Robots Fitted With Live Locust Antennae Could Be the Next Sniffer Dogs
An image of the team’s biohybrid contraption. Tel Aviv University If you’re like me, you want to win the airport security line. I’m always determined to get my baggage in…
Scientists Find Elusive, Grumpy-Looking Cats Living on Mount Everest
Pallas’s cats are known for their not-suffering-any-fools facial expressions. Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Humans are famously obsessed with Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Each year, climbers attempt to summit it.…
How to Find the Absolute Weirdest Spectacles on Google Street View
Caught on Street View in Tokyo. Google/neal.fun Once upon a time, a man in Ontario was rummaging through the backseat of a white car. I don’t know what he was…
Asteroid to rocket past Earth in one of closest encounters ever
An asteroid will fly past Earth on Thursday night in one of the closest such encounters ever recorded. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this will be a near miss…
NASA and DARPA to develop nuclear thermal rocket engine that may put humans on Mars: reports
NASA is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to use a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, according to reports. In a press release on Tuesday,…
See a Real-Life ‘Terminator’ Robot Liquify to Escape a Cage
Robert Patrick as the liquid metal T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Video screenshot by CNET Scientists have created a tiny robotic system that can transition from solid to liquid…
Watch a Long Human Chain of Biologists Save This Dolphin’s Life
It took a lot of biologists to escort a dolphin to safety. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Here’s a recipe for a good animal rescue story: Take one residential creek,…
Watch Real-Life Version of ‘Terminator’ Robot Liquify to Escape Cage
Robert Patrick as the liquid metal T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Video screenshot by CNET Scientists have created a tiny robotic system that can transition from solid to liquid…
NASA’s Webb May Have Found Ingredients for Life in a Cold, Dark Cloud
This image by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) features the central region of the Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud, which resides 630 light years away. NASA, ESA,…
eRobots With Insect Antennae Could One Day Act Like Police Sniffer Dogs
An image of the team’s biohybrid contraption. Tel Aviv University If you’re anything like me, you want to win the airport security line. I’m determined to get my baggage in…