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    Mars May Hide Secret Water Table  Jun 27, 2009
    Well, that's pretty much what popular science magazines do ... What you are reading is scientific speculation, which is fair game for a popular science magazine. (Newsmax)

    Menino column: Turning Beantown into Greentown  Jun 26, 2009
    Last year Popular Science magazine named Boston the third greenest in America. My administration has worked hard to make our city a leader in sustainable design and environmental awareness through initiatives such as a first-of-its-kind green building zoning code and Grow Boston Greener, which aims to plant 100,000 new trees by 2020. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)

    ARA Safety Announces Change to Its U.S. Fire Service Dealer Program  Jun 17, 2009
    In November 2008, ARA Safety's FIT-5 was included in Popular Science Magazine's Best of What's New in 2008. To learn more about ARA Safety and FIT visit www. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)

    John Rennie Recollects the Moon Landing  Jun 16, 2009
    That is why I have always felt that part of the absolute best popular science writing can do is to bring audiences along with the scientists and help them share personally in the adventure of those explorations, even if the scientists never wander outside a laboratory and the readers never wander outside a comfortable chair. Twenty years ago this month I walked in the door and found a desk at Scientific American. (Scientific American)

    Researchers race to strip stem cells of cancer risk  Jun 2, 2009
    "What the investigators have accomplished is to discover the reset button for the cell, but the way they currently press it is by hitting it hard with a ball-peen hammer," wrote University of Wisconsin biologist P. Z. Myers in 2007 in his popular science blog, Pharyngula. The latest research has made strides in eliminating the cancer risk. (USA Today)

    Timeline: Kelso through the years  May 24, 2009
    1966: The first skateboard park in the United States at least, according to Popular Science magazine opens in West Kelso next to the foot of the Allen Street Bridge. The 660-foot looping plywood track would close within two years due to lack of business. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Maine company gets praise from Popular Science magazine  May 18, 2009
    The Ripsaw MS1, an unmanned vehicle which recently was honored as one of Popular Science's top inventions of the year ... The full-sized vehicle, which was designed and developed by Eliot-based Howe and Howe Technologies Inc., was honored as one of the top inventions of the year in Popular Science's June issue, currently on newsstands ... In addition to the Popular Science award, Howe said the company is in talks but has not yet confirmed that the Ripsaw could be in an upcoming sequel to the... (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    'Trauma' series still scheduled to film in S.F.  May 17, 2009
    -- A device produced by San Francisco's Rescue Reel Inc. was named one of Popular Science magazine's 2009 Inventions of the Year. The brainchild of San Francisco orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kevin Stone, the device, which stores up to 1,000 feet of cord, enables people trapped in buildings up to 100 stories to secure and quickly lower themselves to the ground. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)

    RPI mushroom guys cited by Popular Science  May 12, 2009
    Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre are among the folks being honored by Popular Science magazine for creating "stunning homebuilt inventions" and being "big-thinking geniuses." ... Their story is featured in the June edition of Popular Science, which is on newsstands now. (Albany Times Union)

    Science Trekkin'  May 11, 2009
    Popular Science doesn't give us much in the way of outer space info, except to say that Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, is "a man who has watched 'Star Wars' dozens of times and every other movie exactly never." Elsewhere, we enjoyed the bit on Carlos Owens of Wasilla, Alaska, who is building an 18-foot-tall, Transformer-like robot that moves to mimic the body motions of the person strapped inside it. This miracle of uber-geekery, wrought from aluminum plates, cables and hydraulics, "can... (New York Post -- Business)

    How Hawking became the "sage" of science  Apr 28, 2009
    His book made it acceptable for young scientists to publish popular explanations of their work to the public, sparking a popular science boom. Despite planning to step down from his post this year, Hawking had said he planned to continue working on problems in his profession, of which he once said that he "was fortunate that I chose theoretical physics, because that is all in the mind.". (USA Today -- Tech)

    A woman's art traces Dad's disappearance  Apr 18, 2009
    Maps may come to mind, or graphics illustrating a popular science publication or half-remembered passages from a particularly elaborate Japanese woodblock print. Nothing parallel to Sales' loss of her father seems to drive Sintamarian's work, merely perhaps a need to see something that corresponds properly to her inner sense of living now. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    UNCOMMON CONVERSATION: Bringing the latest biotech to Nashoba  Apr 9, 2009
    I try to read a lot of popular science to help me know not only what s really current but what might relate to things that might affect the students and things they may be interested in, and I try to come up with different activities each year that relate to those things. I read the New York Times science section, as well. (Bolton Common, MA)

