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Spider Astronaut Dies On Display At Smithsonian
'Spidernaut' NefertitiSmithsonian InstituteThe "spidernaut" Nefertiti has died. It was 10 months old. A "Johnson Jumper" spider, it was sent on board the International Space Station in July as part of...
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A Holiday Gift Guide For The Bearded Man In Your Life
Papa Hemingway: Beard Enthusiast, ManYousuf Karsh via WikimediaBeard maintenance is tricky, but pulling off the perfect beard with panache is even trickier. Here's how you can help. Chances are, the...
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How To Rob A Bank [Infographic]
Here are the five steps to a successful banking-fraud heist. Robbing a bank sounds like hard work! It's not exactly the safest way to earn a living, and you have to get all dressed up for it. But if...
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Animal Bluffs Inspire A New Breed Of Deceptive Robots
Robot Bluffing This robot is trying to fool another robot into checking the wrong place for its hidden cache. Georgia TechRobots can lure "predator" machines to false locations, and feign strength to...
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Watch: 3-D Printed Assault Rifle Breaks After Just 6 Shots
3-D Printed Gun Breaks The gun fell apart within six rounds. Defense DistributedWiki Weapons Project conducted its first live test, and the partially printed AR-15 fell apart fast. A field test of a...
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NASA Satellites Capture Earth As You've Never Seen It
The HimalayasNASAReally! "Earth As Art," a free e-book from NASA, shows off surreal photos of Earth with light taken outside the visible spectrum. Here are 19 of our favorites. It's already unlikely...
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Researchers Can Tell A Liar By The Nose With The 'Pinocchio Effect'
On The NoseCourtesy YouTubeThermography scans show that when you lie, your nose heats up. To tell if a person is lying, just measure his or her nose. No, not the length--the temperature. Researchers at...
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NASA's Newest Engineering Challenge: How To Change A Light Bulb
International Space Station, 2011NASANASA is changing all of the light bulbs on board the International Space Station to help famously insomniac astronauts sleep better. Astronaut insomnia is somewhat...
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Video: A Timelapse View Of Earth From The ISS
ISS Footage TimelapseGiacomo Sardelli/NASAA super-epic holiday greeting from space. Happy holidays from the International Space Station! Film student Giacomo Sardelli created this timelapse video of...
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NASA Loves Mars A Lot And Plans To Send It Another Curiosity In 8 Years
Curiosity on Mars This artist's concept depicts the Curiosity rover using its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument to investigate the composition of a rock surface. ChemCam fires laser pulses at a...
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8 Gift Ideas For The Luddite In Your Life
Hardwood Shaving KitEtsyBecause, sometimes, battery power is overrated It's been 200 years since artisan hand-loom weavers in England began smashing and burning the factory machinery that was rendering...
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Global Economic Winners: African Economy Booms
Africa's rapid growth is not affecting the continent equally. Here's a look at five African countries that represent some of the brightest spots. In May 2000, The Economist magazine declared that...
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Oceangoing Robot Comes Ashore In Australia, Completing A 9,000-Mile...
Wave Glider 'Papa Mau' Leaving Hawaii For AustraliaLiquid RoboticsAfter a year at sea, Liquid Robotics' Wave Glider has set the record for the longest distance traveled by an autonomous robot. In...
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Vote: What Are The Most Important Inventions Of The Last 25 Years?
The best of the Best of What's New There was no shortage of impassioned debate when we gathered to anoint the top 25 innovations in the history of Best of What's New. But a dozen editors locked in a...
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Who Pays For Sports Stadiums? [Infographic]
Hint: the taxpayers. Deadspin breaks down how much the public is paying for sports. Getting that fancy new sports stadium isn't always cheap, and sometimes the taxpayers are used to fill the gap. This...
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Scientists Might've Discovered World's Oldest Dinosaur
Nyasasaurus parringtoniNatural History Museum, London/Mark WittonPaleontologists aren't quite sure yet, but a new species of dinosaur--if it is actually a dinosaur--appears to be the oldest ever found,...
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Modernization and Discretionary Income Positions Africa On The Rise
The Growing Modernization in AfricaTHEGIFT777Move over, Asia: One of the world's fastest growing regions is actually Africa, where greater stability, growing foreign investment, and the emergence of a...
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Social Robot Designed To Befriend Lonely Astronauts
A Friendly Robot For Lonely AstronautsKibo Robot ProjectJoining NASA's Robonaut, JAXA's Kibo robot will serve as a robot companion to Japan's ISS resident, attempting to relieve the stress of long term...
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Sperm Count Is Falling In France, And Globally, Too, Study Says
Human Sperm CellsWikimedia CommonsA new study tracked 26,000 French men from 1989 to 2005 and discovered that sperm count dropped by one third. (With some reservations from other scientists.) A...
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Grand Award Winner: The Sand Flea
The Sand Flea A reconnaissance robot for all of your building-leaping needs. Boston DynamicsA robot for all your building-leaping needs. Reconnaissance robots have typically required elaborate...
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