A drone flying with a 1,000-Watt LED is the best thing you'll watch today
Photographer Daniel Riley equipped a drone with the brightest flashlight you've ever seen. What happens when he begins filming is nothing short of amazing.
U.S. Air Force takes control of the Space Surveillance Telescope ahead of Australian move
You frequently hear about the sale of a car or a house, but it is not too often you get word of the transfer of ownership of a million dollar telescope.
Astronauts traveling to Mars may be permanently damaging their brains
A recent study suggests that cosmic radiation during a deep space mission causes brain damage that persists even after an astronaut returns back to Earth.
With the ExoMars mission about to hit Martian dirt, here is what comes after
With the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli module almost in place, the ESA is ready to collect valuable data on atmosphere and surface features of Mars.
If everything goes as planned, here's how the ESA's Mars lander will touch down tomorrow
On October 19, the European Space Agency (ESA) will land its Schiaparelli module on Mars as part of a technology demonstration and data collecting mission.
Russian startup plans commercial launch of scarily accurate facial recognition tech
With 30 successful tests under its belt and 300 pending orders, NTechlab is ready to launch its scarily accurate facial recognition system.
Feeding silkworms carbon nanotubes produces silk that’s ridiculously strong
Natural silk is strong, but scientists have found a way to make it even stronger by adding carbon nanotubes and graphene to the silkworm's diet.
Big Brother is watching: New York to fight terrorism with a facial recognition system
The newly announced New York Crossings Project aims to combat terrorism with the state-wide installation of facial recognition tech in bridges and tunnels.
Chemical weapons may be neutralized by this nanoscale fabric
North Carolina State University researchers are developing a high-tech fabric that will trap and degrade chemical warfare agents (CWAs).
Coffee grounds become high-tech filter to purify contaminated water
A team of Italian researchers are taking a coffee waste product destined for the trash and using it for an unusual purpose -- to clean contaminated water.
Wearable microscope paves the way for at-home cancer detection, drug monitoring
UCLA researchers have developed a wearable microscope capable of detecting cancer and monitoring drug levels in the bloodstream of patients.
Laser tracking of blood-enhanced dye shows promise for cancer detection
Not happy with the current crop of diagnostic tools, a team of scientists have developed a blood-based laser that someday may be used to detect cancer.
LED streetlights save cities millions, but raise health issues — and urban residents hate them
Though popular with city officials, energy efficient LED lights are a source of angst for residents who dislike the bluish tinge and its negative effects.
Optical defibrillator shows promise as a less shocking way to reset your heart
Researchers from John Hopkins University have developed a gentler process that uses light to fix an arrhythmia without any significant damage to the heart.
Australian child golf prodigy takes down drone with a single swing of her club
Eight-year-old Ruby Kavanagh did better than a hole in one. In a viral video, the junior golf prodigy knocked a drone out of the sky with a single drive.
Motion-detecting smartphones can discover a deadly quiver in your heart
Scientists use the accelerometer and gyroscope of the modern smartphone to detect atrial fibrillation, a potentially fatal heart condition.
Squishy, 3D-printed ‘octobot’ is world’s first autonomous, untethered soft robot
Harvard's new eight-legged Octobot ditches the rigid hardware of traditional robots, opening the door to a new revolution in soft-bodies robotics.
Xpider is the world's smallest (and cutest) programmable robotic spider
Inspired by the adorable cyclops character from Monsters, Inc., the Xpider is the world's smallest programmable robotic spider.
America’s first offshore wind farm is set to come online in October
The U.S. lags far behind Europe in offshore energy production, but hopefully the efforts of Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind will change all that.
Trance music hides secret messages in new encryption technique
Next time you find yourself dancing to trance music in a club, listen carefully to the notes -- they may be sending you an encoded message.
NASA preps for seven-year journey to sample a near-Earth asteroid
You can add asteroid retrieval to NASA's repertoire of space exploration skills as the space agency prepares to embark on a seven-year sampling mission.
Dronekehana is what happens when the world's best drone pilots partner with Ford
What happens when the world's best drone pilots partner with Ford? You get nail-biting footage of drones flying under, over and near a Mustang and Focus RS.
Glowing pink Pepto Bismol-colored planes? Yep, NASA has them
It's unicorns and bubble gum at NASA as the space agency douses its planes in pink for aerodynamic studies.
Cool new glass technology will darken a room automatically
Wouldn't it be great if the windows in your house could self-shade just like your glasses? This is precisely what a team of engineers from MIT is creating.
LED-lighted wingsuit jumpers light up the Spanish skies
The Perseids meteor shower may be impressive, but these human-generated meteors in Spain will blow you away.
Crop-eating Canada geese meet their nemesis — a laser-wielding scarecrow
The latest tool in a farmer's arsenal against crop-eating Canada geese? A high-tech, laser-wielding scarecrow that'll send the birds skyward.