2019-11-29 What Are Cargo Robots?
With Christmas a few weeks away, many Americans are busy preparing lists of what to give friends or loved ones…
2019-11-28 Tim Berners-Lee Wants to Save the Internet
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, says the web “has changed the world for good and improved…
2019-11-25 NASA Data on Titan Confirms Earth-like Qualities that Could Support Life
For the first time, scientists have mapped the whole surface of Titan, the largest moon around Saturn. The map confirms…
2019-11-23 Usain Bolt Brings His E-Scooters to Japan
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt co-founded the company Bolt Mobility last year in the U.S. Now, he is bringing his…
2019-11-21 Research Aims to Give Robots Human-Like Social Skills
One argument for why robots will never fully measure up to people is because they lack human-like social skills. But…
2019-11-21 Years-long Drought Threatens Honey Bees in Chile
Beekeeper Pablo Alvarez sits near his hives and points up into a cloudless, blue Chilean sky. Bees come and go…
2019-11-20 Midway Atoll Covered with Plastic, Dead Birds
From above, Midway Atoll appears out of the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean as a small oasis of land.…
2019-11-19 New Ford Mustang Starts a Series of New Electric Vehicles
Ford is showing its first all-electric sports utility vehicle, or SUV – the Mustang Mach E, marking a major change…
2019-11-18 Study: Negative Dog Training Methods Can Cause Long-Term Harm
A new study suggests that dog training methods based on negative punishments can cause long-term harm to the animal. Much…
2019-11-18 Inventor Wins Prize for ‘Plastic’ From Fish Waste
A 23-year-old British woman has invented a product she hopes will one day replace single-use plastic. The new product is…
2019-11-15 Tesla to Build Factory in Germany
Germany is celebrating Tesla’s decision to build its first European factory in the country. The decision came just days after…
2019-11-15 Japanese Spacecraft Heads Home
A Japanese spacecraft has left a distant asteroid and started its return trip to Earth after successfully completing its mission.…
2019-11-14 Scientists Test Systems to Predict, Control Lightning
Scientists say they have developed a system that uses machine learning to predict when and where lightning will strike. Researchers…
2019-11-11 NASA’s Voyager 2 Discovers New Details About Interstellar Space
About one year ago, the U.S. space agency NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft left our solar system. Several reports recently released…
2019-11-07 Study: Number of Kids Watching Online Videos Doubled in 4 Years
A new study has found that the number of young Americans who watch online videos each day has more than…