Updated: 6 years 22 weeks ago
Thu, 02/08/2018 - 10:00am
A robotic arm that paints and sands things never wanted to steal Eric Magallon's job—it wanted him to keep it.
Thu, 02/08/2018 - 8:00am
A new book presents a 30 day program for handling cell phone addiction.
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 11:00am
The connection between heart rate and diabetes is poorly understood. But that’s not stopping a deep learning tool from finding one in your wearables data.
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 10:00am
Surgically installed vibrator or earthquake-sensing foot sensors, anyone?
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 9:00am
It's time to do some physics-based forensics.
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 8:00am
California State Senator Scott Wiener is pushing a bill that would rejigger zoning laws—and fight climate change, reduce traffic, and build a new urban future
Tue, 02/06/2018 - 5:21pm
The Falcon Heavy rocket is now the most powerful launch vehicle in the world.
Tue, 02/06/2018 - 12:00pm
If we can’t understand our own brains, maybe the machines can do it for us.
Tue, 02/06/2018 - 8:00am
A new generation of space scientists is using high tech materials to resurrect the long-neglected supersonic parachute.
Tue, 02/06/2018 - 8:00am
And low-balling isn’t limited to toxic chemicals.
Mon, 02/05/2018 - 12:00pm
With elite athletes competing in the Olympic debut of Big Air in Pyeongchang, South Korea, expect to see more attempts of the quad cork 1800.
Mon, 02/05/2018 - 11:00am
Opinion: NASA is looking at sending people back into space. But taxpayer dollars are better spent on unmanned missions.
Mon, 02/05/2018 - 9:00am
Number one: Robots can't be idiots. Number two: They probably shouldn't fall into fountains, either.
Mon, 02/05/2018 - 8:00am
The falling cost of genome sequencing means the World Anti-Doping Agency could build a genetic baseline for every athlete.
Sun, 02/04/2018 - 8:00am
Quantum computers should soon be able to beat classical computers at certain basic tasks. But before they’re truly powerful, researchers have to overcome a number of fundamental roadblocks.
Sat, 02/03/2018 - 12:00pm
The Mars rover is driving along the Vera Rubin ridge, a slope rich in clay minerals that require water to form.
Sat, 02/03/2018 - 9:00am
Opinion: An MIT brain science professor argues that progress in deep learning research will come from the convergence of engineering and neuroscience.
Fri, 02/02/2018 - 11:00am
As cannabis use goes recreational in California, producers are facing a reckoning: They’ll either have to clean up their act, or get out of the legal market.
Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:00am
The NFL has to figure out how to deal with the effects of CTE in its players. Screening is one part of the answer—the other is prevention.
Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:00am
Even if they roboticists solve the privacy and security problems of droid sex, society is going to have to answer a very hard question: Can you consent to sex with a robot? Can it consent to having sex with you?