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What you need to know about the SpaceX launch happening on May 27, a historic event that will mark a turning point in human space exploration.
This LA-based business wants to radically alter the fast food industry by selling healthy fast food at the same low cost as competitors like McDonald’s.
A new electric face mask prototype uses heat to kill the coronavirus. Another model generates an electric field that hinders its ability to infect cells.
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In a time when the need is great and the future is unknown, virtual mental health services like BetterHelp are bringing relief and hope.
A new computer vision system developed to work with a prosthetic leg predicts the type of terrain ahead so that the limb can adjust accordingly.
By genetically modifying zebrafish, researchers have discovered a sex hormone that could lead to future infertility treatments for humans.
Wonderschool is empowering educators to offer affordable, private preschool classes from their homes, making early childhood education more accessible to every child.
Yamaha’s “Remote Cheerer” system lets sports fans stuck at home during the pandemic use an app to make noise at live sports facilities.
By feeding an AI a diet of books, news articles, and religious texts, researchers were able to create a “moral machine” reflecting the ethics of a society.
This team of anthropologists, historians, forensic scientists, and military officers is helping find missing soldiers’ remains and return them to their families.
On May 27, a SpaceX Crew Dragon will ferry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Crew Program.
If you’re sick of video conferencing, you can now access Spatial’s platform for virtual reality meetings for free and without a headset.
Ultrasound can be a useful diagnostic tool for COVID-19. A portable ultrasound machine called the Butterfly iQ may make it safer.
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Meet the bio-renegades who are modifying their bodies and even hijacking their own genomes in the name of discovery in our latest series, Biohackers.
Decades of misinformation and bad science has distorted what we think about illicit drugs - but that's changing. We're exploring what this paradigm shift could mean for our health and well-being.
Asteroids, supervolanoes, earthquakes, oh my... While the chances of these catastrophic events are low, the chance exists. Meet the people working to monitor, prepare, and even prevent the worst case scenario.
For years, virtual and augmented reality have been touted as the technologies of the future. That future is here.
Can athletes' desire for gaining a competitive edge push the future of medicine further for everyone? Learn about these latest technologies and the athletes putting them to the test in our latest series, The Edge.
Science is making parenthood possible for people who can’t get there the old fashioned way.
Fear not. The robots are already here.
What do you do about a problem as big as climate change?
Cities around the globe are tackling sustainability, transportation, and design.
Amazing advances in medical innovation
We have to find ways to produce more food, faster and more efficiently
A new era of private space exploration has already begun