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Meet Silicene, Single-Atom-Thick Sheets of Silicon That Could Supersede Graphene
Technology

Meet Silicene, Single-Atom-Thick Sheets of Silicon That Could Supersede Graphene

By Rebecca Boyle

Who Is Buying Up More Drones Than Law Enforcement? Universities
Aviation

Who Is Buying Up More Drones Than Law Enforcement? Universities

By Clay Dillow

Airplane-Mounted Laser Weapon Project May Be Resurrected to Defend Against North Korea
Technology

Airplane-Mounted Laser Weapon Project May Be Resurrected to Defend Against North Korea

By Clay Dillow

Head-Mounted 3-D Mapping Device, Developed for Robots, Can Help Blind People Navigate
Technology

Head-Mounted 3-D Mapping Device, Developed for Robots, Can Help Blind People Navigate

By Rebecca Boyle

The Jets of the Future
Aviation

The Jets of the Future

By Andrew Rosenblum and Rose Pastore

Rough Sketch: “I Build Flying Robots”
Aviation

Rough Sketch: “I Build Flying Robots”

By Vijay Kumar as told to Flora Lichtman

Video: A Robot ‘Spider’ Weaves an Intricate Web
Robots

Video: A Robot ‘Spider’ Weaves an Intricate Web

By Clay Dillow

‘Nanofishnet’ Could Be the First Metamaterial to Impossibly Bend Light in the Visible Spectrum
Military

‘Nanofishnet’ Could Be the First Metamaterial to Impossibly Bend Light in the Visible Spectrum

By Clay Dillow

London Residents May Get Anti-Aircraft Missiles on Their Rooftops to Defend the Olympic Games
Military

London Residents May Get Anti-Aircraft Missiles on Their Rooftops to Defend the Olympic Games

By Clay Dillow

Inside The First Production-Ready Electric Airplane
Aviation

Inside The First Production-Ready Electric Airplane

By Seth Fletcher

Video: ISS Soars Above Beautiful Auroras, Lightning and Stormy Weather Back on Earth
Technology

Video: ISS Soars Above Beautiful Auroras, Lightning and Stormy Weather Back on Earth

By Rebecca Boyle

Super-Precise Laser Scalpel Minimizes Collateral Damage
Health

Super-Precise Laser Scalpel Minimizes Collateral Damage

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: A 3-D Printed Exoskeletal Glove Gives Precision Control of a Super-Strong Robot Arm
Technology

Video: A 3-D Printed Exoskeletal Glove Gives Precision Control of a Super-Strong Robot Arm

By Clay Dillow

Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes Its Final Flight
Technology

Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes Its Final Flight

By Paul Adams

Honda Car Warns You If Your Driving Style Is Likely to Cause Traffic Jams
Robots

Honda Car Warns You If Your Driving Style Is Likely to Cause Traffic Jams

By Clay Dillow

NIST’s Quantum Simulator Mimics Hundreds of Qubits Interacting
Physics

NIST’s Quantum Simulator Mimics Hundreds of Qubits Interacting

By Clay Dillow

Video: ‘Anti-Piracy Curtain’ Makes Boarding Ships a Wet, Dangerous Mess for Pirates
Military

Video: ‘Anti-Piracy Curtain’ Makes Boarding Ships a Wet, Dangerous Mess for Pirates

By Clay Dillow

The World’s Biggest Digital Camera Begins Engineering Phase
Science

The World’s Biggest Digital Camera Begins Engineering Phase

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: MIT Engineers Design Fog-Free, Water-Repellent, Anti-Glare Glass
Technology

Video: MIT Engineers Design Fog-Free, Water-Repellent, Anti-Glare Glass

By Rebecca Boyle

Who Is To Blame When A Robotic Car Crashes?
Robots

Who Is To Blame When A Robotic Car Crashes?

By Jacob Ward

Who is Flying Drones in the U.S. and Where Are They Flying?
Aviation

Who is Flying Drones in the U.S. and Where Are They Flying?

By Clay Dillow

NASA’s New Deep-Space J-2X Rocket Motor is Ready For More Tests
Technology

NASA’s New Deep-Space J-2X Rocket Motor is Ready For More Tests

By Clay Dillow

Super Nano-Waterproof Coating Actively Shrugs Off Water, Grease and Would-Be Stains
Technology

Super Nano-Waterproof Coating Actively Shrugs Off Water, Grease and Would-Be Stains

By Rebecca Boyle

Drone Pilots
Technology

2012 Military Wishlist Features Smart Wound-Diagnosing Uniforms and Dogfighting Drones

By Stuart Fox

Video: Flying Objects Punch Through Saturnian Ring, Blazing Glittery Trails of Space Dust
Technology

Video: Flying Objects Punch Through Saturnian Ring, Blazing Glittery Trails of Space Dust

By Rebecca Boyle

Technological Challenges Aside, Is Asteroid Mining Legal?
Science

Technological Challenges Aside, Is Asteroid Mining Legal?

By Rebecca Boyle

Will You Use Google Drive?
Technology

Will You Use Google Drive?

