This bizarro bicycle reinvents the wheel … as a set of spider legs

When Carv began developing the Strandbeest-inspired walking bike in 2014, it couldn’t have known the beast that it would create.

News         April 21, 2022

The weird, worrying, and wonderful science that happened in 2018

2019 was full of big scientific news and breakthroughs, so we rounded up all of the best headlines for your perusal

News         September 28, 2021

These yeast colony patches are like living Geiger counters

A team of researchers from Purdue University have designed a patch that can help measure radiation exposure in nearly real time for radiologists and nuclear disaster responders. They're simple, made out of little more than paper and yeast, and cost pennies on the dollar.

News         September 28, 2021

Tiny exoskeleton helps babies avoid cerebral palsy, makes them look like Dr. Octopus

Infants at risk of cerebral palsy are getting a bit of support from a skateboard, robot, and machine-learning algorithm at the University of Oklahoma

News         May 7, 2021

Researchers argue AI can fool the Turing test without saying a thing

Alleged criminals might not be the only ones who would benefit from pleading the Fifth.

News         May 7, 2021

Robots may be responsible for a lot of the election coverage you’re reading

Publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, Yahoo News and the non-profit Pro Publica, use robot-journalists to write the news.

News         May 7, 2021

China’s National Space Administration just announced plans to land on Mars by 2020

In a rare news conference, Xu Dazhe, the head of the China National Space Administration, has reiterated the country's plan to land on Mars by 2020.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA offers $500K to anyone who can grow lifelike human tissue for space experiments

NASA hopes to study this tissue in an effort to make deep space travel safer and save astronauts from extreme experimentation.

News         April 2, 2021

Autonomous machines may help Japan colonize Mars

the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) commissioned construction company Kajima to build autonomous, extraterrestrial construction machinery.

News         April 2, 2021

Only on Mars! Why the odd dunes spotted by Curiosity can’t occur on Earth

Close-up observations from NASA’s Curiosity rover have revealed a unique kind of wind-sculpted sand ripples on the Red Planet.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA finalizes next Mars rover, inching closer to 2020 launch

The rover will help NASA investigate Martian surface rocks for signs of prior life, collect samples, and store them for recovery by future missions.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA’s ‘blue collar robot’ may help astronauts colonize Mars

NASA is developing methods to support massless exploration, beginning with resource processing plants on the Moon and Mars.

News         April 2, 2021

European Space Agency sends final command sequence as its spacecraft approaches Mars

The European Space Agency uploaded the last of its commands to the ExoMars spacecraft, telling the spacecraft what to do once it arrives at the red planet.

News         April 2, 2021

President Obama promotes exploration of Mars through private-public partnership

President Barack Obama revisited Mars this morning in a piece published by CNN.

News         April 2, 2021

Spiders on Mars? Citizen scientists help NASA spot the strange formations

The team behind the NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Obiter had too many images to analyze without a little help. So they asked volunteers to offer a hand.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA’s first Martians may take shelter in massive, 3D-printed igloos

The Mars Ice Home is a lightweight shelter that can be transported ahead of time and deployed by robotics, before the crew arrives to fill the outer layer.

News         April 2, 2021

Two organizations tackle saving Earth and settling Mars … via Kickstarter

To save Earth and settle Mars, two organizations have teamed up for a Kickstarter campaign with enormous implications.

News         April 2, 2021

A crew of six enter a geodesic dome to find out what it's like to live on Mars

An international crew of six enter a geodesic dome atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa to begin an eight-month experiment on isolation and confinement.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA wants to 3D print habitats with metal extracted from Martian soil

NASA plans to study Martian soil and, hopefully, devise a way to extract metals that could then be used to 3D print a human habitat.

News         April 2, 2021

Just add pressure — 'No-bake' method turns Martian soil into bricks

Future Martians may live in brick buildings made of Martian soil, thanks to a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA’s PUFFER is a cute origami-inspired robot that goes where big rovers can’t

NASA is developing a small scout robot called the Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) to accompany the next generation of rovers.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA inflatable greenhouse could help feed astronauts on other planets

NASA collaborated with researchers to design an inflatable greenhouse that can be deployed in space to produce fresh vegetables.

News         April 2, 2021

Physicians try to determine how astronauts will handle outer space medical emergencies

Experts are discussing and preparing for outer space medical emergencies at this year’s Euroanaesthesia Congress in Geneva.

News         April 2, 2021

Space shuttle junk gives shape to Lockheed Martin’s new habitat prototype

The cislunar habitat is made of old space shuttle cargo containers and will soon be developed as a prototype by Lockheed Martin.

News         April 2, 2021

Balloon release during eclipse will examine potential for life on Mars

By sending bacteria to the upper part of Earth's stratosphere, scientists will be able to test what a Mars-like environment does to life.

News         April 2, 2021

Martians may call these massive domed greenhouses “home”

The domed greenhouses are designed to house 50 people, equipped with open spaces of plants and water harvested from the Martian plains.

News         April 2, 2021

Finalists from NASA’s 3D-printed Mars home challenge are out of this world

NASA has selected three finalists in its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, an ongoing competition to design sustainable shelters for the moon or Mars. The goal is to build the structures out of recourses found on-site so that missions won’t have to carry excess resources with them.

News         April 2, 2021

A.I. teaching assistants could help fill the gaps created by virtual classrooms

Distance learning has created a disconnect between teachers and students. Can A.I. help fill that void?

Features         November 10, 2020

Neuroscientists can tell if you knowingly committed a crime based on brain scans

Neuroscientists have found that brain images reveal whether someone committed a crime knowingly or recklessly.

News         September 28, 2020

Can stem cell injections revive a dead brain? Ambitious ‘Reanima Project’ aims to find out

An American biotech company just received ethical approval to regenerate dead human brains in a trial that may be the first of its kind.

News         September 28, 2020

The Marine Corps is developing land-borne battlefield robots with flying drone sidekicks

The Marines Corps has announced plans to develop autonomous robot-drone teams to collaborate in combat and take to the battlefield alongside soldiers.

News         September 28, 2020

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth with ‘critical’ cargo

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth from ISS, bringing with it cargo that NASA says will be critical to its Journey to Mars.

News         September 28, 2020

China has plans to construct an underwater ‘research lab’ 10,000 feet below the South China Sea

China isn’t only interested in building artificial islands – they’re also planning construction of a sea lab some 10,000 feet underwater.

News         September 28, 2020

Despite porpoise problem, world’s biggest offshore wind farm is a go

With an estimated energy capacity of 1.8 gigawatts, the Hornsea Project Two wind farm could provide enough power for 1.6 million homes.

News         September 25, 2020

Microsoft hits another milestone in speech-recognition software accuracy

Researchers from the tech giant have achieved an impressively low error rate for speech recognition software -- down to just 6.3 percent.

News         September 25, 2020

Fetal VR gives parents and physicians a new perspective on unborn babies

The 3D models combine slices of MRI scans to reconstruct the environment of the womb, including fetus, placenta, and umbilical cord.

News         September 25, 2020

Run hard, breathe easy: Heated balaclava helps athletes in cold weather

Looking something like a knitted ninja turtle's mask, the smart balaclava features a patch of electric-conductive yarn that rests over the nose and mouth.

News         September 25, 2020

Miserable tweets, virus parameters help researchers accurately track the flu

By combining tweets with parameters, they were able to follow how the flu spread and forecast its development up to six weeks ahead of time.

News         September 24, 2020