The developer — and defender — of the controversial neutron bomb has died in Los Angeles due to complications from stomach cancer.
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Useful Science: How Many Four Lokos Would It Take To Kill You?
According to Forensic Science International, caffeine is fatal to humans in does of 5 grams or more, but how many Lokos would it take to reach the limit?
Astronomy Hysteria: Is NASA’s Thursday Announcement About Life on Other Planets?
Science bloggers are going a bit nuts over the vague announcement by NASA on Monday that it will discuss an “astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.”
The Moon’s Mystery Water: No One Has Any Idea Where Lunar Liquid Came From
There’s something about the moon that’s baffled earthlings for years. And it just got even more mysterious.
From Stuart Little to Benjamin Button: Scientists Reverse Aging Process in Mice
Aging may just be a state of mind after all.
Eternal Sunshine: Scientists Say They Can Erase Bad Memories
Michel Gondry’s seminal Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind posited this theory about erasing memories: and if true, it means we can soon wipe his slightly less seminal The Science of Sleep from our minds for good.
Computer Calculates the Most Boring Day Ever
Ah, computers. What can’t they tell us?
What Are Popular Dreams? Eating Ice Cream, Marrying A Celebrity
Funny, sad, erotic, bizarre and sometimes plain terrifying, dreams seem completely mysterious. But while each dream is unique to each individual, there may be common threads to our sleeping thoughts. And wouldn’t you know it: …
Ancient Harmonies: Scientists Resurrect 3,000-Year-Old Trumpet, Give the Old Girl a Whirl
…And discover that 3,000-year-old music kind of stinks. Then again, in their defense, the recently rediscovered conch shells can only play a couple notes.
Outer Space Snowstorm: Did Comet Probe Encounter Blizzard?
The final frontier becomes a winter wonderland?
What To Know About Smallpox In Case Dr. House Isn’t There To Save You
Last night on House, Hugh Laurie and company fussed over a potential case of smallpox. Next time you’re diving around sunken slave ships, as the patients in question were, and there’s no cantankerous doctor around to alleviate …
The 50 Best Inventions of 2010
Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes! Head over to TIME.com for the year’s biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts.