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If Earth had rings like Saturn, the sky would look like this

Tim Hornyak — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 PDT

Space and science fiction illustrator Ron Miller has created magnificent images of how Earth's skies would appear if our planet had giant rings.

Originally posted at Crave

Watch the F-35B jet make a vertical take-off and landing

Eric Mack — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:29 PDT

Lockheed Martin says the production model of the new jet successfully completed a stationary take-off earlier this month.

Originally posted at Crave

New smart fabric mimics the way skin perspires

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:54:49 PDT

UC Davis biomedical engineers turn to human skin for inspiration in creating a new moisture-wicking fabric.

Originally posted at Crave

Leap Motion shows off Windows compatibility

Daniel Terdiman — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:59 PDT

Its newest video previews how the gesture-control system will work on Windows when it ships in July. The company promises a Mac video soon.

Let your shoes do the charging

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:00 PDT

Rice University mechanical engineering students hope their PediPower shoes can one day power pacemakers, artificial hearts, and more.

Boom! NASA captures massive moon explosion on video

Amanda Kooser — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:17 PDT

NASA has its eye on the moon as a boulder-size meteoroid crashes into the lunar surface with a force equal to 5 tons of TNT.

Originally posted at Crave

A look back at NASA's planet-pinpointing space 'scope

Edward Moyer — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01:00 PDT

The space agency says the Kepler space telescope is having equipment issues. With the mission threatened, we look back at Kepler's mind-expanding search for Earth-like exoplanets.

Which ear you hold your cell phone to may reveal brain dominance

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:28 PDT

Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit say that, similar to handedness, most people who hold their cell phones to their left ear are right-hemisphere dominant and vice versa.

The Week in Pictures: Google's utopia to a stem cell burger

Carrie Mihalcik — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:29 PDT

Google CEO Larry Page imagines a tech-driven utopia, robotic bees take flight, and a $325,000 stem cell hamburger is ready to be eaten.

Meta glasses bring 3D and your hands into the picture

Dan Farber — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 PDT

The startup is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund manufacturing of the first generation augmented reality glasses for app developers.