Scientific Innovation
What Is a Maker Faire, Exactly?
Billed as the world’s greatest show and tell, the DIY extravaganza might just make a maker out of you
How Pyrex Reinvented Glass For a New Age
One hundred years after the birth of the brand, the Corning Museum of Glass pays homage to America's favorite dish
This Smartphone Microscope Uses Video to Spot Moving Parasites
A team of Berkeley bioengineers has created CellScope, a mobile phone attachment that can quickly test blood for tropical diseases
Science on a Shoestring: How Cuba’s Researchers Survived the Embargo
Will normalized U.S.-Cuban relations make science easier in the once-isolated country?
Is This Plan to Combat Climate Change Insane or Insanely Genius?
Harvard physicist David Keith wants to use two jets and one million tons of sulfur dioxide a year to halt global warming
Creating Plastic From Greenhouse Gases
Newlight Technologies is turning carbon emissions into plastic for everyday items
How Scientists Are Monitoring Water Quality With Tampons
The feminine hygiene products glow under ultra-violet light after absorbing pollutants called optical brighteners
The Hoverboard Fantasy Comes True, Just As "Back to the Future" Predicted
Hold onto your flux capacitors; the future is here
We're Not That Far From Being Able to Grow Human Bones in a Lab
The company EpiBone could be on the verge of a major breakthrough
Why Brain-to-Brain Communication Is No Longer Unthinkable
Exploring uncharted territory, neuroscientists are making strides with human subjects who can "talk" directly by using their minds
Soon, Your Doctor Could Print a Human Organ on Demand
At a laboratory in North Carolina, scientists are working furiously to create a future in which replacement organs come from a machine
This Stroke of Genius Could Allow You to Write With Your Brain
Not Impossible Labs has developed a breakthrough approach to communication
The Quest to Upload Your Mind Into the Digital Space
The idea is about as science fiction as it gets. But surprising progress in neuroscience has some entrepreneurs ready to press "send"
Building a Bionic Pancreas
A device that tracks blood sugar and automatically administers insulin and glucagon could take some pressure off Type 1 diabetes patients and their parents
A Bus Stop Climbing Wall and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Unbreakable shoelaces? They come in stylish colors and patterns
Mozambique has “Kitten-Sized” Rats Trained to Sniff Out Tuberculosis
Highly trained rodents are helping doctors better diagnose TB in a region hard hit by the deadly disease
Could a Bra Actually Detect Breast Cancer?
Using thermodynamic sensors, the iTBra could one day screen for breast cancer, but experts are wary
Fecal Fermentation and Electronic Pills May Help Decipher Gut Gases
Some intestinal gases have been linked with diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and colon cancer, so tracking them might explain the connection
A Scientist Accidentally Developed Sunglasses That Could Correct Color Blindness
The California company EnChroma is creating lenses that allow some to see colors for the first time
A Kit to Make Robots Out of Drinking Straws and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Perhaps a three-dimensional paper mount of an animal is just what your living room needs
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