september 2008

If you burn about 80 calories per mile walked, you’d need two trillion PowerBars to fuel the trip.

Ask an astrobiological philosopher!

Round robotic sidekicks scout Martian territory for the next generation of rovers

Big problem, small budget? Tap the affordable talents of brainy undergrads

Whether an epic road trip or just a quick jaunt to the mall, load your drive into your GPS the easy way—by using an online map

Expand your tech arsenal, not your credit-card debt

There's still talk of revolution on campuses. But the 21st-century student has something very different from anarchy on the mind--think hydrogen cars and homes on the moon

"Folding" light again and again provides a lot of magnification in a small space

Hoboken students devise a tiny prototype scout copter

Agriculture is broken. Traditional techniques use too much energy and produce too little food for our growing planet. One fix: skyscrapers filled with robotically tended hydroponic crops and lab-grown meat