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Researchers Construct First Three-Dimentional Visible Light Invisibility Cloak The cloak is generated by an array of mirrors that obstruct the flow of light and creates an invisible field with almost no distortion. A group of researchers from the University of Rochester...

Spelunkers Rejoice! Destiny Players Have Found A New Loot Cave As one loot cave closes, another opens... Destiny's fabled "corrected the exploit [http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/21/6760715/destiny-loot-cave-engrams-farming] that allowed Guardians to shoot into a cave where low level...

India's Martian Spacecraft Enters Red Planet's Orbit Mangalyaan will remain in orbit around Mars, sending back information about Martian weather and methane levels in its atmosphere. Today, India's Mars Orbiter Mission arrived at its destination and successfully entered the planet's...

Steam's New Interface Hones In on Game Discovery, Customization With 1,300 titles having arrived on Steam in the last nine months, Valve's update aims to remove complications for players trying to find a new game to enjoy. Valve is changing Discovery Update...

Nvidia Proves Moon Landing Photos Authentic While demonstrating the computational capabilities of their new Maxwell GPU, Nvidia successfully proved the authenticity of the photos taken during the Apollo 11 moon landing. To celebrate the launch of the globally illuminated...

Carnage Shows a Change of Character in Marvel's Axis Event One of the most deranged villains in Spider-Man's rogues gallery will have a change of heart come Marvel's AXIS The Marvel Universe has no shortage of super-powered villains and would-be conquerors, but none are as unique as...

Honolulu to Build Nation's First Fully Automated Transit System The Honolulu Rail Transit Project will be a fully automated transit system that aims to reduce crippling traffic and allow for safer and more reliable travel across the area. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation...

Five Thousand-Year-Old Monument Unearthed in Israel Archaeologists previously thought the structure was part of a city wall, but recent work indicates there is no city beside it and that the structure is a stand alone monument. An Israeli researcher by the name of Ido Wachtel...

Is This The First Official Synopsis For Avengers 2? "As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans..." An unofficial Disney blog known as Avengers: Age of Ultron...

Harvard Scientists Design Flexible Exoskeleton That Boosts Strength [Vimeo=100446428] When most people envision an exosuit, they picture someone strapped into a rigid metal frame lifting extremely heavy objects. Recently, scientists at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired...

"God Particle" Could Wipe Out The Universe, Says Steven Hawking The discovery of the Higgs Boson particle, more colloquially referred to as the "God Particle", helped solidify our basic understanding of particle physics and matter- but could it also have the power to wipe out our universe...

Jetpack Enables Anyone To Run A 4-Minute Mile [vimeo=98084869] With this jetpack developed by an engineering graduate from ASU, anyone could run long distances faster and more efficiently. Jason Kerestes, an engineering graduate from Arizona State University...

This Rubbery Robot Can Survive Intense Environments Fire, ice, and the weight of a car- this little robot can withstand it all and crawl away. Michael Tolley and his team from Harvard University [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/09/cutting-the-cord-on-soft-robots/] have created...

Cricket Wireless Partners With GameStop The two companies aim to assist each other in a consumer demographic they both share customers in. AT&T-owned prepaid wireless provider Cricket Wireless [https://www.cricketwireless.com/] is now a national partner with video game retailer GameStop...

Google Attempts to Build Quantum Computer If successful, Google's goal of creating a quantum computer could change the field of computing drastically. On top of encrypted email service with Yahoo...