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Watch a Robot 'Hen' Adopt a Flock of Chicks
The PoulBot is teaching researchers about flocking behavior and about the cues animals need to fall in love with their robot overlords.
Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth
Researchers are building a case that long before the nervous system works, the brain sends crucial bioelectric signals to guide the growth of embryonic tissues.
The Uneven Gains of Energy Efficiency
Low-income Americans are more likely to live in housing that wastes energy, which saddles them with disproportionately high energy costs.
To Understand the Universe, Physicists Are Building Their Own
Silke Weinfurtner isn’t an evil genius hell-bent on creating a new world of her own to rule. She just wants to understand the origins of the one we already have.
Theranos Didn't Nuke the Diagnostics Business
Dozens of other companies were working on point-of-care blood testing before Theranos, and dozens still are.
Gas vs. Electric: How Far Can a Car Go With Different Fuel Sources?
A typical car can travel 30 miles on just one gallon of gasoline. How do electric vehicles stack up?
Med Students Are Getting Terrible Training in Robotic Surgery
A researcher reckons that at most, one out of five residents at top-tier institutions are succeeding at robotic surgery.
Maybe Nobody Wants Your Space Internet
A growing group of companies believes satellites, balloons, and drones can help bring internet access to everyone on Earth. But what if not everybody wants it?
Researchers Are Restoring Kinesthesia In Prosthetics Patients
It's an awareness of movement and position in space that most people don't even realize they have.
Google's Quantum Computing Party Is as Fancy as Physics Gets
Physicists aren't known for their fancy shindigs—but quantum computer researchers break the mold.
Stephen Hawking, a Physicist Transcending Space and Time, Dies at 76
Stephen Hawking may have been the most famous physicist in the world—not only because he saw the face of the universe, but also because he could describe it to the rest of us.
This Pi Day, Calculate the Value of Pi for Yourself
You just have to add up all the rectangles.
What Keeps Egg-Freezing Operations From Failing?
This week, cryogenic storage at two fertility clinics malfunctioned, putting their clients' family planning in jeopardy. Will it happen again?
The Controversial Link Between Epic Storms and a Warming Arctic
A controversial theory argues that weirdly enough, it’s a warming arctic that’s causing extreme winter weather in the eastern US.
Please Stop Building Houses Exactly Where Wildfires Start
Every fire scientist knows the place where houses meet the wild is dangerous. But people keep putting more houses there.
These Conservationists Are Desperate to Defrost Snake Sperm
Freezing and defrosting snake sperm could be a key to conserving endangered species—but artificial insemination isn't always easy.
The Physics of the Speeder Chase in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'
How do you pull off a banking turn if there's no road to bank off?
Carbon Taxes Are Coming, and We Have Colleges to Thank
It turns out universities provide a fantastic model for how politicians should start thinking about this on a state or even national level.
Can Machine Learning Find Meaning in a Mess of Genes?
The computer scientist Barbara Engelhardt develops machine-learning models and methods to scour human genomes for the elusive causes and mechanisms of disease.
Juno Captures Jupiter's Wild, Wispy Weather Anomalies
Juno has documented clusters of cyclones, including eight around the north pole.
