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Open Source Outer Space: How A Couple Of Guys Are Building A Homemade Rocket Ship for the Masses

Popular Science is pleased to present videos created by Motherboard, Vice Media’s guide to future culture. Motherboard’s original videos run the gamut from in-depth, investigative reports to profiles of the offbeat ...
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What’s The Most Corrupt Government In The World? [Infographic]

Every year since 1995, the nonprofit organization Transparency International has been publishing a “Corruption Perceptions Index” where countries are ranked–based on data from a several surveys and assessments...
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BeerSci: How Beer Gets Its Color

Before you read this column, I urge you to pop open a belated birthday beer. Pour that beer into a clear glass (pint or tulip, your choice), hold it up to the light, and take a good look at the color. Two basic chemical reactio...
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Inject Rhino Horns With Poison, That’ll Stop Poachers

In South Africa, conservationists have had to come up with new and more innovative ways to prevent poachers from killing the local rhinoceros for their horns. Enter the Rhino Rescue Project. The trade in rhino horns is immensel...
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How To 3-D Print A Record

Try to spin these 3-D printed vinyl analogs at your next party, and the dance floor will likely grind to a halt. But the technique created by Instructables assistant tech editor Amanda Ghassaei for converting digital audio file...
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Study: We Can Spot Powerful Leaders In 2 Minutes

Thought experiment: What if you didn’t know Barack Obama was president? Would you be able to spot him in a crowd–single him out as a leader? A new study suggests you might. Researchers at the University of British C...
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FYI: What Kind Of Dinosaur Meat Would Taste Best?

An ostrich-like dinosaur known as an ornithomimid would probably yield the most consumer-friendly cut of meat, while still maintaining a unique dinosaur taste. Much of the flavor in a cut of meat comes from its fat composition,...
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The Objet1000 Can 3-D Print An Entire Bicycle Frame

One of the principal limitations for most commercially available 3-D printers is their small print areas, followed closely by the fact that you can generally only print in one material at a time, restricting how complex printed...
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Watch This Gift-Wrapping Robot Make Elves Obsolete

Sure, the elves in this video look happy, but are they secretly worried about job security? They should be. GM reprogrammed a few robots in its line to wrap gifts, and this will likely not bode well for some of the little guys....
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