Emerging Tech
The $10,500 Robot Arm that Can Build Its Coworkers
A company has built a safer robot arm to work alongside humans.
Emerging Tech
Your Necklace Could Soon Be Testing Your Blood Alcohol Content
NIH is looking for wearable alcohol sensors.
Digital Government
White House Effort Wants to Use Data to Kick Out Invasive Species
An executive order signed earlier this month directed agencies to invest in data tactics to prevent invasive species from entering.
Digital Government
Video: NASA's E-Nose Knows How to Keep Air Clean Aboard the ISS
Sniffing out problems in low-Earth orbit.
Emerging Tech
Even Space Stations Need to Replace Batteries
Expedition 50 astronauts are prepping for spacewalks to upgrade the space station's batteries.
Emerging Tech
3 Bumps on the Road Ahead for Shared Autonomous Vehicles
The Uber that blew through a red light in San Francisco raised unanswered questions about policing, manufacturers’ guidelines, and shared space.
Cybersecurity
Amazon Has a Plan to Defend Drones From Hackers and Bow-and-Arrow-Wielding Troublemakers
The company will have to be ready to tackle all sorts of hijack scenarios.
Digital Government
How Trump Could Slow Medical Progress
Several of the president-elect's cabinet nominees have been outspoken critics of using embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue in research, and now some scientists fear the worst.
Artificial Intelligence
Apple’s First Research Paper Tries to Solve a Problem Facing Every Company Working on AI
It addresses a core problem: training a machine takes a huge amount of data.
Digital Government
Europe's Newly Launched Satellite Navigation System Is Precise Down to a Few Centimeters
This is after 17 years of development and billions spent.
Emerging Tech
How to Become a Rocket Scientist
For would-be scientists and engineers underrepresented in those fields, interning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is often a key first step.
Cybersecurity
Here’s How Cyber (In)security Rocked 2016
Much more than election hacks and encryption showdowns went down this year.
Emerging Tech
The Urban Drone Invasion is Nigh
Will unmanned aerial vehicles make city life easier, safer or just weirder?
Emerging Tech
Video: Actors of 'Passengers' Quiz NASA Scientist
"Is there a possibility that every star we look at is just our own sun?"
Digital Government
Video: Hyundai is Bringing Exo-Skeletons to the Masses
The company hopes to expand the notion of mobility.
Cybersecurity
NIST Wants Help ‘Future-Proofing’ Data Security
The standards agency is seeking citizens' aid in building encryption algorithms that can withstand attacks by quantum computers.
Emerging Tech
Virtual Reality Is Disorienting People Into Questioning Reality
After exploring a virtual world, some users can’t shake the unsettling sense that the actual world isn’t real, either.
Emerging Tech