2018-04-08 Robots Not Ready to Take Over
Robby Pepper can answer questions in Italian, English and German. He is Italy’s first robot concierge. He is deployed at…
2018-04-06 Scientists: Bowhead Whales Are ‘Jazz Singers of the Arctic’
Bowhead whales have many unusual qualities. They can live for 200 years. They have the largest mouths of any living…
2018-04-02 Scientists: Early Humans Were Not as Simple as One Would Think
Scientists have discovered evidence that some of the earliest members of the human race, Homo sapiens, were surprisingly advanced. Scientists…
2018-03-29 3D Printer Can Create Complete Home in One Day
An American company says it has completed the first permitted 3D printed home in the United States. The home was…
2018-03-26 Researchers: Glowing Cancer Cells Easier to Find, Remove
The surgery looked like any other operation to remove a tumor. When doctors turned off the lights, however, parts of…
2018-03-22 Can Self-Driving Cars Be Engineered to Be Ethical?
This week, a self-driving vehicle struck and killed a woman in the American state of Arizona. The death is believed…
2018-03-21 Facebook Likes Can Tell a Lot About You
Facebook “likes” can tell a lot about a person. In a 2013 study, researchers showed they could use Facebook “likes”…
2018-03-20 Critics Want Facebook Regulation after Data Misuse
United States lawmakers are calling for more regulation of Facebook. The move comes after reports that the social media company…
2018-03-19 Ancient People in South Africa Unharmed by Volcanic Eruption
About 74,000 years ago, the Mount Toba volcano erupted on what is now the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The eruption…
2018-03-18 Smart Mirrors Show What You Would Look Like Wearing…
Software applications let smart phone users do a lot with their photographs. Apps such as Snapchat already give users the…
2018-03-15 Study: False News Spreads Faster and Farther than Truth
A study has found that false news stories posted on Twitter travel much faster and reach far more people than…
2018-03-12 Astronomers: Evidence Found of First Stars
Astronomers have observed what they believe is the formation of the universe 13.6 billion years ago, when the earliest stars…
2018-03-08 Meet CIMON, a ‘Floating’ Space Assistant for Astronauts
Among today’s hottest selling personal technology devices are “smart” digital assistants for the home. Google Home, Amazon Echo and Apple…
2018-03-05 Can Wood Be Stronger Than Steel?
Researchers say they have created a new super-material in the laboratory. They say it is stronger, lighter and costs less…
2018-03-01 Study: Neanderthals Were Artists
Some of the world’s oldest cave art is too old to have been made by modern humans, researchers say. Studies…