Culture critic Beth Daniels argues the cartoon moose even allowed viewers to reckon with nuclear war
Children with cerebral palsy often walk in a crouched position, which is difficult to maintain over long distances. A robot suit can help.
Three Cooper-Hewitt award winners share secrets and stories with design critic Owen Edwards
How the sundae staple went from treatment to just treat
The Pollinator Friendly Solar Act has solar companies and commercial beekeepers working together
Facing the specter of more and worse rainstorms, these vulnerable areas are turning to innovative urban design
Machines can cook your dinner, fill your prescriptions, make your shoes and much, much more
Graphene supercapacitors, printed directly on textiles, could power medical devices, wearable computers, even phone-charging shirts
Its mandibles strike in a fraction of a blink of an eye, but how does it do it?
How a controversial experiment actually bore fruit
Why use plastic when you can use sugar?
But these helpful machines won't be the humanoid butlers of science fiction
From alarm clocks that pummel you in the head to ingenious devices to save your crayon nubs, a peek into the patent archives for back to school season
How one citizen science endeavor is using the Internet to democratize the search for distant worlds
Conservators are bringing new innovations to save the 80-pound suit that allowed the first astronaut on the moon to take that giant leap
Vast new deposits of lithium could change the global politics of battery production—if we can get at them
An increasing number of women are relying on apps to track their menstrual cycles. Now, there's even an app approved as birth control.
Looking Back on a Man Who Was Always Looking Forward
A spill of bioactive ink made from ovarian cells led to the creation of paper made from organs and tissues, with various potential medical uses
Paper, the gramophone, double-entry bookkeeping, and barbed wire all make the list
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