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A little-known U.S. spaceport shoots into the big rocket scene
Victorian farmhouses, wild ponies, and a 21st-century fireworks show.
Your next skin cream may come from NASA's outer space science
Anti-aging cosmetics research in orbit around Earth.
Project 'Silo Living' transforms old grain silos into micro homes
The proof of concept could help repurpose abandoned silos all across the Netherlands.
By Emmett Smith
The U.S. military really, really wants the world to see its autonomous Black Hawk helicopter
Awesome, yet slightly terrifying.
By Emmett Smith
Bionic eye restores some vision for 88-year-old woman
A partially blind 88-year-old woman got a bionic eye to help see her grandkids again.
Jeff Bezos, a pair of haptic robot hands, and a new tactile technology — Strictly Robots
The hands can even be controlled from another country.
By Emmett Smith
How sports broadcasting's worst idea led to its best
There's tech history hiding under every game you watch on TV.
By Emmett Smith
This might be the most customizable and affordable prosthetic arm yet — Future Blink
It's less than half the cost of similar prosthetics.
This star-churning dwarf galaxy is a tasty cosmic morsel
The juice was loose at NGC 1705
Light, flexible bionic hand uses AI and muscle memory to refine its touch
It's lighter than a human hand.
20 actually fun websites to learn something new
We've got the sites for you to improve your skills.
By Tim Marcin
Sony wows with the-future-is-now entertainment tech
Sony’s innovative technologies are leveling the playing field for young creatives.
This biodegradable glitter gets its sparkle from plants — Future Blink
Less litter, more glitter
NASA didn't invent Velcro. But it did dream up these surprising things.
From sci-fi farming to COVID-19 ventilators, the space agency's ingenuity has led to many spinoffs.
The intrepid Webb space telescope reaches its distant, frigid outpost
NASA's new flagship space observatory is home, home on Lagrange.
Researchers made a drone that can shape shift midair — Future Blink
Folding arms = ready for narrow passages
By Raffi Paul
How Spot the mouse is helping to cure baldness
A Silicon Valley startup aims to cure baldness with a stem cell graft. Is it worth this mouse's dignity?
By Rachel Kraus
Flower-like solar panels collect daylight for their nightly light shows
Even after its creators have ceased, this art installation will live on.
By Emmett Smith
China landed on the moon and found water in dirt and rocks
The moon is nearly bone dry. But Chinese lunar lander Chang’E-5's recent detection from the moon's surface shows there might be more water than expected.
Many of the Webb telescope’s greatest discoveries won't come from any amazing pictures
"We might learn things we never thought about."
By Mark Kaufman
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a...flying yacht? — Future Blink
The Air Yacht is as fancy as it sounds.
By Ray White
Tiny flying microrobots just got the update they need — Strictly Robots
The best things come in small packages
Introducing the umbrella that doesn't drip and folds inside out — Future Blink
Ready for a rainy day!
