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Top 10 Eccentric Transgenic Animals
These ten eccentric transgenic animals might be able to combat disease or improve the environment.

Top 10 Promising Gene Therapies
Ten genetic therapies that show the most promise and may mend genetic disorders, cure disease or kill cancer.

Top 10 Genetic Tests
Genetic tests cover the whole spectrum of human life and can help detect and diagnose disorders and diseases.

Top 5 High-Speed Rail Jobs
Five jobs expected to be created in the railway industry as high-speed rail breaks ground around the United States.

10 Fastest Trains
Many trains in Europe and Asia leave the United States' fastest train -- the Amtrak Acela -- in the dust.

10 Reasons for Electronic Health Records
Better patient safety, improvements in efficiency and job creation are benefits of digital records.

10 Technologies Transforming Sports
Technologies that are changing the way sports are practice, played, scored and watched.

10 People With Cool Tech Jobs
Technology is one of those fields that still holds the promise of the American dream.

10 Defunct TV Technologies
Years from now, we'll consider today's plasma flat screens as modern as grandma's old black and white TV set.

10 Cities With Widespread Wireless Internet
Broadband wireless activist Glenn Strachan suggests looking to these cities for widespread affordable access.

10 Technologies for Moon Landings and Beyond
Here are ten technologies from NASA destined to launch another giant leap for humankind.

10 Trickiest Spy Gadgets Ever
Ten famous -- and infamous -- spy gadgets housed at the International Spy Museum, which is open to the public.

Top 10 Speediest Supercomputers in the World
The annual list of the world's 500 most powerful machines was announced at the ISC in Dresden, Germany.

Dean Kamen's Top 5 Fav Innovators
Five scientists who helped humanity make giant leaps, paving the way for future inventors.

10 Large Wind Capacity Countries
When it comes to wind power, some countries really blow. Read the top 10 list of countries ranked by total capacity.

10 Ways Cell Phones Help Poor Nations
How communications technology is changing the face of the developing world for the better.

10 Innovations for Impoverished People
Ten humanitarians making a difference with setting up and distributing simple technologies.

10 Accidental Inventions
Scientists pushed their research to the brink and were able to see the magic in a mistake, setback, or coincidence.

10 Unsung Inventions
You use these items every day. Some are for entertainment; others have saved your life. But you never give them a second thought.
5 Geoengineering Schemes
An in-depth look at the most usable and smart inventions that could be used in geoengineering.

10 Ways Bio-Sensors Can Improve Life
Sample some of the most promising applications of several networked sensors working together on our bodies.

10 Ways Nanotech Fights Cancer
Doctors and scientists are turning to a new set of tools to battle cancer. Tools so small, you can't see them using a microscope.

10 Parts of a Smart Highway
Intelligent highways equipped with wireless technology, fiber optics and electronic signs have the potential to decrease traffic jam headaches.

10 Animal vs. Aircraft Stories
Take a look at the top 10 bird strike stories throughout the history of aviation, from near misses to direct hits, and the aftermath that followed.

10 Advances in Television
Some of TV's biggest innovations are more than 100 years old, and here are the top 10 advancements that got us the tube of today.

10 Reasons for Nanotech in Food
Nanotechnology helps food safety, storage, packaging and nutrition. Here's why it's not a bad thing.

10 Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites connect people across the globe. But why do they matter so much? HowStuffWorks takes a look.

10 Electric Car Grid Projects
Discovery Tech and HowStuffWorks offers 10 electric car projects that are plugging into the V2G concept.

10 Engineered Body Parts
Scientists are making breakthrough discoveries on how to create artificial body parts, read about the Top 10 inventions here.

10 Cool Kitchen Innovations
GE's Kitchen of the Future is full of sensors, interactive controls and is linked to the Internet. Take a tour with this Tech Top 10.

10 Ideas for A Greener Roof
With modern techniques, anyone can turn an empty roof into an environmentally sound space. Read how our experts did it.

10 Facts on Zapping Trash with Plasma
Plasma is a collection of charged particles that now may be the trash compactors of the future.

10 Uses for Carbon Nanotubes
Tubular is back. Stronger than steel, lighter than a feather, carbon nanotubes have the potential to revolutionize everything.

Tracy's Top 10 Blog List
Discovery Tech producer Tracy Staedter gives her top 10 tech blog picks.

Prototype This! Host's Top 10
A few of Joe's favorite things.

10 Compelling GM Crops
Getting more than you bargained for.

10 Fuel-Efficient Cars
All electric, gas-electric hybrids and hydrogen-electric hybrids top the list.

10 Green-As-Grass Buildings in America
Some of the most eco-friendly buildings you'll find.

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