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The asteroid-mining industry has taken a step closer to becoming an actual thing, with the successful deployment of Planetary Resources' Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) spacecraft from the International Space Station Wednesday night.

An Enigma machine, used by Germany to send encrpted communications during World War II, has been sold at auction in London. The machine, which was constructed in 1943, is one of few that survived the conflict intact, as the German military was given orders to destroy the machines as it retreated.

After nearly a decade in the wilderness of celestial classification, Pluto is on the rise again. With new data and images streaming from New Horizons showing that Pluto is larger than previously thought, many are saying it's time to restore the ninth planet to its classification as a planet.

Seaweed is widely considered to be a health food. Bacon, on the other hand, isn't. There may yet be hope for pork belly lovers around the world, however. Scientists have patented a lab-bred strain of dulce seaweed, that they claim has "a strong bacon flavor" when fried.

Smart LED lightbulbs typically let you change their color. Some provide more advanced functionality, like simple automation. The new Ilumi smartbulb, however, has a host of features that make it far more versatile than others. It's also said to be brighter and more energy-efficient.

If you thought the iPod touch was dead, think again. Apple refreshed the least memorable iOS device this week, with a current processor and better camera. Curious how it compares to the iPhone 6?

Engineers at the University of Toronto have combined perovskite and quantum dots to create an ultra-efficient, super-luminescent hybrid crystal that they say will create new records in power-to-light conversion efficiencies.

According to its manufacturers, the human-powered A-Bike is the world's smallest, lightest folding bicycle. It's certainly also one of the strangest-looking. Now, a group of entrepreneurs are hoping to extend its claims to the world of e-bikes, with the A-Bike Electric.

On June 28, SpaceX suffered a major setback when its unmanned CRS-7 mission exploded shortly after liftoff. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has laid out the preliminary findings of the post-flight investigation which indicate the cause may have been a faulty strut.

In order to monitor their blood glucose levels, diabetics typically have to perform painful and inconvenient finger-prick blood tests. An alternative may be on the way, however, in the form of a device that simply shines a laser on the user's finger.

Most LED bulbs offering wireless connectivity look and perform similarly, but consumer experience still varies as it generally comes down to the execution of the companion app. We lit up the LED bulbs in MiPow’s Playbulb Studio to see how well they shine.

An exotic particle dubbed the "Weyl fermion", has been discovered 85 years after its existence was first mooted. Able to create completely massless electrons, the use of this particle may result in super-fast electronics and significant inroads into new areas of quantum computing.