Inventions New “soft robots” are strong enough to lift heavy weights, delicate enough to pluck a raspberry January 5, 2018
Materials Shatter-proof smartphones are one step closer as researchers tame glass on the atomic level December 14, 2017
Mind & Brain Playing computer games could help keep your brain in good shape, new study reports December 8, 2017
News With a 3-D printed attachment, your laundry bottle could order more detergent when it’s running low December 7, 2017
News LED light savings backfire spectacularly as light pollution increases dramatically November 23, 2017 - Updated on November 24, 2017
Materials “Felting” carbon nanotubes could finally allow us to use the wonder-material at large November 23, 2017
News Scam the scammers: New AI Bot messes with scammers by pretending to be a human victim November 10, 2017
Materials Spider silk could lead to a new generation of microphones and hearing aids November 1, 2017
Offbeat Scientist trains AI to generate Halloween costumes ideas, and some are pretty good October 30, 2017
Archaeology Scientists use laser scans to study one of the earliest navigation tools October 25, 2017
Discoveries Researchers discover astonishingly intact, 48-million-year-old bird fats in fossilized gland October 19, 2017
Interviews Mouse Mazes and Cutting Edge Science: A Discussion with Harvard’s Shuhan He October 10, 2017 - Updated on October 18, 2017
Green Living Renewable flip flops: scientists produce the “No. 1” footwear in the world from algae October 9, 2017
Discoveries Divers solve 93-year-old mystery by discovering shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Huron October 5, 2017
Animals Ugly Unicorn: Metal-tipped prehistoric ant drank the blood of its victims for dinner September 12, 2017
News Popular voice assistants like Siri or Alexa easily hacked with ultrasonic commands September 7, 2017
Environment New water-based lithium-ion battery will never explode in your face September 6, 2017 - Updated on January 9, 2020
Economics Too much innovation wrecks weak economies, too much competition paralyzes strong ones, paper reports September 5, 2017
Design Birmingham design student crafts cool, fully recyclable furniture — from cow dung September 5, 2017
Biology Higher temperature and more CO2 is good for trees, but overall climate change will damage forests September 1, 2017
Biology Scientists combine spider silk with graphene, create incredibly powerful web September 1, 2017
Mind & Brain Trying to resist a yawn makes you more likely to yawn — because your motor cortex is wired that way August 31, 2017 - Updated on September 1, 2017
Materials Researchers design carbon yarn that generates energy from motion or waste heat August 25, 2017
Electronics Google researchers are able to perfectly and simply remove watermarks from photographs August 24, 2017
News Elon Musk’s AI just beat the pros at Dota 2 — one of the most popular and complex computer games August 14, 2017
Animals Using flies to find the animals that live in a tropical forest August 7, 2017 - Updated on August 8, 2017
