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Save the world by not giving out unwanted free phone chargers
UK operator O2 says that 82 percent of customers don't actually want the free charger.
UK operator O2 says that 82 percent of customers don't actually want the free charger.
Research shows—surprise—automated diagnostic apps miss actual cancers.
A full image obtained with far fewer pixels.
Would fly a probe directly into a near-Earth object at 6.25km/s.
A mouse's intricate architectural tastes are the product of "modular" genetics.
Catches defective wafers before they're processed into solar cells.
How to tell the robots from the humans even if you can't hear the conversation?
Many antibodies get made in a surprising factory—animals.
A few proteins are enough to cause dramatic changes in a surface's reflections.
A bag of rocks and some height provide the power for GravityLight.
NASA funds an inflatable expansion from a commercial space startup.
Altered neurons link up to a different brain region.
Why eat less when you can instead eject pre-vomit directly into a toilet?
Bacterial passengers help transform the chemistry in cloud droplets.
Someone in the White House pays attention to studies of effective communication.
As the flu season gets serious, we revisit our coverage of influenza biology.
"Is that just math you do as a skeptic to make yourself feel better?"
No Mayan apocalypse, and asteroid Apophis will miss us in both 2029 and 2036.
Compton frequency of the atom is made accessible to experimental measurement.
Water drives a device through a cycle that can charge a capacitor.
Building's status depends on careful accounting of natural gas sources.
Using quantum key distribution can detect radar jamming, at least in theory.
Nanophotonic phased array has many applications in communications and medicine.
Snow took the year off in some regions of the country.
Everyone from Pliny the Elder to Tennyson has written about giant squid.
'Scan, upload, match' is the new 'rip, mix, burn'
We take a look at some of the Start menu alternatives for Windows 8.
A minimum wage gig in the 1990s turns into pretty much the Best Job Ever.
CES is a gigantic, tangled web of a show—we try to unravel the relevant threads.