With new ingredients and processes, the next generation of substitutes will be not just more egg-like, but potentially more nutritious
Creative circuitry and rolling robots make up this year’s top toys for teaching kids to love science, technology, engineering and math
The devices were used to track movement and measure productivity—an insightful foreshadowing of our current preoccupation with personal data
Too late to save the ivory-billed woodpecker, Arthur Allen changed science forever with his seemingly simple idea
The true, forgotten and sometimes-stinky history of the cohort who took Alexander Fleming's innovation and forever changed the face of modern medicine
To raise awareness for a charity event, aspiring engineers planted six UFOs across southern England on a single day in 1967
From the Ford Nucleon to the Studebaker-Packard Astral, these vehicles failed to progress past the prototype stage in the 1950s and 1960s
The artificial waste could fertilize the ocean and sequester carbon
Pedestrians in Montreal, Grand Rapids and other locations can time-travel thanks to installations that map historical scenes directly onto the cityscapes
In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life
The early polygraph machine was considered the most scientific way to detect deception—but that was a myth
The terms “snake oil” and “snake-oil salesperson” are part of the vernacular thanks to Clark Stanley, a quack doctor who marketed a product for joint pain in the late 19th century
It’s easy to write bugs off as pests, but consider the ways in which they have positively impacted our lives
On the island of Laeso in Denmark, one man is reviving the lost art of eelgrass thatching and, in doing so, bringing attention to a plant that has great potential
A clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone for those dealing with death and loss
Computer scientist and meteorologist Amy McGovern has studied the technology for two decades, and she weighs in with some answers
The ocean became a dumping ground for weapons after Allied forces defeated the Nazis. Now a team of robots and divers is making the waters safer
Can automated restaurants still be community and cultural spaces, or will they become feeding stations for humans? These and other questions loom as new food tech reaches the market
By building a broad coalition of partners across the political spectrum, the Florida metropolis is doing all that it can to keep the city cool
New research is revealing how the Sceptered Isle transformed from a Roman backwater to a mighty country of its own