ancient Peruvian Sacrifice Click here to get a bigger view of this amazing image. Mariana Bazo/Reuters Last August in Huanchaquito, a town on the arid northern coast of Peru, the winter winds...

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Tesla's Model S Sets a New Standard for Battery-Powered Cars

Tesla Model S Tesla Until now, there hasn't been an all-electric car fit for road-tripping. But Tesla's Model S, due out late in 2012, is made for extended drives. Its battery goes up to 300 miles on...

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Gallery: Interactive Gym Equipment to Make You Sweat Smarter

ProForm Tour de France Claire Benoist View Photo GalleryWorking out can be boring, and sometimes the easiest way to get moving is to be entertained. But new interactive gym equipment brings real-world...

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Artificially Intelligent Thermostat Automatically Creates a Climate Schedule...

Nest Learning Thermostat Claire Benoist Programmable thermostats help save money by resetting the temperature when homeowners are asleep or away. But setting them up can be painstaking, and 89 percent...

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The Goods: January 2012's Hottest Gadgets

Gibson Firebird X Claire Benoist View Photo GalleryEvery month we search far and wide to bring you a dozen of the best new ideas in gear. These gadgets are the first, the best and the latest. Check...

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Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster

Machine Aged Chris Buzelli It takes only 48 hours to distill a barrel of whiskey. The next decade is spent making it taste good. The liquor undergoes constant chemical changes, some from the charred...

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A Recumbent Tricycle Allows Those Who Have Trouble Balancing to Cycle

Support Vehicle Coherent Images Our inspiration came from a classmate who has spina bifida—a split spine—and can't ride a regular bike. Our trike has extra back support and a steering system to make...

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Amazon's Kindle Fire Is Blazingly Fast for a Mobile Device

Burning Up the Web Alison Seiffer After last year's flood of largely indistinguishable Android tablets, it's natural to glance at Amazon's wildly different Kindle Fire and think "iPad killer." But...

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A Dozen Science and Tech Stories to Expect in 2012

Asteroid Fly-By On January 31, the 20-mile-long asteroid Eros makes its closest pass by Earth in 37 years. It will miss us by 16.5 million miles, but that's still close enough for amateur astronomers...

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With A New Core Material, Skis Can Handle Both Powder And Ice

Skis For Any Slope Claire Benoist Until now, there hasn't been an all-mountain ski that rides well in any conditions. Skis must be either sturdy and narrow to chop through icy snow or flexible and...

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The Helmet That Can Save Football

Helmet Wars Travis Rathbone View Photo GalleryOn August 19, 2012, in week two of the NFL preseason, Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Austin Collie ran 17 yards out from the line of scrimmage, cut...

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FYI: What Happens If I Put Rocket Fuel In My Gas Tank?

Rocket Fuel StockTrek/Getty Images If your car is a diesel, it will run. Liquid hydrogen, the fuel that powered the space shuttle's main engines, could work, says Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, an...

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FYI: Why Do Libraries Have That Smell?

Library Smell Greg Friedler/Getty Images The musty smell is most likely cellulose decay. Since the mid-19th century, when papermakers began using groundwood pulp in place of cotton or linen, most...

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FYI: Is It Possible To Control Our Dreams?

Spaceship! Ollie Bland Yes, but only with practice. The best place to start is right before bed. Deirdre Barrett, a professor of psychology at Harvard University and author of The Committee of Sleep,...

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The Goods: January 2012's Hottest Gadgets

Every month we search far and wide to bring you a dozen of the best new ideas in gear. These gadgets are the first, the best and the latest. Check out the gallery below to get the first look at what...

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Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster

It takes only 48 hours to distill a barrel of whiskey. The next decade is spent making it taste good. The liquor undergoes constant chemical changes, some from the charred…

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A Recumbent Tricycle Allows Those Who Have Trouble Balancing to Cycle

Our inspiration came from a classmate who has spina bifida—a split spine—and can't ride a regular bike. Our trike has extra back support and a steering system to make turning…

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Amazon's Kindle Fire Is Blazingly Fast for a Mobile Device

After last year’s flood of largely indistinguishable Android tablets, it’s natural to glance at Amazon’s wildly different Kindle Fire and think “iPad killer.” But although…

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A Dozen Science and Tech Stories to Expect in 2012

The coming year is going to be a big one in all kinds of areas, from space to supercomputing, research done both above and below the ocean, examinations into our distant past…

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