    A full-sized California-style home made of bamboo  Apr 9, 2009
    Construction uses uses GluBam building material hailed by Popular Science in 'Best of What's New in 2008 ... It uses the GluBam technology invented by Xiao, a technology named by Popular Science magazine in its "Best of What's New in 2008" feature. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    Smart people may be less stressed  Apr 6, 2009
    Stress hormones over time are widely known to interfere with memory, an effect described in neuroscientist popular science book, Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers. Chronic stress alters brain chemistry, damaging a part of the brain called the hippocampus, central to memory formation. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Review of "How We Decide," by Jonah Lehrer  Mar 25, 2009
    At 27, Mr. Lehrer is something of a popular science prodigy, having already published, in 2007, "Proust Was a Neuroscientist," which argued that great artists anticipated the insights of modern brain science. "How We Decide" tilts more decisively in the thinking person's self-help direction, promising not only to explain how we decide, but also to help us do it better. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    A real killer headache?  Mar 3, 2009
    His work has appeared in The New York Times, Popular Science, on BBC's The World and on National Public Radio. 2009 msnbc. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Where research meets the marketplace  Feb 27, 2009
    CellScope was one of Popular Science magazine's "Best of What's New" for 2008 and is expected to move into commercial manufacture within a year. Source: UC Berkeley. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)

    Stat cruncher  Feb 26, 2009
    Further exploration of this subject matter can be seen in the popular science book "Chances Are: Adventures in Probability" by Michael and Ellen Kaplan. I would be surprised if the author had not read the book. (BBC News -- UK)

    "How We Decide"  Feb 15, 2009
    With this opening salvo, Jonah Lehrer joins the growing ranks of popular science writers mining cognitive science's ever-expanding evidence underscoring the limits of reason. Since the mid-1990s, when psychologist Daniel Goleman popularized the term "emotional intelligence," it has become fashionable to point out the myriad ways in which unconscious brain mechanisms affect conscious thought. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Theory that shook the world  Feb 15, 2009
    It was a lot of money to spend back then, and a whopping lot to spend now for a popular science hardback. Just what is so remarkable about The Origin of Species, as it is more simply known today, that has kept Darwin in print and curious minds ever since. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    GEORGE B. KAUFFMAN: Birthday is the right time to study Darwin  Feb 8, 2009
    org/origins), and popular science magazines like Scientific American will have special issues on evolution (e. g., www. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 4, 2009  Feb 8, 2009
    The American Chemical Society's Office of Public Affairs (OPA) new satellite press room has quickly become one of the most popular science news sites on Twitter with daily updates on the latest research from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and other news, including links to compelling podcast series, information on the upcoming 237th National Meeting, and the latest recipients of ACS' national awards. To receive press room updates, create a free account at. (EurekAlert!)

    Teacher's trial gets under way  Mar 29, 2008
    He testified the popular science teacher asked him to come back to his classroom later that night to help him with his photography equipment. Beier, the student said, asked him to bring a bathing suit to the classroom and pose for some test shots. (Howard County Times, MD)

    Pre-Inca temple discovered in Peru  Mar 15, 2008
    Secondary Navigation. By ANDREW WHALEN, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 14, 7:09 PM ET. (Yahoo News)

    Nielsen Business Media Announces Leadership Team for New Entertainment Group  Mar 6, 2008
    "In addition to Appelbaum, Mika and Bilbao, Byrne's Entertainment Group leadership team includes Jeff Black, Vice President and General Manager of Back Stage, and Bob Sunshine, Vice President of the Film Exposition Group.Howard Appelbaum, Billboard VP/PublisherAs Billboard VP/Publisher, Appelbaum manages all aspects of the Billboard business including editorial, charts, digital and mobile initiatives, advertising sales, and face-to-face events. He also continues to oversee Nielsen Business... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Can a Man Become a Magnet?  Mar 4, 2008
    Explainer thanks Adam Cohen of Harvard University, Martha Harbison of Popular Science, Lawrence Krauss of Case Western Reserve University, Jim Livingston of MIT, Don Pickrell of the R.B. Annis Company, and Mark Reed of Yale University. Explainer also thanks reader Ann Bartkowski for asking the question. (Slate)

