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From soccer balls to cookstoves, engineers are working on a range of devices that provide cheap, clean energy
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The Repentir app reveals an artist's creative process by allowing users to peel back layers of paint with the touch of their fingertips
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With programmable robots and student competitions, Lego is making “tinkering with machines cool again”
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Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
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The new technology promises a factory in every home—and a whole lot more
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Scientists are just now beginning to recognize the importance of the vast community of microbes that dwells inside us
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This week one of the strangest flying machines you've ever seen will start its journey across America--without a drop of fuel
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Companies will rely more and more on analyzing mountains of data to determine who's the best fit for a job
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Swedish researchers are developing a system that tests for 12 different drugs on your breath, including cocaine, marijuana and amphetamines
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An investing strategy based on the frequency of certain words Google searches, it turns out, might yield sizable profits
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It's right up there with food, sex and drugs when its comes to stirring up pleasure responses in our brains
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A look at the future with Adam Metallo and Vince Rossi, who recently spent two nights scanning the Natural History Museum's entire Dino Hall in 3D
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In the wake of the Boston bombing, Amy Henderson explores parallels between the era of Edison and the mediascape of today that helped solve the crime
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Some say the best way to improve American education--and get teachers more respect--is make them take challenging entry exams like doctors and lawyers do
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Geographer Andrew Johnston discusses some of the applications and risks of the satellite-based technology, as well as its future
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The FDA is investigating whether doctors aren't getting enough training before they start using machines to do surgery. Is the "wow" factor to blame?
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The Harris family struck gold when they introduced the ice house to England in 1856, but what were the costs of their innovation?
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A new exhibit at the Air and Space Museum reveals how we use time and space to get around every day, from maritime exploration to Google maps
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Imaging technology shows that a reward center known as the nucleus accumbens lights up when we hear melodies we love
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By turning brains clear and applying colored dyes, connections between neuron networks can now be examined in 3D at unprecedented levels of detail
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