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The Year 1916 in the Great War

Robot Exoskeletons March in to Link Mind and Body

Originally designed to give soldiers superhuman strength, exoskeletons are enabling heroic efforts to help patients re-learn to walk

World's First "Cybathlon" Pits High-Tech Prosthetics against One Another

From robotic arms to brain – computer interfaces, the unique event featured some of today’s most cutting-edge assistive devices...

Will Elon Musk Scuttle the Search for Life on Mars?

If there is life on the Red Planet—even just alien microbes clinging to existence in isolated refuges—any biological contamination we import from Earth could cause an ecological and scientific catastrophe...

Silkworms Spin Super-Silk after Eating Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

The strong, conductive material could be used for wearable electronics and medical implants, researchers say 

Hurricane Matthew Monitors Fly into the Belly of the Beast

NOAA storm scientists describe their harrowing trips into a swirling chaos of rain, dust, salt and bacteria

New Technology for 1916: Tanks

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: October 7, 1916

Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire [Slide Show]

Scientific American checked out New York City’s annual ode to homemade robots, 3-D printers and dozens of other DIY technologies

2016 World Maker Faire

Chemistry Nobel Prize: Machines Too Small to See

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.    ...

Blue Origin's Suborbital Rocket Passes Milestone Safety Test

The fifth and final flight of the New Shepard vehicle demonstrated the vehicle's in-flight escape system for future passengers

What Is the Hyperloop?

The internet has been buzzing with news of the first Hyperloop test. But what, exactly, is the hyperloop?

Time to Change the Ink in the Bone Printer

Researchers 3D-print pliable, custom-made graft parts in minutes

New Robot Helps Babies with Cerebral Palsy Learn to Crawl

The infants crawl sooner and farther than they would on their own

Deep Learning Boosts Google Translate Tool

The Internet giant claims its latest service employs neural networks to cut the error rate by 60 percent

SpaceX's Elon Musk Unveils Mars Colonization Dream Ship

The entrepreneur announces detailed plans for a reusable craft that can cary 100 people 

Measuring the Wind for Artillery, 1916

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: September 23, 1916

Acoustic Holograms Create Complex Floating Patterns

Researchers can create complex patterns in air and water using ultrasonic waves. This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on September 21, 2016. It is a  Nature Video  production...

"Last Shipwreck" from WW I Battle of Jutland Found Near Norway

A marine exploration team found the wreck, one of more than 250 warships that took part in the largest naval engagement of World War I

Building the Big Guns, 1916

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: September 16, 1916