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A Real-Life Tricorder Is Now Available For You To Buy And Scan Yourself

The Scanadu Scout, which you can use to measure your vital signs by just holding it to your temple for 10 seconds, is now available for $150 on Indiegogo.

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This App Will Make You Feel Better, Using No Medicine At All

Instead, it uses the power of your own positive thinking to create a placebo effect--which works even if you know it’s happening.

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A Rugged Internet Port For Connectivity In The Most Remote Locations

A Rugged Internet Port For Connectivity In The Most Remote Locations

The BRCK will let activists and workers in the farthest reaches of the developing world stay in touch and get their information to the public.

These Stunning Photos Show Miraculous Plane Crashes Where No One Died

These Stunning Photos Show Miraculous Plane Crashes Where No One Died

Sometime planes don’t go down in a ball of fire. Sometimes the passengers just walk away. Dietmar Eckell’s Happy End series shows the scenes of the best kind of plane crashes.

Glowing Plants: Inside The First Synthetic Biology Kickstarter Campaign

Right now, it’s just a fun way to get a conversation piece for your house, but the popular crowdfunding project of the moment is just the beginning of a new branch of science with exciting implications.

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A Simple, Elegant Stove To Make Cooking Safer In Africa

A Simple, Elegant Stove To Make Cooking Safer In Africa

The Baker Stove burns hotter and with less smoke, but also uses less fuel. It’s all part of a quest to make an affordable cooking method that stops the twin problems of deadly emissions and long, dangerous searches for firewood. An added bonus: An interesting, carbon-market-based financial model.