When the model for the TV show Star Trek was removed for conservation at the National Air and Space Museum, the actor William Shatner weighed in
Two other quirky inventions teach music in novel ways
With a network of compact, low-cost weather satellites with smartphone-like internals, startup Spire plans to make future forecasts a lot more reliable
Slated to open July 17, the hotel in a Japanese theme park will be staffed by "actroids"
A decade's worth of sustainable projects by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm, BIG, are now on display at the National Building Museum
Scholar Art Molella chronicles the habits, habitats and behaviors of the men and women who invent
Whitman Miller's “off the shelf” technology may answer complicated questions about rising CO2 and ocean acidification
The rare works of Wang Meng, an artist with a brilliance for brushstrokes, bring millions at auction
A Los Angeles group is also creating greeting cards with personalized audio messages from top celebrities
Using electrical charges to treat diseases, from diabetes to obesity, is picking up speed
The once-elusive flower's striking beauty has inspired collectors and scientists to make it more accessible
Unopened drugs—billions of dollars worth—are trashed in this country each year. What if they instead went to the 50 million who can't afford them?
A new book tells the backstory and provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the much buzzed-about cryptocurrency
An exhibition on sound kicks off the American History Museum's Year of Innovation, enabling visitors to hear some of the earliest recordings
Sailors navigating with sextant, compass and maps found in the Marshall Islands that curved sticks and cowry shells were far more sophisticated
These airplane cabin designs—both real and conceptual—show what might await us on flights in the near future
Catch up on the week's best space images, from a cyclone's glowing eye to a surreal Martian vista
Five Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Not to mention, a bizarre bike-treadmill hybrid meant to reduce the strain on runners' joints
Hidden inscriptions offer new clues to the origins of a mysterious astronomical mechanism
Strengthening the planet’s forests is one critical way to combat climate change
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