innovation

Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.

New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line. 

It’s early days, but if the efforts can be efficiently scaled-up, such biological recycling could put a dent in the plastic waste problem.

Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.

Theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku outlines the evolution of computers from analog to digital and introduces quantum computers as the next frontier.

Ice harvesters once made a living from frozen lakes and ponds, but the work was strenuous and dangerous. Then refrigeration changed everything.

Don’t argue with science. Just do it.

It could cut the time needed to reach Mars in half.

Is LK-99 truly a room temperature superconductor? These 4 tests, none of which have yet been passed, will separate fact from fiction.

The National Ignition Facility just repeated, and improved upon, their earlier demonstration of nuclear fusion. Now, the true race begins.

Engineer James Clarke liberated John, Paul, George, and Ringo from their mono and stereo straitjackets using algorithms at Abbey Road.

Scientists are notoriously resistant to new ideas. Are they falling prey to groupthink? Or are our current theories just that successful?

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.

With U.S. infrastructure crumbling, an honor oath and iron ring remind engineers of their profession’s ethical weight.

Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.

The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.

Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.

Science news presents a flood of breakthroughs and discoveries that promise to change our lives. They rarely do.

It’s like combining Google Translate with a time machine.

Pessimism reigned supreme.

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with “an unnatural ghastly glow”? One inventor thought you would.

Creating a culture of innovation requires champions and cheerleaders at every level and in every function within an organization.

In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.

Laser-guided lightning isn’t the only manmade way to create lightning.

Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.

From landscaped gardens to road systems, the Persians were among the first to create many things we still enjoy today.

Did fire change the development of the human brain?

The 1,200-year-old “Book of Ingenious Devices” contains designs for futuristic inventions like gas masks, water fountains, and digging machines.

An innovation’s value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.