Emerging Tech

The non-contact technique could someday be used to lift much heavier objects — maybe even humans.

We are likely to see the first humans walk on Mars this decade.

Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.

Cars are no longer just a way to get from A to B.

Brain-based technologies of spiritual enhancement can induce mystical experiences in many people on demand. What does this mean for spirituality today?

We eat 50 billion chickens every year. Is there a better way?

The pilot project is in 10 stores and is 85% accurate.

Tiny specks of space debris can move faster than bullets and cause way more damage. Cleaning it up is imperative.

The revolution is already happening.

Say hello to your new colleague, the Workplace Environment Architect.

A famous thought experiment from the 1970s is more relevant today than ever before.

A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.

“The question is which are okay, which are not okay.”

The most mental game in existence no longer requires fingers.

A study looks at how to use nuclear detonations to prevent asteroids from hitting Earth.

The more you see them, the better you get at spotting the signs.

The EmDrive turns out to be the “um…” drive after all, as a new study dubs any previous encouraging EmDrive results “false positives.”

Researchers in Singapore invented a novel device that may help the island nation illuminate its growing underground infrastructure.

The bird demonstrates cutting-edge technology for devising self-folding nanoscale robots.

Creating an afterlife—or a simulation of one—would take vast amounts of energy. Some scientists think the best way to capture that energy is by building megastructures around stars.

Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?

Do they really need the human touch?

Robot developers adapt the behavior of worm “blobs”.

Inventions with revolutionary potential made by a mysterious aerospace engineer for the U.S. Navy come to light.

Introducing the Deep Space Food Challenge.

A crash course in the history of money, the birth of Bitcoin, and blockchain technology.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued $8 million in follow-up funding to a team of neuroengineers developing brain-to-brain and brain-to-machine technology.

Researchers find a way to distort laser light to survive a trip through disordered obstacles.

Researchers devise a record-breaking laser transmission that avoids atmospheric interference.

Scientists regenerate damaged spinal cord nerve fibers with designer protein, helping paralyzed mice walk again.