Bumming rides, hitchhiking robot completes Canadian journey
A hitchhiking robot has completed a 3,700-mile journey across Canada Sunday, capping off a research project that explores the relationship between robots and humans. A team of researchers from a group...
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Stinging tumors with scorpion and honeybee venom
Venom from scorpions has been found to be effective in fighting cancerous tumors. Photo by Wikimedia user JAdams1776 When honeybees and scorpions sting, it is usually an act of defense — a painful one...
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Charging smartphones by soundwaves
Photo by Flickr user Andy Melton Finnish-based mobile technology giant Nokia and researchers at Queen Mary University of London are dreaming up a way to turn ambient noise into a power source for the...
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‘Crowd-sourced’ science sheds new light on new mammal olinguito
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSTill Now, a Case of Mistaken Identity for Elusive Olinguito, World’s New Mammal As species decline, so do the scientists who name them More than 300...
View ArticleTake a look at a jellyfish sting in slow motion
Video by Smarter Every Day Imagine being stabbed by a hypodermic needle that pumps a painful venom into your body once it penetrates your skin. Now, imagine being stabbed by a countless number of...
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City living makes spiders grow larger
The N. plumipes spider was found to grow larger within densely-populated cities. Photo by Wikimedia user Karora It turns out that spiders love city life, especially rich cities. According to a study...
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Why in ‘remote, cold corners’ of the world, melting ground is giving way
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, new indications that the planet is warming, especially in the frozen north. Scientists have been tracking Arctic thawing for decades,...
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This is how you get Ebola, as explained by science
A colorized, magnified electron microscope image of the Ebola virus growing out of an infected VERO 46 cell. Image by National Institute of Allerfy and Infectious Diseases As of Aug. 18, the Ebola...
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California honey production crippled by drought
California’s historic drought has sapped the state’s honey production and pushed prices to unprecedented highs. Photo by Flickr user Chaval Brasil An exceptional cut in rainfall has adversely affected...
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As governments invade privacy, tools for encryption grow more popular
In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA collecting massive amounts of user meta-data, many people went in search of safer, more secure ways to use the internet anonymously. Once...
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Human workers report feeling most productive when led by artificial intelligence
Photo by Flickr user Scania Group Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab found that teams of human workers were at their happiest and most productive when their tasks...
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California law orders kill-switch software in smartphones
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday mandating that all smartphones sold in the state are to be installed with a software that remotely clears the device of data. Photo by Flickr user...
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Changing glass into metal, with the help of lasers
Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have been able to change the properties of quartz glass into metal for very brief moments using laser pulses. Image by Vienna University of Technology...
View ArticleGrowing human tissue for mass-production
Scientists are attempting to grow human tissue on small computer chips. Video by Wyss Institute Scientists working out of the University of California, Berkeley are trying to grow thin layers of human...
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How to land on a comet as it hurls through space
Five candidate sites were identified on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during the Landing Site Selection Group meeting last week. Image by ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team...
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Scientists can now see what cocaine does to your brain’s blood flow
The image on the left shows the mouse brain blood vessels before cocaine. The image on the right shows the blood vessels after, revealing that many of the vessels are now darker, which signifies lower...
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Multinational corporations take action on water scarcity
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: For more we are joined by Pilita Clark, environment correspondent for the Financial Times and author of the recent series, a world without water. So,...
View ArticleA map of every device connected to the internet on the planet
Photo: Pinged all devices on the Internet, here's a map of where they're located :) pic.twitter.com/G3fiNcKCul — John Matherly (@achillean) August 28, 2014 John Matherly, founder of internet search...
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Could the celebrity photo hack happen to you?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWhy calling stolen celebrity nudes a ‘leak’ is wrong After criminals steal 1.2 billion web credentials, how to protect personal info from data breaches...
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How one tick bite can lead to a life-threatening meat allergy
Researchers believe the Lone Star tick is at the root of a troubling new meat allergy. Image by Lyle BussOne night in the summer of 2009, Jeremy Spittle emerged from a hot tub covered in hives that...
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