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California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

Billionaire-backed company has bought all the land it needs for its ‘city of yesterday’

elephant seal wearing tag like a hat

Seals with funny hats are helping map the Antarctic seascape

By Charlotte Hu

How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost

How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost

Offshore wind turbine being constructed with nearby supply ship

A Danish company just scrapped its ambitious plan for a New Jersey offshore wind farm

Watch a heavy-lifting drone land a perfect delivery on an offshore wind turbine

Watch a heavy-lifting drone land a perfect delivery on an offshore wind turbine

This new haptic glove uses tiny valve ‘pixels’ to simulate pressure

This new haptic glove uses tiny valve ‘pixels’ to simulate pressure

Man holding HULC lunar camera in rocky outdoor environment

A sneak peek at the lunar camera destined for the Artemis missions

Woman's hands holding up cloth woven with smart fiber

This liquid crystal fabric is ‘smart’ enough to adapt to the weather

Chicken feather fibers could help make less toxic hydrogen fuel cells

Chicken feather fibers could help make less toxic hydrogen fuel cells

a giant bumper car

This giant bumper car is street-legal and enormously delightful

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Orsted offshore wind turbines in the UK

Atlantic City’s massive offshore wind farm project highlights the industry’s growing pains

2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray driving down the road

The new electrified E-Ray is the quickest Corvette ever

Stella Terra solar powered car action shot on road

This off-roading, solar-powered vehicle just sped across the Sahara

Workers at rare earth mineral mine next to equipment in China

China says it discovered potentially vast amounts of a rare superconducting material

Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests

Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This non-invasive device blasts apart tumors with sound waves

This non-invasive device blasts apart tumors with sound waves

By Charlotte Hu

Why NASA will launch rockets to study the eclipse

Why NASA will launch rockets to study the eclipse

By Charlotte Hu

Parker Solar Probe in front of sun concept art

The fastest ever human-made object keeps breaking its own speed record

Two US Coast Guard officials handling remains of OceanGate Titan submersible

What the US Coast Guard found on their last OceanGate Titan salvage mission

Man with cerebral palsy drinking from RoboCup

College students invented an easy device for cerebral palsy patients to drink on their own

Close up of Axiom Space Prada lunar spacesuit glove

Moon-bound Artemis III spacesuits have some functional luxury sewn in

aurora supercomputer at Argonne

The world’s most powerful computer could soon help the US build better nuclear reactors

By Charlotte Hu

Orbital cubesat plasma brake concept art

A new satellite’s ‘plasma brake’ uses Earth’s atmosphere to avoid becoming space junk

nuclear submarine

Shipbuilders 3D-printed a part for a nuclear submarine

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Archax robotic mech suit in warehouse

This gigantic mech suit can be yours for $3 million

The world’s internet traffic flows beneath the oceans—here’s how

The world’s internet traffic flows beneath the oceans—here’s how

By Harry Guinness

Green architecture homes

The EPA wants to tighten up their ‘zero-emission’ building definition

Solar sail concept art from NASA

How tiny spacecraft could ‘sail’ to Mars surprisingly quickly

The 2024 Polaris Xpedition vehicle crossing a river

This new Polaris off-roader is the ultimate vehicle for rugged adventures

By Kristin Shaw

Skydio X10 drone flying at night

A new drone might help cops stop high-speed car chases

Driving a McLaren at 200 mph is a thrilling, dangerous experience

Sierra Space module exploding screenshot

Watch a space station habitat prototype pop like a water balloon

This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines

This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Drawing of the Tsuruhama Rain Forest Pavilion project in Osaka, Japan.

In pictures: 7 things from MoMA’s new design and architecture exhibits that made us go ‘wow’

By Charlotte Hu

Saab says it has solved a modern camouflage conundrum

Saab says it has solved a modern camouflage conundrum

By Kelsey D. Atherton

biggest hot air balloon in us

The biggest hot air balloon in the US was built to carry skydivers

ETH Zurich electric race car in motion

Swiss students just slashed the world record for EV acceleration

A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor

A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Robotic origami microflier

Microflier robots use the science of origami to fall like leaves

an inchwoom robot climbing up a smooth surface

This wormy robot can wriggle its way around a jet engine

By Charlotte Hu

3D printer making algae-based water decontaminate

‘Living material’ water filter uses bacteria to neutralize water pollutants

wedges in the anechoic chamber and a hand holding a sound level meter

What it’s like to step inside a room with no echoes

By Charlotte Hu

MIT Van Atta Backscatter array closeup

This new subsea communications system can run on an iota of power

shadowy figure holds spy satellite

How corporations helped fuel the big business of spying

By Sarah Scoles

Closeup of solar panel installation

This alternative to lithium-based batteries could help store renewable energy

Lagos Blue Line Rail train next to traffic jam

Traveling through the world’s most traffic-heavy city just got a lot quicker—and greener

Pants on hangers

The US wants to dress military in smart surveillance apparel

From clay cars to VR: How GM is designing an electric fleet at top speed

From clay cars to VR: How GM is designing an electric fleet at top speed

By Kristin Shaw

water main break caused water to run on to the times square subway lines

Disruptive water main breaks happen more often than you think

By Charlotte Hu

Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat

Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat

By Srinivas Garimella and Matthew T. Hughes/The Conversation

California high speed railcar concept art

A high-speed rail line in California is chugging along towards 2030 debut

a bugatti chiron super sport car

What’s a V8 engine doubled? The Bugatti Chiron Super Sport’s W16.

By Kristin Shaw

a b-2 bomber in flight

B-2 bomber’s latest tech upgrade brings it into the 21st century

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean

two drones coming together while flying

These nifty drones can lock together in mid-air to form a bigger, stronger robot

By Charlotte Hu

MIT kirigami tentacle scultures

The latest kirigami-inspired engineering materials are also works of art

Scientists brew stronger concrete with coffee grounds

Scientists brew stronger concrete with coffee grounds

Shipping container used as passive cooling test chamber

Ancient Egyptian ‘air conditioning’ could help cool modern buildings

Pyxis Ocean retrofitted with WindWings setting sail for its maiden voyage, August 2023

A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage

Jaguar's Formula E racecar

How Formula E race cars are guiding Jaguar’s EV future

By Charlotte Hu

Elemental chromium

The same metal found on hot rods and Harleys could revolutionize solar panels

food wrapped in aluminum foil

Scientists shake crumpled tinfoil to create electricity

By Charlotte Hu

Japanese bullet train leaving station at dawn

Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas