Rock lobster tail at a Red Lobster

Rock Lobster From a Farm Could Soon Be Coming To a Menu Near You

Rock lobster isn’t just a B52’s song, it’s a beloved meal around the world. And now scientists have figured out how to raise them on a farm

The aluminum nano-powder reacts in the lab.

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Army Scientists Put the “Pee” in Power

By combining urine and aluminum powder, soldiers may be able to produce energy in the field

The better we can track hydration in plants, the more we can avoid both over- and under-watering our crops.

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This Snap-On Sensor Could Tell Farmers Exactly How Much To Water Their Crops

A team at Penn State University is developing a clip-on leaf sensor that measures water stress on individual plants

Petit Pli

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These Origami Clothes Grow With Your Child

Designer Ryan Yasin is creating pleated garments that could save on money and waste

The stretchable keyboard cover is designed to make typing truly tactile.

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This Keyboard Cover Lets Users Actually Feel the Letters They Type

Two college students found a way have a keyboard tap into our muscle memory of the alphabet

How Do You Dock a Ship Into a Port That’s 200 Feet Short?

The Viking Sea is docking into the Scottish port of Lerwick. It’s a major challenge considering the port is over 200 feet shorter than the ship

Over 130 Factories Get New Lives as Tourist Destinations in Taiwan

From glassblowing to ribbon weaving, baking to soap making, the island offers innovative tourism attractions for every type of visitor

Irregular heart rhythms

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Turning Irregular Heartbeats Into Music

A set of piano pieces could help doctors better understand heart rhythm disorders

This Train Hauls Fish Up a Mountain for a Living

The path of the North Rail Express from Norway to Sweden is a challenging one: starting at sea level, the train will have to climb 25 miles up

The Contemplative Court at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

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In This Quiet Space for Contemplation, a Fountain Rains Down Calming Waters

One year after the Nation’s first black president rang in the opening of the African American History Museum, visitors reflect on its impact

Eight New Uses For Virtual Reality

Fasten your headsets. VR technology is coming at us from all directions

Jim Naughten’s 2017 stereograph, The Toucans, mimics the look of a Victorian image.

Stereographs Were the Original Virtual Reality

The shocking power of immersing oneself in another world was all the buzz once before—about 150 years ago

Don’t overlook immediate safety in a search for something better.

Some of the Best Parts of Autonomous Vehicles Are Already Here

Consumers with high hopes of driverless cars improving safety might be looking past the boring near-term advances that could make a real difference

Metropoles like Shanghai have survived and thrived in large part because of their massive populations. But what happens when people start to become a liability rather than an asset?

Can the World’s Megacities Survive the Digital Age?

Like companies, megacities must adapt

The device is a pen-sized mass spectrometry device its developers are calling MasSpec Pen.

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Scientists Invent a Pen That Can Detect Cancer in Seconds

This handheld mass spectrometer could make surgeries to remove cancerous tissue quicker and more accurate

The recipes in late 19th-century American cookbooks—precise and detailed—met the needs of cooks in a highly mobile and modern country. Image from "Recipes: cards with text; depicting a woman in a kitchen reading, a server, meat, fish and a scale."

The Making of the Modern American Recipe

Scientific methods, rising literacy and an increasingly mobile society were key ingredients for a culinary revolution

Manasi Kulkarni on her farm in Nandgaon, Maharashtra, India

The Intrepid Teachers Bringing Internet Access To Women In Rural India

The gender disparity among internet users in the country’s small villages is staggering. A program called Internet Saathi aims to help

The compound eyes of a robber fly

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These New Solar Cells Are Modeled After a Fly’s Eye

Stanford University researchers may have found a way for perovskites to compete with silicon in the solar panel market

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