How Humble Moss Healed the Wounds of Thousands in World War I
The same extraordinary properties that make this plant an “ecosystem engineer” also helped save human lives
Making Robots That Can Work With Their Hands
For robots to be most useful when working alongside humans, they’ll have to literally lend us a hand when our own two are not enough
How Scientists Use Teeny Bits of Leftover DNA to Solve Wildlife Mysteries
Environmental DNA helps biologists track rare, elusive species. It could usher in a revolution for conservation biology
Why We Need To Start Listening To Insects
You may not think of the buzz and whine of insects as musical, but the distinctive pitch of mosquito wingbeats could tell us how to fight malaria
Dismantling a Huge Howitzer for a Precarious Move
This 200-ton howitzer artillery gun is too heavy to transport in one piece. The answer is to split it in two
Researchers Work to Take the Bias Out Of Facial Reconstruction
Instead of relying on European-centric data sets, researchers used a global database to help image a 13,600-year-old woman from Thailand
You Can Now 3D Print Glass
German researchers have developed a technique for 3D printing strong, transparent glass products, such as jewelry, lenses and computer parts
These 20th-Century Technologists Sure Knew How to Throw a Party
To mark the centennial of the American Patent System in 1936, a group of innovators gathered to throw a deliciously creative celebration
Melding Mind and Machine: How Close Are We?
Researchers separate what’s science from what’s currently still fiction when it comes to brain-computer interfacing
Nanocars Will Race Across (a Very, Very Tiny Bit of) France
Ladies and gentlemen, start your molecules
How Understanding Animals Can Help Us Make the Most of Artificial Intelligence
A former animal trainer explains how we might usefully think about the limitations of artificial intelligence systems
Let Us Now Praise the Invention of the Microscope
Early scientists wielded this revolutionary tool to study the invisible world of microbes, and even their own semen
Now You Can Measure Male Fertility With a Smartphone App
A new device helps men monitor their sperm count from the comfort of their own home
The Idea of Surgeons Washing Their Hands is Only 154 Years Old
The world of surgery before that was much grosser and less effective
Hot Food, Fast: The Home Microwave Oven
A serendipitous discovery helped engineers harness radar to create the now ubiquitous timesaving appliance
During (and After) WWII, Some States Had Year-Round Daylight Saving Time
A 1963 ‘Time Magazine’ article called it “a chaos of time”
Reprintable Paper Becomes a Reality
Coating paper with an inexpensive thin film can allow users to print and erase a physical page as many as 80 times
A Submarine Dangerously Tests How Deep It Can Go
The USS Tang was a state-of-the-art Balao class submarine, certified by the Navy to dive up to 400 feet
E.O. Wilson Urges Tomorrow’s Scientists to Seek Earth’s Undiscovered Riches
In a Smithsonian talk, the eminent biologist argued for more protected areas and greater efforts to map the diversity of life
The First Telephone Book Had Fifty Listings and No Numbers
It came out less than two years after Alexander Graham Bell invented the device
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