    Bad grades? Faulty memory could be to blame  Mar 3, 2008
    Faulty memory could be to blame - Yahoo. Secondary Navigation. (Yahoo News)

    Japan looks to a robot future  Mar 3, 2008
    Secondary Navigation. By HIROKO TABUCHI, Associated Press Writer Sun Mar 2, 7:25 AM ET. (Yahoo News)

    Beyond the potato cannon  Feb 21, 2008
    Gurstelle, who describes what he does as PG-13 science projects, compares Make to what Popular Science magazine was 25 years ago, full of projects made for people who like to take control of the gadgets and gizmos around them. Wilhelm started an early version of Instructables. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)

    Ancient "devil frog" may have eaten baby dinosaurs  Feb 20, 2008
    The most popular science news stories and photos. NEWS ALERTS. (Yahoo News)

    Do-it-yourself for geeks catching on  Feb 20, 2008
    Gurstelle, who describes what he does as "PG-13 science projects," compares Make to what Popular Science magazine was 25 years ago, full of projects made for people "who like to take control of the gadgets and gizmos around them.". Wilhelm started an early version of while still a starving grad student because he was seeking advice about how to make equipment to support his kite surfing hobby on the cheap. (North County Times)

    Portland named greenest city in America  Feb 16, 2008
    In this month's Popular Science magazine Portland is called the "greenest" city in the United States ... As for that new "greenest city honor" Popular Science says Portland is tops in the nation because of its energy practices, transportation systems, recycling rate, and green building practices. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)

    UN calls water top priority  Jan 25, 2008
    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers his speech during a session on "Time Is Running... RELATED QUOTES 36.01 0.00 59.88 0.00 1352.07 0.00 Delayed Data - 60 MINUTES ON YAHOO! NEWS Exploring the Foja Mountains of Indonesia, one the last places on earth untouched by man. Elsewhere on the Web Time.com: USATODAY.com: ASSIGNMENT EARTH Explore the world's wonders and the battle to save them. MOST POPULAR The most popular science news stories and photos. Add headlines to your personalized My Yahoo!... (Yahoo News)

    Bonnier Titles Sign On to ABC's Rapid Report  Jan 24, 2008
    Bonnier said Parenting, Popular Science, Field & Stream and Outdoor Life would participate starting with their first issues of 2008. A spokesman for the company said more titles would be added in the future. (MediaWeek.com)

    HLB Product Designs Win Multiple Awards and Help Launch an Initial Public Offering  Jan 11, 2008
    Medgenics: A leading medical device company and provider of the Biopump, an implantable medical device, had a successful initial public offering Sears Craftsman: Received the Popular Mechanics Editor's Choice Award for its innovative AXS line of tool chests Westell: UltraLine Series3 residential gateway has been named an International CES Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award honoree in the Home Networking product category Epson: New Ensemble HD Home Cinema System received the... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Sandy Nichols Ward: In his own words: my father's business  Jan 4, 2008
    "How I slipped into the hearing aid business goes back to my early interest in radios. I liked to build, innovate, and experiment with mechanical and electrical things while still in grammar school. "Popular Science" and "Popular Mechanics" were my favorite reading magazines in the Library. In the early 1920s at age of about 10, I succeeded in winding coils on oatmeal boxes, using World War One earphones, and a "cats whisker" hitting a hot spot on a galena crystal, to make a home made radio... (Danvers Herald, MA)

    Purdue students sniff manure for science  Jan 2, 2008
    Secondary Navigation. Tue Jan 1, 10:39 PM ET. (Yahoo News)

    Year's advances  Jan 1, 2008
    You'd think the magazines Science, Discover and Nature, not to mention Scientific American, Popular Science and Time, would agree on what in science has the greatest potential for affecting our lives. But they don't, not by a long shot. (Albany Times Union)

    Ensemble Studios moving to Plano  Dec 31, 2007
    Ensemble Studios' current headline project, "Halo Wars," is a strategy game for the PC and Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, based on the popular science fiction universe. Patrick Hudson, executive producer at Ensemble Studios, said the company will shift operations to Plano in April. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)

    The online list of all lists  Dec 31, 2007
    From Popular Science, a list of technologies developed and released in 2007 that will "drive the next 20 years of innovation.". Google 2007 Year-End Zeitgeist. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)

