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'Click. Print. Gun.' (Trailer)

Cody R. Wilson has figured out how to print a semiautomatic rifle from the comfort of his own home. Now he's putting all the information online so that others will join him. Our documentary 'Click. Print. Gun.' investigates this groundbreaking technology and how it is changing the face of gun control in America. Full story

North Korea's Nuclear Warhead Is Reportedly Lighter and More Powerful

North Korea has been on a bit of an aggressive bent lately, and the country just pushed things to a new level by reportedly conducting its third nuclear test. Pyongyang has been expected to conduct a test to follow up on its previous tests in 2006 and 2009, and last night a magni… Full story

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The Space Suit Makers

When they first met in 2007, Ted Southern and Nik Moiseev came from two very different worlds. They didn't imagine they'd eventually be in business designing space couture in a modest studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. Full story

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Valley of the UFOs

We ventured to Hooper, Colorado (population: 105) to investigate some of the stranger things that have gone down there—from shooting stars to strange weather patterns to aliens descending to Earth in extraterrestrial space pods. Full story

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The Space Composer

As we started planning the second season of our 'Spaced Out' series, we wanted to feature non-scientists thinking about the future of space. Enter composer Robert Alexander, who is helping NASA make new discoveries by turning raw data into music through a process called Data Soni… Full story

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Open Source Outer Space

Anyone with enough brains and balls can build their own rocket and fly it to space. Or at least that’s what the nonprofit, open-source space-project Copenhagen Suborbitals wants the world to realize. They're determined to create the first homemade, manned spacecraft to go into su… Full story

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Drone On

From weapon expos in Jordan to idyllic California beaches, we caught up with the people who are building and selling unmanned aerial vehicles all over the world, and even convinced a few companies to let us take their flying spy robots for a spin. Full story

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The Satellite Hunter

Thierry Legault is not your average amateur astronomer. He’s a renowned astrophotographer, painstakingly chronicling the orbits of planets, distant galaxies, spaceships, and—to the chagrin of the intelligence community—the spy satellites we’re not supposed to see. Full story

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The Silent Dish

In 1956, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was formed in rural Green Bank, West Virginia, and became the hotbed of radio astronomy in the United States. But now, with cell phones, wi-fi, and radio stations emitting massive amounts of radio waves, doing research at the NRAO… Full story

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Justin Warner Makes a Salad for the Apocalypse

Justin Warner is a Food Network Star who's been getting the attention of New York’s trendy tastebuds from his Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, restaurant Do or Dine. The restaurant’s DIY aesthetic, which pairs the better parts of bohemian living with hip hop couture, features unconventional… Full story