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WHY SETTLE FOR A SINGLE
GOOD CUP OF COFFEE,
WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
EVERY SINGLE TIME.
EACH MAXWELL HOUSE BLEND IS SELECTED FR
FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEANS, SO EVER
DELICIOUS CUP IS
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Volume 288 No. 2
MARCH/APRIL
CONTENTS
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CL IFF R A N S O M
Featuring
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LIVE FOREVER
Want more birthdays? Science
can help.
BR O OK E BO RE L
HOW
TO WIN
THE
FUTURE
An exclusive interview with
President Obama on what he’s
achieved, what’s left to do, and
why America needs more nerds.
54
THE BARON OF LOW-EARTH
ORBIT
RYA N BR AD LE Y
Robert Bigelow built a hotel empire
on Earth. Can he create a habitat for
humans in space?
60
THE WAR OF SOCIAL MEDIA
E M E RS O N B RO O KI N G A N D
P. W. S IN G E R
ISIS has brought global terrorism to a
new battlefield: the Internet.
66
THE VIZZIES
The winners of our annual visualiza-
tion competition make science and
engineering look stunning.
72
FUKUSHIMA, FIVE YEARS LATER
Japan is cleaning up one of the worst
nuclear disasters the world has ever
seen. It still has a long way to go.
ST E VE F E AT H E R STO N E
HERE AND ON
THE COVER
F. Scott Schafer
photographed
President Obama
at the White House.
PH OTOGRA P H BY
F. Scott Schafer
P OP SC I. CO M
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Departments
FEED
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From the Editor
08
Before We Begin
20
Razer’s CEO thinks you’ll soon be friending an
Xbox character
22
Virtually indestructible bike tires
MANUAL
78
Unleash your inner mad scientist
80
A machine that plays the weather
82
Nurses who invent on the job
84
You need an applause machine
86
Hear a record with your teeth
88
Rise of the makerspace
90
A DIY tool for reading brain waves
92
Grow a thriving bacterial zoo
93
This mask lets you smell the rainbow
NEXT
24
Rocket science is hard (really)
26
A sneaky strategy to beat brain cancer
26
One man’s sludge is another man’s treasure
28
Marcia McNutt on why every schoolchild could
be a digital Lewis and Clark
30
Move over, Pluto, there’s a new Planet 9—and it’s
much bigger
32
A glider that reaches 90,000 feet
35
Are we ready for designer babies?
36
The future of forests is looking up
38
Plastic, heal thyself
NOW
11
Six ways to play—without getting your
hands dirty
14
10 great ideas in gear
16
Ken Kesey would be jealous of this autonomous
party bus
17
How to podcast like a pro
18
Video cameras that film in all directions
END MATTER
94
Ask Us Anything: Why do shower curtains
billow inward?
106
Terminus: Envisioning how our lives might
look in the future
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