Cassie Kelly
Edible Robots Could Explore Exotic Places and Crawl Onto Your Plate
When people think of robots, food usually isn’t the first thing to come to mind. Robots aren’t typically edible, but that could change: a...
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Cassie Kelly
Mar 13, 20172 min read
Scientists May Have Solved the Origin of Supermassive Black Holes
Supermassive black holes sit at the center of nearly every massive galaxy situated in the universe. Scientists don’t know how...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 13, 20172 min read
130,000-Year-Old Fossil Has Been Anointed "Mother of All Bison"
Scientists are calling what is believed to be the oldest bison fossil ever recorded the “mother of all bison,” a huge discovery in...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 8, 20172 min read
This Ancient Stardust May Throw Off the Entire Cosmic Timeline
In the context of the universe, a couple thousand or million light-years of distance is just stone’s throw away. But it’s stranger still...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 5, 20172 min read
The 'Minitaur' Robot Looks Dainty, but is Actually Hardcore
The Minitaur may look dainty, but its makers promise it’s actually a hardcore work robot. Jiren Parikh, CEO of the Philadelphia-based...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 2, 20173 min read
A.I. is Now 10 Times Better Than a Professional Poker Player
Scientists at the University of Alberta are cracking away at the complexities of artificial intelligence with their new “DeepStack”...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 1, 20172 min read
There's a New Test for Pee in Pools, and It Is Sweet
If you’ve ever relieved yourself in a public swimming pool and laughed at all the innocent victims of your dirty little secret, consider...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 22, 20172 min read
These Are the Telescopes Which May Have Just Found Earth 2.0
On Wednesday, NASA revealed one of the biggest exoplanet discoveries ever made: seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star 40 light-years...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 14, 20173 min read
Here's the Technical Reason the Oroville Dam Spillways Burst
On Sunday, officials at the California Department of Water Resources noticed massive holes in both the main and emergency spillways of...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 10, 20173 min read
Inexpensive New Material Cools Houses Without Using Any Energy
Colorado just got even cooler. A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new roofing material that will...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 10, 20174 min read
How to Know if a Robot Will Steal Your Job or Help You With It
In an age of robotic revolution, the possibilities for automation are endless. Robots can deliver room service to you, haul a package to...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 6, 20172 min read
Here's How Intel Drones Nearly Stole the Show From Lady Gaga
A swarm of Intel “shooting star” drones wowed millions Sunday night: The synchronized formation of 300 quadcopters flew perfectly in-sync...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 1, 20172 min read
This Wicked Glimpse of Two Gorgeous Nebulas Feels Infinitely Long
You can literally zoom into this photo for light-years. Containing nearly two billion pixels, this stunning new image of the Cat’s Paw...
Cassie Kelly
Feb 1, 20173 min read
Researchers Develop a Remarkable Flying "Bat Bot"
A bat-like robot may soon be the superhero we’ve been waiting for. Inspired, a team of engineers from the California Institute of...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 27, 20172 min read
This Artist Is on a Mission to Create a Thousand Miniature Worlds
It takes a great deal of thought to imagine what an entirely new planet would look like, with its own unique sun, moons, and place in the...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 23, 20172 min read
Space Beer Can't Exist Because Bubbles Need Gravity
There’s a reason astronauts don’t toast with frothy brews in space: Beer is pretty much impossible to drink in zero gravity. The laws of...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 16, 20171 min read
Chernobyl is Getting a Makeover With a Huge Solar Plant
Hearing “Chernobyl” — the 1986 industrial accident that transformed a Ukrainian industrial city into a radioactive ghost town — doesn’t...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 10, 20172 min read
American Consumerism is Making Animals Go Extinct
It’s no secret that Americans have a love affair with their stuff, but where is that stuff actually coming from? A new detailed map shows...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 6, 20172 min read
A Team of Russian and U.S. Scientists Want to Find Aliens on Venus
Venus has some spooky looking clouds swirling around its atmosphere, and scientists think it might be the evil doing of extraterrestrial...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 5, 20172 min read
This Coal Plant Makes Baking Soda Out of Carbon Emissions
A coal-powered plant in Tuticorin, India has found an innovative way to capture carbon emissions — by recycling them into soda ash, an...
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