Big tech is eager to get us excited about the coming of the metaverse, but today’s virtual reality hardware is a long way from...

These Autonomous, Wireless Robots Could Dance on a Human HairDevin Coldewey | TechCrunch“The competition to create ever smaller, ever better robots is a fierce...

Vertical farms are popping up everywhere from Pennsylvania to Dubai, most of them growing some sort of leafy green (and one growing mushroom fungus!)....

Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system— they’re called exoplanets. But in summer 2022, teams working on NASA’s Transiting...

Though it’s still a controversial technology, direct air capture—also called carbon capture—is gaining traction. In the last few years, carbon capture plants have sprung...

Memories are finicky. I’ve been touring Atlantic Canada for the past three weeks, and already my recollection of the trip—dates, places, foods, adventures—doesn’t match...

One of the main arguments against a rapid transition to renewable energy is the potentially enormous cost. But a new study shows that moving...

With recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, there is growing interest in developing and marketing household robots capable of handling a variety...

Five People With Lupus Went Into Complete Remission After ImmunotherapyEd Cara | Gizmodo“In their new research, published Thursday in Nature Medicine, Schett and his team...

Last month, California became the first US state to ban the sale of combustion-engine cars after 2035. But its transition to electric vehicles will...

For thousands of years humans have destroyed forests. At the end of the last great ice age, an estimated 57 percent of the world’s...

Even as more offshore wind projects launch and the turbines they use get bigger, there are questions around offshore wind’s economic viability. Unsurprisingly, hauling...