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Why Astronomers Are Fighting Back Against Robotic Lawnmowers
It’s a feud fueled by radio frequencies
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Disney’s Getting Into 3D-Printing Soft, Cuddly Things
The world of cartoons is going to get a little realer
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Scientists Bombard the Earth With Asteroids to Practice Saving It
The Planetary Defense Conference doesn’t just have papers and seminars. It also has an asteroid disaster scenario to solve.
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Levitating Train Breaks Speed Record in Japan
This magnetic levitation bullet train is capable of speeds of 366 miles per hour—and possibly more
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Why You Can’t Listen to Radio On Your Smartphone
There’s an FM radio on your phone…but you likely can’t use it
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Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out If Humans Can Hibernate
Studies of hibernators and experiments inducing short-term torpor in humans may answer whether human hibernation is possible
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What If Job Interviews Were Automated?
New study shows that computers can predict how applicants will do at interviews
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Forget Fake Meat…How About Fake Milk?
Move over, soy—a group of bio-hackers is trying to turn snippets of DNA into milk-producing yeast
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These Magic Toothbrushes Work Without Toothpaste
A new brush—and an old one, too—that don’t rely on possibly harmful pastes to make your smile shine
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Sound Waves Could Help Find Elusive Cancer Cells
Researchers have developed a new device that could help determine the presence of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream
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Ancient Tech Could Help Solve Lima’s Water Crisis
Turns out Peru’s Wari people were excellent urban planners…and their 1,500-year-old ‘amunas’ could soon bring water to Lima
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Mountaineers Are Taking a New Route Up Everest
They’ll forge their path sans sherpas or oxygen tanks
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Yes, Facebook is Making You Sad
Stop comparing your life to flattering photos and carefully-crafted status updates
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A Plan for a Robot Who Can Impersonate Your Mom
Google has a patent for artificial intelligence with a personality — and that patent might not be a good idea
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Haas Unica, Helvetica’s long-lost sibling, is back after 30 years in obscurity
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Meet a Hermit Crab Who Has Shacked Up in a Lego
Weird things can become home sweet home when you are a tiny soft crustacean
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High Schoolers Might Code Rather Than Speak French
But proponents of foreign language schooling aren’t pleased
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