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China’s Proposed Particle Accelerator Will Be Double the Length of the LHC

08.30.14

By Michael Byrne
The Soviet Scientist Who Dreamed of Melting the Arctic with a 55-Mile-Long Dam

04.25.13

By Derek Mead
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The Soviet Scientist Who Dreamed of Melting the Arctic with a 55 Mile Dam

04.25.13

By Derek Mead
Tech

Don’t Take the Real Walking Tour of the Mysterious Jet Propulsion Lab

09.04.12

By Brian Anderson
Tech

The U.S.’s Insane Attempt to Build a Harbor with a Two Megaton Nuclear Bomb

08.09.12

By Derek Mead
Tech

Motherboard TV: A Death on the Frontier

07.25.12

By ALEX PASTERNACK
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Why America’s Higgs Party Won’t Be a Blowout: Fermilab’s Rob Roser on the View from the Tevatron

07.03.12

By ALEX PASTERNACK

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Tech

Want a Sonos Home Theater Upgrade on a Budget? The Beam Soundbar Is Just $369.

Want better audio without having to sell a kidney? Sonos’ semi-affordable soundbar is on sale for a price that goes full-blown affordable.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
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News

Scientists Used Mushrooms To Invent a Plastic That’s Alive

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
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News

Dji Is… Happy That the White House Will Decide Next Week on Whether To Ban Its Drones?

DJI has swagger as the US government fulfills it wishes and takes a rumored imminent look into whether the Chinese company can keep operating as usual in the US.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
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There Are 8.2 Billion People on Earth—but There Might Actually Be Billions More

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
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Life

Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley