China Has a Radical New Plan to Get Rockets — and Humans — to Space
Launching from ships near the equator or close to the atmosphere gets heavier rockets into space faster.
Launching from ships near the equator or close to the atmosphere gets heavier rockets into space faster.
The project is being advised by Harvard geneticist George Church.
As drug-resistant infections become a more serious threat, nanotechnology may present an answer.
Giving doctors the ability to compare cases can save lives, but will the review process fall by the wayside?
A zero-gravity environment gives scientists the perfect conditions to test quantum mysteries.
Many working in the field see AI as a tool for making humanity better, while others foresee it as a harbinger of doom for humanity.
The amyloid or tau debate is shifting.
Some experts think that countries like China are hot on Musk's tail.
This comic from the 1960s was remarkably good at predicting the future.
This world first — like "storing lightning inside thunder"— could forever change electronic devices.
The software can ID partially covered faces, making it potentially useful for persecuting dissidents.
The future is skyscraper warehouses with drones flying to and from your home.
A potentially positive use for the Zika virus emerges.
"Artificial intelligence is the future."
One end of the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline looks like another world.
The Robot Shuttle is a six-seat self-driving bus that goes 10 kph (6 mph).
The unmanned shuttle is stocked with classified cargo.
These results rewrite the book on brain development.