CultureSeptember 2, 2016
Alien Interpreters: How Linguists Would Talk to Extraterrestrials
Language experts describe how cultures with nothing in common can learn to communicate
Stories by Greg Uyeno
EnergyAugust 16, 2016
Self-Destructing Battery Can Dissolve Itself in 30 Minutes
Battery could pave the way for so-called transient power sources for scientific instruments or tools of espionage, researchers say
EngineeringJuly 21, 2016
Robot with Sea Slug Parts Makes Cyborg Debut
Mollusk mouth contractions propel a 3-D–printed plastic frame