Author: Matt Simon

In factories across the world, machines are beginning to work more intimately with humans without sending them to the unemployment line—or the grave.

The magic ingredient isn’t glue, or a material that mimics the pad of a gecko’s foot, but voltage. Specifically, electroadhesion.

Cannabis can treat inflammation, pain, and nausea, among other ills. But an estimated 9 percent of users will develop a dependence on the drug.

It seemed like 2018 was going to be the year when robots made a big leap toward the fabled Rosie from the Jetsons. Consumers, though, had other ideas.

Fires spread with a complexity that scientists can pick apart little by little, thanks to lasers, sensors, and some of the most powerful computers.

We stopped American cities from burning once, and we can do it again. But it'll take a massive shift in behavior statewide.

We stopped American cities from burning once, and we can do it again. But it'll take a massive shift in behavior statewide.

Make sure they know the difference between THC and CDB, and remember: Low and slow

The rains are coming to California, and the fires have primed the soil for another disaster that can claim yet more lives.

The Golden State is burning for very good reasons, like climate change and population growth. But it doesn't have to be this way.