New Supercomputer with 1 Million Processors Is World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine By Mindy Weisberger A supercomputer that "thinks" like a brain can simulate neural activity in real time.
What Was the World's 1st Cyberattack? By Scott Shackelford In November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris wrote a program that would travel from computer to computer and ask each machine to send a signal back to a control server, which would keep count.
The US Shot Down a Fake Nuclear Missile in Space with Another Missile (Video) By Rafi Letzter It was the second-ever success for the joint missile defense program, and a stunning technological accomplishment.
The Best Gifts for Teens Who Love Science By Rafi Letzter If a teen in your life is a big old science nerd, or just loves thinking and learning, we've got some great gift ideas to suggest.
Military Mystery Solved: Two Guys Out-Googled Google for an Image of Secretive US Base By Stephanie Pappas An engineer and writer noticed a secretive military base in Nevada hadn't been updated on Google Maps for 8 years. They took care of that without any Google help.
Creepy AI-Created Portrait Fetches $432,500 at Auction By Jeanna Bryner It's the arrival of artificial intelligence in the art world.
Portrait 'Painted' by AI Up for Auction at Christie's in NYC By Mindy Weisberger AI portraiture is taking the art world by storm.
Stephen Hawking's Thesis, First Wheelchair to Be Auctioned Off By Yasemin Saplakoglu One of Hawking's earliest surviving wheelchairs and his groundbreaking doctoral thesis are up for auction in London.
X-37B Military Space Plane Wings Past 400 Days on Latest Mystery Mission By Leonard David The latest mystery mission of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has now passed the 400-day mark.
How Close Are We to Kubrick's AI-Controlled Vision of the Future? By Mindy Weisberger AI like the malevolent HAL in the movie "2001" are already among us.
Jam-Resistant US Military Communications Satellite Lifts Off in Midnight-Hour Launch By Tariq Malik An advanced U.S. military communications satellite soared into space in the midnight hour Wednesday (Oct. 17), lighting up the sky over Florida as it launched into orbit.
Spangled Beetle Eye and Retinal 'Fireworks' Dazzle in Nikon Photo Contest By Mindy Weisberger A beetle eye surrounded by glittery scales took the top prize in Nikon's annual microphotography challenge.
Defense Department Password Is Cracked in 9 Seconds. So How Safe Are US Weapons? By Jeanna Bryner An evildoer with hacking skills could potentially take control of U.S. weapons systems, according to report that finds critical cybersecurity threats at the Department of Defense.
Stephen Hawking Said 'Superhumans' Will Replace Us. Was He Right? By Rafi Letzter Are we all going to be replaced?
When a Drone Crashes into an Airplane, Everyone Has a Bad Time By Brandon Specktor A drone crashed into an airplane. The results were seriously scary.
The New Fastest Camera in the World Sees Lasers Move at 10 Trillion Frames Per Second By Rafi Letzter Older cameras could watch light cross the surface of a sesame seed. This is much faster than that.
Humanoid Robot Atlas Can Now Do Parkour and That's Not at All Terrifying By Mindy Weisberger Atlas, the humanoid robot that can run like a person, recently demonstrated a few new tricks.
The Pentagon Wants to Make an Army of Virus-Spreading Insects. Scientists Are Concerned. By Brandon Specktor The Pentagon wants to make an army of virus-spreading insects, theoretically to help with food security. But scientists are worried.
No, Particle Accelerators Will Not Destroy the Planet, But Humans Might By Yasemin Saplakoglu "The stakes are very high"
Chemistry Nobel Awarded to Scientists for Taking the Reins on Evolution By Yasemin Saplakoglu Evolution is unfolding in test tubes.