    Just for whom do we write?  Dec 23, 2007
    Killing time in a doctor s waiting room, they will settle down with National Geographic and Popular Science. Thus, I would write for high school graduates in their most perceptive moments. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Why do those Christmas lights always knot up?  Dec 20, 2007
    Popular Science, Science News, New Scientist and Physics Today all wrote stories. Smith and Raymer's work was an elegantly simple attack on an interesting physics problem: Why does a string tangle when you shake it. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Bright ideas  Dec 16, 2007
    The company was featured in the February 2007 edition of Popular Science magazine for having the first LED flashlight to break the 1,000-lumen-limit barrier, Andrea said. Lumen is a unit of measure of perceived power of light. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)

    BAUER ON EMAP TRAIL  Dec 7, 2007
    "I'd absolutely characterize it as a full blown launch" said Mark Jannot, the editor-in-chief of Popular Science and Science Illustrated. He said the magazine is starting with what is a modest circulation of 100,000 with plans to raise it to 500,000 in five years. (New York Post -- Business)

    Argonne bolsters efforts in security research  Nov 29, 2007
    Ross Anderson, a University of Cambridge professor of security research, said this about the VAT: "The most impressive physical security research team in the world is probably Roger Johnston's Vulnerability Assessment Team at Los Alamos." Indeed, the team has 10 U.S. patents, two Rawards, and was awarded Popular Science magazine's "Best of What's New Award," the LANL Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research, and the LANL Achievement Awards in 2007, 2004, 1999 and 1995. . (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    LA Auto Show: Driving Hondas Fuel-Cell FCX  Nov 25, 2007
    I m old enough to have been reading Popular Science in the 70 s, when fusion was touted as the soon-to-be answer to our power woes. It always seems to be perhaps 10 years away from becoming a reality. (New York Times)

    An Unauthorized Autobiography of Science  Nov 19, 2007
    Chickens notwithstanding, such first-person accounts in popular science books that include the journey and not just the destination afford readers a glimpse into how science is really carried out. Formal science writing what I call the narrative of explanation presents a neat and tidy step-by-step process of Introduction-Methods-Results-Discussion, grounded in a nonexistent scientific method of Observation-Hypothesis-Prediction-Experiment followed in a linear fashion. (Nature News Service)

    Canadian chosen as Discover's top scientist  Nov 18, 2007
    OTTAWA -- "We really want to go for the big fish," says David Charbonneau - the Canadian just chosen as 2007's top scientist by the popular science magazine Discover. It's an appropriate phrase for a guy who wanted to be a marine biologist when he went high school in Ottawa; but then Charbonneau went to university and found astronomy. (Canada.com)

    There are many posts about Bush, religion, the war, illegal aliens, all with differing opinions. We can take some simple facts and leave out the hateful rhetoric. 1--Bush is the most ignorant President in our history. 2--Religion should keep out of the state. It is a private personal belief. 3--The illegal alien invasion is real. It is against the law to sneak across the border. Illegals should be deported. More...  Nov 8, 2007
    DD Wiz wrote on Nov 5, 2007 10:10 PM:" The posted response from "Reardon" (11/5 - 12:04pm) challenged my earlier assertion of unanimity of scientific consensus in peer-reviewed scientific journals by claiming to cite dissenting views in very recently-published scholarly articles. All of those cited are within the last three months, after my most recent compilation, and are at least partially in response to the recent IPCC (UN) panel report on climate change. I promised to review these items and... (North County Times)

    When Dissent Goes Too Far  Nov 2, 2007
    Apparently, these nut jobs haven't read Popular Science magazine's description of how the towers fell. Or Purdue University's study, one of the most prestigious engineering universities in the country. (The New Hampshire, NH)

    Writing home about nothing  Oct 29, 2007
    So despite more than 20 years of writing popular science books, a stint as head of communication and public education at CERN, a season as the Royal Institution's Christmas lecturer and a clutch of awards for his science writing, when we settle down in the dingy basement caf down the street with the tape machine running, he plays down any suggestion he's a literary master of any kind ... Sitting neatly on a sofa, still with his radio voice on after tangling with Melvyn Bragg, he draws a... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    Hanging with CMU professor and genius Luis von Ahn  Oct 23, 2007
    Last year's included a $500,000 MacArthur "genius" grant and a spot on Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10" list. Now the Guatemala-born researcher has been named one of the nation's top young innovators by Smithsonian magazine. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Northern Rock 'is still overpriced'  Oct 22, 2007
    Chairman Matt Ridley, better known as the author of popular science books on evolution and genetics, stood down as chairman last week and was replaced by Bryan , former chairman of. Gadhia also said the Northern Rock name would go. (This is Money)

