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Here’s How NASA is Keeping The Satellites Around Mars From Running Into Each Other
NASA is beefing up traffic monitoring as more satellites enter orbit around the red planet.
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The Very First Self-Driving Semi Truck Has Hit the Road
The Freightliner Inspiration is the first commercially-licensed autonomous truck
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Department of Justice Says it’s Time to Reevaluate the Stingray Phone-Tracking System
New report says agency to take a look into cell phone snooping.
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Journey to the Center of Earth
This African Plant Leads the Way to Diamond Deposits
A palm-like plant seems to grow only on top of diamond-rich deposits called kimberlite pipes
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This is How Bombardier Beetles Fire Explosives From Their Butts
The beetls have a special chamber in their abdomens where they mix together chemicals to produce an explosive reaction
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Meet the Group of Scientists That Keeps Lenin’s 90-Year-Old Corpse Fresh
90 years later, Vladimir Lenin’s body is still maintained by a Russian lab
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Report Suggests Top Psychologists Worked With the C.I.A. on Torture Program
Newly-published emails reveal secret collaboration between the A.P.A. and Bush Administration
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Here’s Why The Italian Army is Growing Weed
They want to lower the price of medicinal marijuana by growing their own
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The U.S. Military Has Developed Self-Steering Bullets
Hi-tech bullets can help snipers hit moving targets
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Have a Tattoo? The Apple Watch Might Not Work For You
Some people with wrist ink say the Apple Watch can’t detect their skin
This Is the View From Inside the Cockpit of a Solar-Powered Plane
There won’t be much sightseeing as the solar-powered airplane crosses the Pacific
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Laptops of the Future May Not Have Space Bars
A recent Google patent points to a time when trackpads replace the trusty key
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Brewmasters Now Using DNA Techniques to Spot Bad Batches
Instead of waiting for bacteria to grow, a quick genetic test can identify problem brews
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Harnessing the Power of Peer Pressure Could Help Reduce Traffic
People are more likely to carpool if they think their peers are doing it too
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Eau de Death: Perfumer Develops Scents Based on Dead Loved Ones
A French perfumer is attempting to harness the emotional power of scent
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SOS! The FAA Gives the Go-Ahead for Emergency Rescue Company to Use Drones
A Maine-based search and rescue company is the first of its kind to win FAA approval to experiment with drones
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An Imagined Catalogue of Self-Assembling Furniture
The furniture of the future will put itself together
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A Record-Breaking Clock Won’t Lose a Second For Another 15 Billion Years
Strontium atomic clocks could eventually help scientists map the Earth’s shape
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Lifeless Venus Could Hold the Key to Life on Earth
Earth’s sister planet is astonishingly hostile to life, but exactly how it got that way has researchers intrigued
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Scientists Want to Use Lasers to Shoot Down Space Junk
The idea sounds farfetched, but it may be better than previous solutions
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