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Prizewinning Videos Show It's a Small World After All
September 26, 2017 | ArticleFrom a growing root to a sweating fingertip — here are the videos that took top honors in the Nikon Small World in Motion competition.
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To Keep AI from 'Eating a Table,' Scientists Make It Read Wikipedia
September 26, 2017 | ArticleTo help AI learn what actions are appropriate for an object, a team of computer scientists had it read all of Wikipedia.
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Solar-Powered Cars to Compete in Harrowing Race Across the Australian Outback
September 25, 2017 | ArticleA four-passenger solar-powered car named "Violet" is on its way to compete in a desert race open only to vehicles powered by the sun.
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Hydrogen Bomb vs. Atomic Bomb: What's the Difference?
September 22, 2017 | ArticleNorth Korea is threatening to test a hydrogen bomb, a weapon more powerful than the atomic bombs that devastated the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during World War II. Here's how they differ.
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World's Largest Aircraft Starts Engine Tests
September 22, 2017 | ArticleFor the first time, the private spaceflight company Stratolaunch tested all six of the engines on a colossal airplane with the largest wingspan of any aircraft in the world.
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What Is Chemistry?
September 21, 2017 | ReferenceChemistry is the study of matter, its properties, how and why substances combine or separate to form other substances, and how substances interact with energy.
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Super-Sticky Robot Clings Underwater Like 'Hitchhiker' Fish
September 20, 2017 | ArticleA new robot boasts a strong underwater grip.
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What It's Like to Climb Up the Face of a 600-Foot-Tall Dam
September 20, 2017 | ArticlePreventing dam catastrophes is painstaking, hot work.
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Brain-Computer Interface Allows Users to Compose Music With Only Their Thoughts
September 19, 2017 | ArticleBrain signals are recorded with an electroencephalogram worn on the head like a swim cap, which allows the wearer to select musical notes and tones displayed on a computer screen.
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War Games: Xbox 360 Controllers Will Operate Submarine Periscopes
September 19, 2017 | ArticleMicrosoft usually sells its Xbox 360 controllers to gamers who play "Call of Duty" or "Halo," but now these controllers have an entirely new customer: the U.S. Navy.
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