july 2012

Float on!

Are nuclear disasters the new normal?

Twenty years ago, Mitchell Joseph set out to solve one of the great challenges of the modern age: how to make … Continued

A new bionic eye implant could allow blind people to recognize faces, watch TV and even read. Nano Retina’s Bio-Retina … Continued

Featuring the most versatile wrench around, a virtual caddy in a watch, and more

When it's 115 degrees in March, it might take a Hail Mary of a solution to help us

The amount of water on Earth is fixed, but everything else is changing fast

Wheat, rice and corn provide 60 percent of the world's calories -- here's how to prepare them for the future

Miroslaw Sowa, an electronics hobbyist in Montreal who grew up playing the accordion, liked the guitar but found fingering chords … Continued

It depends on who you are and where you live. Humans thrive in Kuwait City, where average highs top 110° … Continued