    Scientist apologizes for hurtful remarks  Oct 19, 2007
    Secondary Navigation. By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Thu Oct 18, 10:10 PM ET. (Yahoo News)

    Princeton professor to give lecture, performance  Oct 16, 2007
    In 2002, Popular Science magazine named him to its Brilliant 10 list of scientists who are shaking up their fields. Still, he gets the most satisfaction out of teaching. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    'Brilliant' minds think alike for good of mankind  Oct 15, 2007
    By John B. Carnett for Popular Science ... By John B. Carnett for Popular Science ... By John B. Carnett for Popular Science. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Think about flexing your mental muscles  Oct 8, 2007
    I have Popular Science, The Economist, a psychology book and the U.S. Tax Code sitting in my bathroom. I ask every successful person I meet for the last few great books they've read, so that I don't miss out. (Albany Times Union)

    Back down to Earth  Oct 3, 2007
    And to my knowledge, there has never been a bestselling popular science book about the differences between right- and left-handed people. Handedness makes an instructive comparison with sex, because it too is associated with differences in the organisation of the brain. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    Isoclima S.p.A. prsentera son nouveau verre CromaLite SPD-intelligent dans des salons commerciaux de renom qui dbutent ce mois-ci  Oct 2, 2007
    compense de la meilleure innovation) par le magazine Popular Science pour la technologie de l'habitation ; elle a. galement re. (BusinessWire)

          There are three crucial steps to successful reattachment of limbs  Oct 2, 2007
    The first case, in April, got wide publicity because of a huge photo in Popular Science magazine. What the photo showed was an alligator at a Taipei zoo standing there with the guy's arm in his mouth. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    What language barrier?  Oct 1, 2007
    Readers who prefer something a little harder-edged can turn to a genre of popular science books with titles such as Brain Sex, Sex on the Brain, The Essential Difference, and Why Men Don't Iron ... The literature of Mars and Venus, in both the self-help and popular science genres, is remarkably patronising towards men ... In 2006, for instance, a popular science book called The Female Brain claimed that women on average utter 20,000 words a day, while men on average utter only 7,000. (Guardian Unlimited)

    The Really Hard Science  Sep 20, 2007
    ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) Between technical and popular science writing is what I call integrative science, a process that blends data, theory and narrative. Without all three of these metaphorical legs, the seat on which the enterprise of science rests would collapse. (Scientific American)

    Report: NYC tech force dwarfs Silicon Valley's  Sep 10, 2007
    By contrast, Popular Science magazine in 2005 rated New York 39th among high-tech cities. The new study looked at more than 180 companies that rely heavily on technology. (Newsday -- New York City)

    Life after 'Potter  Sep 10, 2007
    Orson Scott Card's popular science fiction novel "Ender's Game," for instance, came out in a young-adult edition. And author James Patterson actually transitioned from adult novels to a youth series, in the "Maximum Ride" books. (Pensacola News Journal)

    MPA to Honor Talk Vet Brown, Hachette's Kliger  Sep 6, 2007
    Kliger, president and CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Media and a champion for audience measurement of magazines, will receive MPA s Henry Johnson Fisher Award, named for the founding publisher of Popular Science. Marlene Kahan, executive director, ASME, called Brown a reigning force in popular culture, while Kliger was praised for championing innovation and excellence in the magazine industry. (MediaWeek.com)

    Bonnier Geeks Out With Science Illustrated  Sep 3, 2007
    With Americans bombarded by terms like global warming and stem-cell research, executives at Bonnier Corp., publisher of Popular Science, are betting the time is right for a science magazine that translates complex science and research subject matter for the masses. Bonnier, the U.S. outpost of Sweden s Bonnier Group, is readying the launch of Science Illustrated, an English-language version of Bonnier Group s Scandinavian science magazine. (MediaWeek.com)

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    Elizabeth Svoboda is a freelance writer based in San Jose, California, and a contributing editor at Popular Science. Feedback: loop@fastcompany. (FastCompany)

