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New Marine Robots Could One Day Patrol the Oceans
How do you keep an eye on the oceans? With robots
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A New MIT Challenge: Hack the Breast Pump
Last weekend, MIT’s Media Lab hosted the “Make the Breast Pump Not Suck” Hackathon
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A New Search Engine For Metaphors
Yossarian offers a new way of searching for inspiration online
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Meet the Teen Winners of Google’s Science Fair
A flying fruit fly-inspired robot and a bacterial solution for world hunger are among the three winners
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The US Is Trying to Expedite Sunscreen Innovation
Sunscreen is currently subject to an approval process similar to that of new pharmaceuticals
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Law Enforcement Can Now Search for Faces, Not Just Fingerprints
The Next Generation Identification system is an upgrade from the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System used today
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Programmers Are Creating a Way for Your Phone to Get Online Even When Data Is Down
The Cosmos Browser uses text messages to browse the web
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America: The Land of the (Romantically) Free
For the first time on record, more Americans are single than married
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Weird Ways People Have Tried To Stop Lava
People living near volcanoes have tried a lot of different methods to redirect lava flows
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This Website Wants to Make Your Major Life Decisions for You
The site could help people who just want their decisions validated or who honestly have no idea what to do with themselves
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A High-Tech, Strength-Boosting Exoskeleton Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy
The next generation of exoskeletons may be less bulky than Iron Man
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Libraries Are Great at Lending All Sorts of Things—Not Just Books
Lending libraries are now lending more than books
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Women Get More Politically Engaged When Their Senator Is Also Female
Women no longer lag far behind men in political savvy when they have a female leader to look toward
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In the Summer, Helsinki’s Buildings Are Cooled by an Underground Lake
Underneath a park in Helsinki, Finland is a lake used to cool buildings in the city
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Contribute to an Asteroid Time Capsule
NASA wants to know what your predictions are for the future of Solar System exploration
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This Project Wants to Compost People After They Die
A Seattle-based designer aims to introduce a sustainable way of disposing of bodies
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Someday, Okra Could Help Make Ice Cream
The slime in okra could make for a natural ice cream stabilizer
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The Secret to Instagram’s New Video App Is Already in Your Phone
The ability to create moving, time-lapse videos is in your hands, thanks to gyroscopes
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Dams Removed On Washington State River
The removal of dams on the Elwha river is the largest dam removal to take place
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Hoverbikes Get One Step Closer to Reality
Chris Malloy is raising money on Kickstarter to continue development of his hoverbike
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