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To train more handy robots, scientists built "adversarial objects" — small, die-like figures that are as difficult to grasp as possible.
Robotics

Engineers Build “Adversarial Objects” to Confuse Grabby Robots

It's a fumble!

By Dan Robitzski

Thirteen paralyzed patients can now use their hands again thanks to Australian Natasha van Zyl's pioneering nerve transfer surgery.
Health & Medicine

Surgeon Transfers Nerves to Let Paralyzed Patients Use Hands

"It’s really a life-changing thing."

By Kristin Houser

Scientists 3D printed skin and bone samples upside down to see if astronauts on Mars could use the technology in low-gravity environments.
Mars

3D-Printed Human Skin and Bone Could Save Astronauts on Mars

"Brand new skin could be bioprinted instead of being grafted from elsewhere on the astronaut’s body."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created a two-in-one device that purifies salty or contaminated water while simultaneously producing solar power.
Solar Power

New Device Purifies Water While Generating Solar Power

It uses waste heat from solar panels to remove impurities from water.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon and Microsoft are bidding for a $10 billion Pentagon contract for a wartime cloud computing system, but lawsuits over favoritism slowed the process.
Military

Amazon and Microsoft Want to Build A “War Cloud” for the Military

The tech companies are fighting over a $10 billion Pentagon contract.

By Dan Robitzski

German researchers have created a new sytem that enables a fully autonomous landing on any airplane runway, not just ones at larger airports.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch This Tiny Plane Nail a Fully Autonomous Landing

The C2Land system doesn't need help from the ground to safely land a plane.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon has officially filed an application with the Federal Communications Comission (FCC) to launch some 3,236 broadband satellites.
SpaceX

Amazon Wants to Join SpaceX and Launch 3,200 Internet Satellites

“The goal here is broadband everywhere."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists who were melting permafrost ice to look for ancient microbes were surprised to see a pile of 41,000 year-old worms wake up and wiggle around.
Biology

Scientists Melted Ancient Ice and a Long-Dead Worm Wriggled Out

"If they survived 41,000 years, I have no idea what the upper limit is."

By Dan Robitzski

Solar Foods is using renewable energy and the carbon dioxide polluting our air to create an environmentally friendly alternative protein.
Food

A Finnish Startup Is Making Food out of Carbon Dioxide

Solar Foods is creating edible protein "out of thin air."

By Kristin Houser

Researchers in Japan developed a tiny microchip valve that can be powered by a living cells and a naturally occuring chemical.
Robots and Machines

“Cyborg-Like” Earthworm Controls Microchip With Its Muscles

Behold the first microchip valve entirely powered by living cells.

By Victor Tangermann

As NASA scrambles to get ready for Artemis, its upcoming crewed mission to the Moon slated for 2024, China may take the lead.
Moon

Bad News, Astronauts: NASA Probably Won’t Reach Moon by 2024

The next moonwalking astronauts may be from China.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just awarded SpaceX with a launch services contract to launch NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission in 2021.
Science & Energy

SpaceX Scores NASA Contract to Launch Black Hole Spacecraft

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer could give us unprecedented views of black holes and neutron stars.

By Victor Tangermann

Watch as a glider-style drone composed of five mini-drones inspired by tiny seed pods bursts apart in mid-air to deliver its payloads.
Drones

This Bizarre Drone Splits Into Five Mini-Drones Mid-Air

Watch it burst apart during its descent.

By Kristin Houser

IBM recently patented a new kind of smartwatch that unfolds eight times to form a full-sized touchscreen wearable tablet.
Future Society

IBM Patented a Goofy-Looking Watch That Folds Into a Tablet

Finally, my "Spy Kids" cosplay is complete.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just turned off a heater on the Voyager 2 space probe in order to conserve dwindling energy supplies as the spacecraft explores interstellar space.
Space

The Voyager Probes Are Running Low on Power

NASA turned off Voyager 2's heater to conserve energy.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientist have created an AI glass that can recognize images without any need for sensors, circuits, or even a power source.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Create an AI From a Sheet of Glass

And it doesn’t need electricity to work.

By Kristin Houser

Worrying reports of Samsung Galaxy Fold review units showing small bulges and broken displays are coming in.
Devices

Review Units of Samsung’s Folding Phone Are Breaking Almost Immediately

Things are not looking good for the $1980 smartphone.

By Victor Tangermann

When the ESA launches LISA, a constellation of gravitational wave-detecting satellites, it will likely be able to spot new exoplanets across the galaxy.
Science & Energy

Gravitational Wave Detector May Find Exoplanets in Nearby Galaxies

The tool could probe binary star systems for undiscovered worlds.

By Dan Robitzski

We need to create a World Carbon Bank to incentivize developing nations to go green, according to Harvard University economist Kenneth Rogoff.
Climate Change

Economist Calls for World Carbon Bank to Fight Climate Change

It could incentivize nations to transition to greener energy sources.

By Kristin Houser

Next year, astronauts on the International Space Station will attempt to bake cookies in space. It's part PR stunt, part lesson in zero-g manufacturing.
Science & Energy

Astronauts Are Planning to Bake Cookies on the Space Station

That's just how the cookie crumbles.

By Dan Robitzski