    The Great Beyond  Aug 24, 2007
    Our up-to-the-minute digest of what is being reported elsewhere. An out-of-control computer game is providing insights into how virulent diseases spread in the real world. (Nature News Service)

    More Articles You Need to Read  Aug 21, 2007
    From the pages of Popular Science, TIME and National Geographic comes another trio of articles sure to update your take on things ... Popular Science July, 2007, by ELIZABETH SVOBODA. (Suite101.com)

    Woodbury's Research Frontiers heralds 'smart' glass  Jul 31, 2007
    The technology won the 2002 Best of What's New award from Popular Science magazine for home technology. "Our model is a lot like a biotech company," said Joseph Harary, president of Research Frontiers. (Newsday -- Business)

    Study: Nevada has big temperature gains  Jul 26, 2007
    The most popular science news stories and photos. Add headlines to your personalized My Yahoo. (Yahoo News)

    Earth observation satellites in peril  Jul 26, 2007
    By Laura Allen Popular Science. () -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science calls it a crisis. (CNN -- Tech)

    Quadruple Sunsets Possible  Jul 26, 2007
    " Not uncommon The stars that make up each stellar doublet orbit around each other, and the two pairs circle one another as well. Worlds with multiple sunsets are not uncommon. Astronomers used to think that strong gravitational forces from multiple stars might interfere with planet formation, but have revealed that the dusty debris disks that function like nurseries for new planets are as common around double star systems as they are around single ones. A few systems are even known. "Since many... (Yahoo News)

    Q & A with southpaw Jeff Francis  Jul 24, 2007
    You majored in physics at the University of British Columbia, and you read Popular Science magazine in the clubhouse sometimes. Are you the smartest guy you know. (MLB.com -- Colorado Rockies)

    Bonnier expands Web presence  Jul 21, 2007
    The magazines include Saveur, Yachting, Caribbean Travel & Life and Popular Science. (Nasdaq: ONSM), is an online service provider of live and on- demand, digital media communications and applications. (Orlando Business Journal)

    Scientist: Human Origin Impossible to Pinpoint  Jul 20, 2007
    Secondary Navigation. LiveScience Staff Writer Wed Jul 18, 5:30 PM ET. (Yahoo News)

    New games come out swinging  Jul 17, 2007
    With Bioshock due from 2K Games and Crysis from Electronic Arts on Aug. 21 and Sept. 1 respectively (most PC titles are $50), "we're seeing a couple of marquee titles that are going to show off just how good PC graphics can be," says game journalist Steve Morgenstern, who covered E3 for Popular Science. Each takes advantage of the advanced multimedia capabilities built into Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista. (USA Today)

    Natural-gas guzzler  Jul 10, 2007
    By Eric Adams and the PopSci staff Popular Science. () -- Behold the car that could displace the Toyota Prius as the eco-ride of choice. (CNN -- Tech)

    Intercytex artificial skin heals wounds in tests  Jul 10, 2007
    The most popular science news stories and photos. . (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)

    Boeing unveils 'green' Dreamliner passenger jet  Jul 7, 2007
    Boeing unveils 'green' Dreamliner passenger jet - Yahoo. Secondary Navigation. (Yahoo News)

    Squash grown 10,000 years ago in Peru  Jun 29, 2007
    Secondary Navigation. By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Thu Jun 28, 6:09 PM ET. (Yahoo News)

    U.S. bald eagle numbers making recovery  Jun 28, 2007
    Secondary Navigation. By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 27, 10:35 PM ET. (Yahoo News)

    System protects ports from deadly cargo  Jun 28, 2007
    System would move cargo screening 14 miles offshore Plan calls for platforms anchored outside world's major ports It monitors for chemical, biological and nuclear traces on ships Each system will cost $100-million By Mark Schrope Popular Science Adjust font size. . (CNN -- Tech)

    MS security hits 'worst jobs' list  Jun 27, 2007
    The Microsoft Security Response Center made Popular Science's list of the worst jobs in science because the daunting work is 'hard and thankless ... They all made Popular Science magazine's 2007 of the absolute worst jobs in science ... Popular Science has been compiling the list since 2003, as "a way to celebrate the crazy variety of jobs that there are in science," said Michael Moyer, the magazine's executive editor. (InfoWorld)

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