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Human Echolocation Isn't Just For the Blind

Bats and marine mammals have acoustic navigation down, but humans are learning quickly too.<p>Bats and dolphins are famous for their ability to orient themselves by bouncing sound waves off of objects in their environment, an adaptation called echolocation. But some visually impaired people have also …

How long-range snipers do their job

After a record-setting shot by a Canadian sniper in Iraq, we look at the physics and intuition of extreme, long-range shooting<p>The Canadian military …

The 20 Gadgets Every Man Should Own

Modern life never leaves us in one place for long. Racing to work, exercising, grabbing dinner, traveling cross-country or putting our feet up at …

Watch Kitty Hawk’s early test pilots learn to love the flying motorbike

The Kitty Hawk Flyer is a sort of a flying car except it’s not a car at all – it’s much more like a flying ATV, which is probably more legitimately all-terrain than most. Linguistics aside, it’s a very cool piece of tech that’s backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, and it’s already in the …

The science behind the super abilities of Sherpas

<i>A Sherpa fetches ladders for climbers attempting to summit Mt. Everest.; Credit: Tashi Sherpa/AP</i>Emily Sohn | NPRSherpas are extraordinary human …

Trump's stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria

<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> Within a few hours of extraordinary political shape-shifting, President Donald Trump abandoned stances that were at the bedrock of his establishment-bashing campaign.<p>NATO, he said, is "no longer obsolete."<p>He backed down a threat to brand China a currency manipulator.<p>In another …

Steelers-Rams game delayed after field turf catches fire during pregame

ST. LOUIS -- In the category of strange delays before a game, the fire that kept the St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers from getting started for …

Tiny Motorized Robots Can Clean Carbon Dioxide Out Of Seawater

Love that flat water<p>In a restaurant you might prefer 'sparkling' carbonated water over the still variety, but in the oceans, carbonated water is a very bad thing.<p>Thanks to our penchant for burning fossil fuels, there are increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, which means there …

Video of US police shooting black man in wheelchair sparks outrage

Mobile phone footage of incident in Delaware shows an officer firing at Jeremy McDole while he was sitting in a wheelchair in broad daylight.<p>Video purportedly showing police officers fatally shooting a black man in a wheelchair has sparked controversy in the United States.<p>The mobile phone footage …

Brandon Marshall calls his dumb lateral the ‘worst play in NFL history'

THIS IS A BAD IDEA<p>Brandon Marshall recorded a rare first down for the Jets against the Eagles, but as he was getting tackled, he did something you don't really see often: He tried to lateral the ball, pitching it off Connor Barwin's face, after which Eagles LB Jordan Hicks picked it up.<p>There was a …

Matt Damon: 'You're a better actor the less people know about you'

He is Hollywood’s ultimate everyman. Matt Damon talks about The Martian, missing Robin Williams – and the theory that he and Ben Affleck were gay<p>I am sitting opposite Matt Damon and he is saying he’s sorry for being a bad movie star. He can’t help it, he says. He’s simply too dull.<p>“I think people …