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Boeing's concept SUGAR Volt plane features foldable wings and uses a combination of electric and traditional fuel power.

20 | December 30, 2012 1:52pm | By Sarah Korones

Scientific American named their biggest stories of the year. Which did they get wrong or forget?

5 | December 27, 2012 8:32pm | By Laura Shin

Santa's workload has increased dramatically as world's population of children has grown; his sleigh's Christmas journey to all the good girls and boys is now producing some astounding physics stats.

2 | December 21, 2012 3:24pm | By David Worthington

In a fascinating video, NASA corrects the confusion over Mayan calendar cycles and tells us what the date 12/21/2012 really means.

8 | December 21, 2012 4:05am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Air pollution impacts human health, but does it also impact how we work?

4 | December 19, 2012 11:45am | By Tyler Falk

If the world was coming to an end, where would you prefer to spend your last few days on planet Earth?

December 16, 2012 7:57am | By Charlie Osborne

A new prototype system aims to keep remote flights safe and assist pilots in avoiding major storms.

December 12, 2012 5:42am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about climate change.

11 | December 10, 2012 12:23am | By Charlie Osborne

Commercial access to the moon could become a reality if a new venture is able to secure enough pre-sales to build out a mission infrastructure.

2 | December 9, 2012 6:10pm | By David Worthington

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about cybersecurity trends in 2012.

December 6, 2012 12:28am | By Charlie Osborne

By this time next year, you'll be able to monitor your health by holding up a small gadget to your head and reading your vital signs on a smartphone. Also, disposable urine and saliva readers.

1 | December 4, 2012 10:19pm | By Janet Fang

Wants to grow them for food and oxygen. Maybe it's time to change our name to SmartPlanets - plural. Martian melanzana, anyone?

2 | December 4, 2012 9:03am | By Mark Halper

Drones can deliver medicine and emergency supplies -- and perhaps shake up the retail world, too. So says the leader of Matternet, a startup creating a network of unmanned aerial vehicles.

December 2, 2012 8:32pm | By Reena Jana

A British company passes a major milestone developing a "spaceplane" that takes off and lands on a runway.

14 | November 28, 2012 5:09am | By Mark Halper

It takes years to prepare and test computers for space missions. In the meantime, processor technology advances by light years.

November 20, 2012 2:15pm | By Joe McKendrick

Explore the stars closest to our sun, from your browser.

November 16, 2012 8:32am | By Tyler Falk

According to reports, the U.S. military and other federal agencies are being sold fake technological products.

1 | November 11, 2012 5:00pm | By Charlie Osborne

The "Falcon Project" deploys a scientific approach to finding the mythical Sasquatch, but is such research legitimate science?

16 | November 7, 2012 4:36am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Just because you're orbiting Earth doesn't mean you can't participate in its politics.

November 6, 2012 5:22am | By Tyler Falk

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

3 | November 1, 2012 1:04am | By Charlie Osborne