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New research into the subtle facial signs of illness could one day help train artificial intelligence systems to scan for infections
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Researchers took a cue from the electric eel to create a soft, foldable battery that could one day power devices like pacemakers
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Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers ideas to make it better
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Investigators looking into the crash of Learjet 35 were faced with a question: If the supplemental oxygen was working, why didn't the crew use their masks?
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Scientists at Columbia University have designed a device that could make the process economically viable
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Artificial intelligence and automation are bringing changes to higher education that will challenge, and may even threaten, in-person learning
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Municipalities and military bases are using the bivalve to defend against flooding and damage from climate change-driven storms
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In the early 1900s, a New Zealand farmer named Richard Pearse built what looked like a flying bicycle. Some of the ideas he developed are now standard
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Cooper Hewitt turns its design eye to beautifully styled wheelchairs, hearing aids and other accessible innovations
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These projects set to be completed this year are geared toward strengthening communities that have been left out of the economic recovery
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The eccentric inventor and modern Prometheus died 75 years ago, after a rags-to-riches to rags life
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An increasing number of institutions are developing programs that make exhibitions more accessible to those with developmental disabilities
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Damming rivers may seem like a clean and easy solution for Albania and other energy-hungry countries. But the devil is in the details
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1968: The Year That Shattered America
Two decades before the personal computer, a shy engineer unveiled the tools that would drive the tech revolution
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Researchers have developed a method for turning yogurt whey into bio-oil, which could potentially be processed into biofuel for planes
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1968: The Year That Shattered America
'The Population Bomb' made dire predictions—and triggered a wave of repression around the world
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Meet a group of trailblazers in medicine, education, art, transportation, artificial intelligence and more
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An increasing number of food companies are using food normally destined for the dumpster, and a new study shows eco-minded consumers don't mind a bit
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