Artist Jonathan McCabe builds computer programs that create their own art—intricately patterned images that look part organic, part kaleidoscopic
A wearable robot controlled by brain waves will take center stage at the World Cup this week, but it’s not the only mind-controlled tech out there
A computer program mimicked human conversation so well that it was mistaken for a real live human, but "machine intelligence" still has a long way to go
Instead of holding its own global fest this year, Nerd Nite descended on our nation's capital.
The conference's first day ended with a bang—or should we say, a blast-off.
Three recent black hole events and how they shape our universe
As the potential drone applications grow, so does the build-your-own drone movement
Inspired by a similar effort in the 1970s, the project wants your help in creating a portrait of humanity to send out of the solar system
A chemical excreted by octopus skin tells their severed arms, “Don’t grab me or eat me!”
A new computer simulation, called Illustris, can take you on an epic journey through space and time
On the University of Maryland campus, a giant whirligig tries to predict the planet’s next big flip
A handful of ingenious methods have been used to detect the planets too far away for us to see
Scientists detect the signature of gravitational waves generated in the first moments of the Big Bang
A number of interplanetary destinations could harbor extraterrestrial life—finding it could be just a space mission away
The startup what3words wants to change the way we talk about locations
A photo series by Austin-based photographer Robert Shults casts physicists and their everyday life in the lab in a sci-fi B-movie light
This new method could help researchers remotely count and keep track of whale populations
The technology could someday be used in implantable medical devices or environmental sensors
This year, we saw dissolving electronics, flying meteors, gravity-defying chains and rotting pineapples
A new survey of 20-year-old studies shows that poor archives and inaccessible authors make 90 percent of raw data impossible to find
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