Science
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Harvard Scientists Create Robotic Arm Inspired By Octopus Tentacles
What the world needs now, most of all, is a robotic octopus tentacle. So it’s a good thing Harvard scientists…
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Large Asteroid Will Fly By Earth In Late April
Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2 will pass within roughly 4 million miles of Earth on April 29, 2020. The asteroid is…
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Affetto the Child Robot: Realistic Facial Expressions and Artificial Pain
Should we make robots that feel pain? Is that a good idea?
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Bingo: Paleontologists Say They May Have Found Traces of Dino DNA
Get ready for those dinosaur theme parks to become a reality. Well, okay — maybe not just yet (but we…
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MIT Researchers Explore Best Ways to Deflect Incoming Asteroids
The threat of a catastrophic asteroid impact probably isn’t very high on anyone’s list of potential doomsday scenarios right now,…
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Fast Radio Burst Puzzles Space Scientists With Repeating 16-Day Cycle
There are at least 50 different theories regarding what fast radio bursts, or FRBs, actually are. A whole wiki is…
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Japan to Unveil Giant Walking Gundam in October
Robot problems require robot solutions. Japan is gearing up to complete an actual full-size mobile Gundam by the end of…
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