Arts & Culture
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
Energy
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
Engineering
Robot with Sea Slug Parts Makes Cyborg Debut
Mollusk mouth contractions propel a 3-D–printed plastic frame
