Scientists tweak genes to create more efficient mini-computer The machinery inside every cell is an amazingly efficient and complex factory... Read More

A mesmerizing view of one of the most unique cities in the world. This time lapse video of Dubai was taken in January of this year and ... Read More

Dutch self-built hamburger offers new perspective The new burger costs some 250.000 euros, but no cow has been slaughtered for it. Dr. ... Read More

Everyone's needed to improve online ecosystem “Cyber threats” are a bigger danger to this country than terrorism — at least that’s ... Read More

Many abstract painters use models to create their art works. What if their paintings had not been abstract, but a realistic representation o... Read More

Quantum networks are expected in the near future. Google dominates the global market for search engines with over one billion search reques... Read More

$10 million contest to make a real medical tricorder. It was straight out of science fiction—a man on a plane starts sweating, feeling ch... Read More

A new take on the classic idea of machines being alive. The film is called "Reach", a student film project by Luke Randall that has won... Read More

It fits in the garage, rides on roads and flies like a helicopter Terrafuggia predicts it will just take 8 to 12 years to make these te... Read More

How the use of small batteries can vastly improve wind energy. If you've traveled in the North America, Europe or China over the past d... Read More

PhD student collects DNA of strangers to create their portraits. Electronic arts student Heather Dewey-Hagborg took a crash course in molec... Read More

Where do you belong in tomorrow's world? United Micro Kingdom (UmK): A Design Fiction presents a fictional future for the United Kingdom, f... Read More

First artificial "insect" takes to the air. It took them more than 10 years, but Harvard engineers and scientists developed a tiny, bee... Read More

IBM Research made this microscopic movie to explore storage limits. It's not a joke, this movie was really made by moving single atoms ... Read More

As more people cycle, better designs are needed Bicycling is becoming much more popular. In the Netherlands, about 30 percent of the popula... Read More

See how promising technology creates energy. Fuel cells are an exciting new development in the search for alternatives to fossil fuels.... Read More

This project, titled 'On Space Time Foam', was created by artist Tomás Saraceno,  together with the help of a multidisciplinary team of a... Read More

Part submarine, part yacht, it could be the future of island getaways. As many tropical islands around the world face the threat of dis... Read More

If we would get the chance to go back in time to witness important or iconic moments in history, how would we behave? Would we actually try ... Read More

Would you like to have a living chair in your garden? It may take eight to ten years, but artist Peter Cook shows that it's possible. This p... Read More

Are you a prisoner of technology? In our interview with sociologist Sherry Turkle, author or ‘Alone, Together’  it already became ap... Read More

How to utterly terrify people on drugs: project deities and spirits on trees. French artist Clement Briend used the volume of Cambodian tree... Read More

The best ideas often begin with failure. Or, in this case, with some empty pizza boxes . Just follow a few easy steps and you've got yoursel... Read More

  She’s the most successful toy of the twentieth century and the alleged icon of female perfection: Barbie. But just like any ... Read More

There's a kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, and even a patio Since 2000, China's cities have expanded at an average rate of 10% annually. It... Read More

From balloons to the Predator, a controversial technology emerges Drones—the latest “smart weapon” from the military—are in the new... Read More

The idea emerged when Massoun Hassani was just a kid. Growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan, he and his brother had learned to make their own... Read More

So much more than a guitar string They’re these insignificant-looking strings of muscle and tendon, yet they help make us uniquely human.... Read More

A parade of good- and not so good- aviation ideas. Not every brilliant concept translates to a successful result.  Sometimes even bad ... Read More

Assessing the power of institutions on the internet of things. Though some new statistical reports show signs of slowing down, we are still... Read More

A new law in the United States says electric vehicles must make a sound. Picture it: You're on a bike riding through your neighborhood.... Read More

Technique could pave way to synthetic organs. Three-D printing already has made some amazing inroads into technology, with the ability ... Read More

How playing with an electric fence can make you jump These kids already know what will happen, but they just can't help themselves.... Read More

After cutting the cable off the coast of Egypt, internet goes down in Asia. In what might be seen as a reminder of how the world of int... Read More

Watch as it doubles in size just by turning. There is a whole world of furniture designed for yachts and ships of all kinds that most o... Read More

What is the relationship between strong social ties and the spread of rumors? How often have you accidentally or purposefully spread a ... Read More