By Dan Nosowitz

Changing The Teeth On The World’s Largest Tunnel-Boring Machine
Technology

Changing The Teeth On The World’s Largest Tunnel-Boring Machine

By Tim Newcomb

Doors Unlock With Keyed Vibrations Sent From Your Smartphone Through Your Bones
Gear

Doors Unlock With Keyed Vibrations Sent From Your Smartphone Through Your Bones

By Clay Dillow

Video: Flying Thing Propels Itself By Flipping Inside Out
Robots

Video: Flying Thing Propels Itself By Flipping Inside Out

By Rebecca Boyle

Today in Mind Reading: Brain Scans Can Predict If You’re About to Make a Math Mistake
Technology

Today in Mind Reading: Brain Scans Can Predict If You’re About to Make a Math Mistake

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Last Year’s DARPA Hypersonic Glider Test Failed When Vehicle Sped Right Out of Its Own Skin
Aviation

Video: Last Year’s DARPA Hypersonic Glider Test Failed When Vehicle Sped Right Out of Its Own Skin

By Clay Dillow

The Human Element
Army

The Human Element

By C.J. Chivers

Archive Gallery: Our Obsession with the Titanic
Technology

Archive Gallery: Our Obsession with the Titanic

By Rose Pastore

Bombs Away
Technology

The Robots That Can Be Blown Up and Keep On Detecting IEDs

By Rose Pastore

Pumping Gas Into Commercial Airliners
Aviation

Pumping Gas Into Commercial Airliners

By Ryan Bradley

Test Drive: The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth
Technology

Test Drive: The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth

By Jon Alain Guzik

Nanoparticle Coating Makes Paper Magnetic, Waterproof, and Antibacterial
Technology

Nanoparticle Coating Makes Paper Magnetic, Waterproof, and Antibacterial

By Rebecca Boyle

Brain Scans Can Reliably Predict Future Behavior, Including Eating and Sex
Animals

Brain Scans Can Reliably Predict Future Behavior, Including Eating and Sex

By Rebecca Boyle

Bio-Armor: Printing Protective Plates From Patterns In Nature
Technology

Bio-Armor: Printing Protective Plates From Patterns In Nature

By Ryan Bradley

Secret Cyber War Games Between U.S. and China Let Countries Role-Play Their Frustrations
Technology

Secret Cyber War Games Between U.S. and China Let Countries Role-Play Their Frustrations

By Rebecca Boyle

Space Shuttle Discovery Takes a Tour of Washington, D.C.
Technology

Space Shuttle Discovery Takes a Tour of Washington, D.C.

By Dan Nosowitz

A Model Disaster
Engineering

A Model Disaster

By Edward Tenner

Hubble Snaps a Star Factory at the Center of the Tarantula Nebula
Technology

Hubble Snaps a Star Factory at the Center of the Tarantula Nebula

By Clay Dillow

A Computer Constructed From a Consortium of Live Crabs
Animals

A Computer Constructed From a Consortium of Live Crabs

By Clay Dillow

Video: 3-D Printing Customized Chemistry Labware to Replace the Common Beaker
Environment

Video: 3-D Printing Customized Chemistry Labware to Replace the Common Beaker

By Clay Dillow

Video: Mood-Sensing Robot Prison Guard Begins First Real-World Test in Korea
Robots

Video: Mood-Sensing Robot Prison Guard Begins First Real-World Test in Korea

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: Tupac Shakur Resurrected Via Hologram to Perform at Coachella
Technology

Video: Tupac Shakur Resurrected Via Hologram to Perform at Coachella

By Clay Dillow

The Thousand-Year-Old Viking Sunstone
Technology

The Thousand-Year-Old Viking Sunstone

By Flora Lichtman

You Built What?!: A Street-Legal Three-Wheeler That Runs on Nearly 2,000 Batteries
DIY

You Built What?!: A Street-Legal Three-Wheeler That Runs on Nearly 2,000 Batteries

By Gregory Mone

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It
Technology

Which Continent to Put the Largest Radio Telescope On? Why Not Share It

By Rebecca Boyle

Pentagon Announces New Strategy: Rapidly Develop Cyberweapons to Attack Specific Targets
Technology

Pentagon Announces New Strategy: Rapidly Develop Cyberweapons to Attack Specific Targets

By Clay Dillow

Video: DARPA’s Updated Humanoid Hits the Treadmill, Climbs Stairs, Does Push-Ups
DARPA

Video: DARPA’s Updated Humanoid Hits the Treadmill, Climbs Stairs, Does Push-Ups

By Clay Dillow

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid
Physics

Students Invent a Pothole Repair Patch Made from a Non-Newtonian Fluid

By Rebecca Boyle

The ESA Has Lost Contact With Its Earth-Observing Envisat Satellite
Technology

The ESA Has Lost Contact With Its Earth-Observing Envisat Satellite

By Clay Dillow

Canada Launches Its Own Virtual Cash, Called MintChip
Technology

Canada Launches Its Own Virtual Cash, Called MintChip

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Introducing the Carkoon, a Child Car Seat that Wraps Your Child in Kevlar Upon Impact
Technology

Video: Introducing the Carkoon, a Child Car Seat that Wraps Your Child in Kevlar Upon Impact

By Clay Dillow

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?
DARPA

What Must a Humanoid Disaster-Response Robot Do to Win DARPA’s Challenge?

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer
Physics

How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer

By Clay Dillow

Video: Creepy Humanoid Robot Mimics Human Head Movements For Science
Robots

Video: Creepy Humanoid Robot Mimics Human Head Movements For Science

By Rebecca Boyle

Without Smarts, New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ is Really the Taxi of Yesterday
Technology

Without Smarts, New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ is Really the Taxi of Yesterday

By Clay Dillow

Video: This Octobot Walks Using Shape-Memory Alloy Tentacles
Robots

Video: This Octobot Walks Using Shape-Memory Alloy Tentacles

By Clay Dillow

Test Drive: the 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan
Technology

Test Drive: the 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan

By Jon Alain Guzik

Breaking: Facebook Is Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars
Technology

Breaking: Facebook Is Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars

By Kyle Wagner/Gizmodo

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