Future This prosthetic robot gives people an extra thumb and it’s what we didn’t know we needed May 30, 2024
Environment We need to make electric cars noisier. Otherwise, they can be dangerous to pedestrians May 30, 2024
Environment The South Pole is entirely powered by diesel. This energy system could cut its use by 95% May 27, 2024
Design How a lizard tail inspired a new building system that sheds parts to escape catastrophic collapse May 21, 2024
Chemistry Making cement and bricks out of the gemstone olivine could cut CO2 emissions by 11 percent May 15, 2024
Archaeology The Maya blessed their ballcourts using chili peppers and hallucinogenic plants. But why? May 14, 2024
Chemistry Meet Mammoth, the world’s largest vacuum that now sucks thousands of tons of carbon out of the air May 13, 2024
History History books are wrong about British industrialization. It started way earlier April 5, 2024
Agriculture Is python meat a sssustainable alternative to industrial meat from farm animals? March 23, 2024
Biology Reusable water bottles have more bacteria than a toilet seat. Here’s why you shouldn’t fret March 8, 2024
Archaeology Researchers find 4,000-year-old lipstick — and it comes in the coolest packaging March 8, 2024
Biology New biosensor can detect breast cancer in just five seconds using saliva — for just $5 February 29, 2024
Materials Scientists zoom in on greener way to dye blue denim February 28, 2024 - Updated on March 6, 2024
Health 3D-printed implants are changing the game for orthopedic patients February 25, 2024 - Updated on March 3, 2024
Animals If we don’t want another pandemic, we should do our best to leave bats alone February 21, 2024
Animals Sleepless and Sex-driven: How One Animal’s Breeding Season is Often its Last February 1, 2024
News Australian television mistakenly used AI to doctor the body and clothes of politician January 30, 2024
Archaeology The Cerne Abbas Giant May Be Hercules — and medieval troops used to rally around it January 26, 2024
News The European Union pushed Apple to ditch its charging port and embrace USB-C. Experts say that’s a win for consumers January 23, 2024
Archaeology The Great Wall of China is coated in a living substance that shields it from harm December 12, 2023
Future New AI program creates realistic ‘talking heads’ from only an image and an audio November 24, 2023
Future New “Student of Games” algorithm leaps between chess and poker, and hints at generalizable AI November 23, 2023
Environment From Titanic to AI-tanic: AI shatters speed barriers in iceberg surveillance November 9, 2023
Animals New butterfly-inspired imaging sensor could help scientists detect cancer earlier November 7, 2023
Biology Futuristic bionic hand syncs with the brain and skeleton, bridging robotics and biology October 26, 2023
Materials Iron Man-inspired material made from DNA and glass is 5x stronger than steel — and 4x lighter October 20, 2023
