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Things are on hold for the moment for the LightSail, the new solar sail spacecraft launched last week by Bill Nye and his Planetary Society organization. The prototype…

With no prospect of re-election hanging over his head, President Obama is using the remainder of his time in office as a chance to talk about a political minefield, climate…

Thousands of Chicagoans are taking to the streets this week to celebrate the 2,600th anniversary of science. Obviously it’s pretty hard to pin down the exact date when…

For the first time ever, NASA has drawn up a contract with a private company to bring humans into space. In late 2017, the space agency plans to send Boeing’s spacecraft on…

-- We are excited to have started building the SURE HOUSE in a parking lot on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken New Jersey. “SURE Construction” is a…

China and Russia take their annual naval exercises to a new spot, the Mediterranean off Turkey's coast, and right in NATO's backyard to boot.

The Black Hornet is exactly the kind of drone that scares people about drones. It’s small, fitting easily into the palm of a hand or a pouch pocket. It’s name evokes Black…

Excavators have spent years recovering 28 hominin skeletons from the Sima de los Huesos pit in northern Spain, a cave that mean "pit of bones." After finally digging them…

Google is partnering with GoPro to bring 360-degree videos to YouTube in an effort that the companies are calling "Jump," putting it on a direct collision course with VR ambitions at Facebook and Sony.

DesertTrax was built by Bud Gaston to keep off-road endurance race teams in touch, no matter where on the planet they're racing.

Spider silk had a good run as nature’s strongest material. But recently, limpet teeth--made of mineral nanofibers--were found to be up to five times stronger. Asa Barber, an…

This goldfish has trouble staying upright. Thanks to a sling made from what appears to be a T-shirt tag and a cork, it can now swim right-side up. Reddit user Leability…

A team of Swiss researchers has found the real reason why Swiss cheese has holes. And though the real reason has nothing to do with mice, tiny particles of hay have a…

In just under two minutes, this tiny metallic square will, in sequence: fold itself into a robot, roll away, keep a trajectory as it does a figure eight around two columns,…

Just a few months ago, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft detected an ultraviolet aurora on Mars. And although Europe’s Mars Express satellite spotted an aurora from orbit back in…

Google has been busy this week announcing tons of ambitious new products and services at its I/O developer conference, but not all of its experimental efforts are flying…

Google unveiled a project this week called Im2Calories, that uses deep learning AI algorithms to analyze a photo of food, and estimate the total calories.

Project Jacquard is an effort to invisibly integrate computers into objects, materials, and clothing. Everyday objects such as clothing and furniture will be turned into…

Google is hogging the tech limelight this week thanks to the flashy new virtual reality and wearable technology shown off at the I/O developers conference, but Microsoft…

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