At March for Science, Federal Researchers Weather Trump Storm
Many anti-Trump protesters have turned their attention toward recruiting scientists to run for office in local, state, and congressional offices.
Space Photos of the Week: The Case of the Missing Dark Matter
Galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 doesn't seem to contain any dark matter, and scientists have no idea why.
Space Photos of the Week: When Billions of Worlds Collide
Galaxy NGC 5256 contains two merging galaxies. In between the two is a supermassive black hole that’s quickly sucking up material from the impact.
Modern Love: Are Humans Ready for Intimacy With Robots?
Hiroshi Ishiguro builds androids. Beautiful, realistic, uncannily convincing human replicas. His quest? Untangle the ineffable nature of human connection.
What Happens When Robots Act Just Like Humans
Hiroshi Ishiguro builds androids. Beautiful, realistic, uncannily convincing human replicas. His quest? Untangle the ineffable nature of human connection.
You Aren’t Ready for the Weirdness of Working With Robots
Welcome to the world of human-robot interaction, in which people have to adapt to the machines as much as the machines have to adapt to us.
Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious (And Play Super Mario Bros.)
Computer scientists are finding ways to code curiosity into intelligent machines.
How Congress Ignored Science and Fueled Antibiotic Resistance
The animal drug industry was under pressure to prove its products were safe; the study would not go the way the industry hoped.
Einstein’s Little-Known Passion Project? A Refrigerator
Humanity might have saved itself a lot of trouble in the long run by investing in the Einstein-Szilard approach to cooling water with fire.
‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ Gives Us a Reason to Study the Physics of Spider-Man’s Webs
Pondering the role of Hooke's law and Young's modulus as we break down a scene in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming.'