How Synthetic Brains Can Advance Robotics
Why try to create synthetic brains? Given the anxieties around artificial intelligence, why risk it?
NASA Sets Its Sites on Europa
NASA has decided on the nature and scope of a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa, scheduled in the 2020s.
Self-Folding Origami Robots!
Origami robots can not only walk, but swim, climb, and carry twice their body weight—granted, the robot only weighs a third of a gram.
Before Broadband, Seeking Universal Access to the Telephone
Today's debates about low-income subsidizes for broadband echo early fights for universal access to telephone lines.
The Forgotten Pyramids of Sudan
Sudanese pyramids are far less well known by either archaeologists or the public than their Egyptian counterparts.
The Mercury Messenger Spacecraft: Going Out in a (Planned) Blaze of Glory
NASA's Mercury Messenger Spacecraft has crashed.
A Cosmic Mystery from a Microwave Burrito
The source of mysterious radio waves detected by two of world's largest telescopes has been traced to a microwave.
A New Engine Sends NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft on Its Way
Dawn spacecraft's mission to Ceres is made possible by a brand new ion engine that runs off individual atoms.
A Once and Future Digital Dark Age
At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Vint Cerf warned about an impending "digital dark age."
