Beginning in May, a plane will fly across the United States on sunlight alone. In 2015, it will circumnavigate the world.
By Stephen Cass
Posted 05.02.2013 at 10:30 am
Rewiring the brain to battle seizures, blindness, and more
By Virginia Hughes
Posted 02.18.2013 at 1:49 pm
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When a failure occurs along a line now, everything downstream from that point loses power. But there's a better way.
Humans regularly lose their lives rushing into disaster zones. Now engineers are racing to build
robots that can take their place.
By Erik Sofge
Posted 01.21.2013 at 11:00 am
Barack Obama's second term should see the same focus on funding science and technology--although the budget ax is looming.
By Juliet Eilperin
Posted 01.09.2013 at 11:00 am
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New techniques will circumvent ethical concerns, and maybe lead us to the medical holy grail.
By Clay Risen
Posted 01.03.2013 at 11:00 am
After the Higgs boson, what new discoveries will we make?
By Sean Carroll
Posted 01.01.2013 at 10:00 am
The Chinese government is rapidly building a bigger, more sophisticated military. Here’s what they have, what they want, and what it means for the U.S.
By Peter W. Singer
Posted 12.20.2012 at 10:00 am
Athletes in the U.S. suffer 3.8 million sports-related concussions each year. While helmet makers dither with small improvements, Swedish scientists have built something that could protect us all.
By Tom Foster
Posted 12.18.2012 at 1:07 pm
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Astronauts can only travel so far in existing space suits. What will it take to see the universe?
By Eric Sofge
Posted 11.19.2012 at 11:02 am
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Not much--yet. Before we move to mining's final frontier, we'll have to fill in some gaps. Here's a visualized look at what we do know, and what we're lacking.
By Laura Geggel and Katie Peek
Posted 11.16.2012 at 2:00 pm
Self-repairing computers! Electronic skin! Bat-wing planes! A look at the amazing stuff that's changing the world.
By Sarah Fecht, Lauren Aaronson, Laura Geggel
Posted 11.14.2012 at 11:00 am
Rossi--a lone Italian inventor with no real credentials and a history as a convicted scam artist--has convinced a small army of researchers that his box can harness a new type of nuclear reaction. What if they're right?
By Steve Featherstone
Posted 10.23.2012 at 10:32 am
When the Navy needs to surprise and overwhelm an inland enemy, it can send in its new Zumwalt-class destroyer.
Out of the wild
By David Quammen
Posted 10.15.2012 at 10:06 am
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