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The history of NASA's wearable spacecraft will be visible in a traveling Smithsonian exhibition scheduled to make the rounds this Spring.

Confounded by fruit and other technologies; video after the jump.

The coats of arms of famous scientists�some inherited, some invented by their famous holders�have something to tell us about change and continuity in the symbolism of power and authority.

The movie that inspired science fiction cinema offers the first making-of pictures in the history of the genre.

Astonishing caverns near the Ascraeus volcano on Mars aren't the holes left by Frank Herbert's sandworms, but they may evince past volcanic activity.

In space, no one can hear you munch your popcorn. Video after the jump.

A controversial radio-controlled flight over Manhattan brings a measure of joy and wonder to the New York City skyline.

This flat-pack pinhole camera doubles as a postcard to offer something like a photo-sharing snail-net. But the sentiment that motivates its ad campaign is bizarre.

"If the Internet was walking around in public, it would look and act a lot like Julian Assange. " Bruce Sterling's take on Wikileaks, an affair worthy of Edgar Allan Poe.

The Earth's shadow cast against the Moon evokes the space shuttle Discovery's dwindling, penumbral career.