Russia May Soon Have Weaponized Robotic Cockroaches

Josh H. | Monday, Sep 28, 2015

Since drones are seemingly everywhere from war zones to suburban parks, it’s safe to say that most militaries are focused on conquering the skies with new, bird-like gadgets. However, des...

Is Crowdfunding the Way to Save Science?

Jes G. | Thursday, Jul 16, 2015

With government grants at their lowest since World War II, the race for scientific funding has grown more competitive than ever. Bills like the 21st Century Cures Act, legislation that ai...

Self-Healing Concrete May Solve All of Our Infrastructural Woes

Mark H. | Tuesday, Jun 16, 2015

Last month, news emerged that researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands are about to start selling a new form of self-healing concrete on the mass market. Known as...

This Sleep Hat Promises to End Your Restless Nights

Josh H. | Thursday, Jun 4, 2015

Researchers still have a lot to learn about sleep, such as why we need it in the first place, but anyone who has ever had a restless night knows firsthand how vital it is to daily life. N...

China May Have Solar Panels in Space Soon

Sam S. | Tuesday, Apr 7, 2015

In 1941, science fiction maven Isaac Asimov wrote a short story entitled “Reason.” The plot revolves around protagonists Powell and Donovan, who live on a space station that collects ener...

What SpaceX's (Almost) Reusable Rockets Mean for Space Travel

Anchal G. | Tuesday, Feb 17, 2015

We need rockets to launch us, or our things (i.e. satellites), into space. But rockets are incredibly expensive and currently meant for one-time use. Creating a reusable launcher would ma...

NASA's Wants to Send a Space Submarine to Saturn's Largest Moon

Josh H. | Friday, Feb 13, 2015

NASA has unveiled a design for a new submarine that will explore the methane seas of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. According to Phys.Org, NASA made the announcement at this year’s Innovat...

China Might Trump the Rest of the World in the Moon Mining Race

Anchal G. | Monday, Feb 9, 2015

China—along with every other space-active government—wants to mine helium-3 from the Moon. And now, by successfully navigating a space capsule through re-entry and landing, China’s Chang’...

Is Russia Building an Orbital Space Station with China and India?

Anchal G. | Monday, Feb 2, 2015

Russia may propose the joint development of a manned orbital space station in low Earth orbit (LEO) with China and India in the upcoming BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, this coming July. A d...

Stephen Hawking Says Robots Will Take Over and Destroy the Human Race

Dara K. | Wednesday, Dec 3, 2014

Stephen Hawking says there will be a human apocalypse at the hands of artificial intelligence, and maybe we should listen to him. The physicist whose groundbreaking work has tackled funda...

The DARPA Project that Inspired Big Hero 6

Josh H. | Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014

Disney’s new animated film Big Hero 6 follows the heroic exploits of Hiro, an orphaned prodigy, and his inflatable robot friend Baymax. The lovable Baymax provides much of the film’s humo...

The Most Famous Inventor You'll Never Know, Helen Blanchard

Erin B. | Friday, Oct 24, 2014

Woman inventor rises above financial trouble, pursues her dream, garners nearly thirty patents and revolutionizes an industry. Sounds like a modern-day success story. Even though Helen Bl...