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Garbage Truck 2.0
Part refinery, part generator, a new portable machine eats trash and makes fuel.
Better Off Bumpy
At one atom thick, graphene is as thin as it gets, but it's not flat.
Just One Word
There may indeed be a great future in plastics. A researcher is working on a recipe for a plastic that dissolves in seawater.
Crystal Ball
Researchers have grown a crystal that bends in light. Under the right rays, the crystal can even catapult a gold ball ninety times heavier than itself.
Liquid Mirror Lunar Telescope
Using liquid for the telescope's mirror could let scientists see deeper into the Universe than ever before.
Taste Before You Buy
A new marketing firm uses flavor science to create edible strips of the products they are pedaling.
Need a laugh? Get some good science jokes (and a bunch of groaners, too) in our chat with three science comedians.
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Raj Lada is on a quest to keep your Christmas tree thriving in the afterlife. Get his embalming tips.
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SciFri listeners from across the country sent in photos of lichens from their neighborhoods. Lichenologist James Lendemer identified them. Check it out!
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Have you noticed that the word "geek" has gotten a little chic? Maybe it's time for a new term for those of us true geeks. Tell us your suggestion for the new geek.
Toxic Sponge
Researchers invented a new material that sucks mercury and other heavy metals out of polluted water. (2007-08-07)
Designing for the Stars
What will the next generation of space suits look like? (2007-08-21)
A Natural Attraction
Scientists making new adhesives are looking to nature for recipes. (2007-10-19)
3D, Without the Glasses
One step closer to glasses-free 3D movies. (2008-02-08)
A Window into the Heart ... and Everything Else
A transparent fish reveals the inner-workings of the body. (2008-02-29)
Color from Nature
Clothing could get their color—and germ-fighting properties—from a strain of marine bacteria (2008-06-27)
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