Stories by Jeremy Hsu

Russian scientists have developed experimental embalming methods to maintain the look, feel and flexibility of the Soviet Union's founder’s body, which is 145 years old today 

The airplane transport isolators being used to fly Ebola patients for treatment have origins in the 2003 SARS epidemic

A genetic variant that keeps dopamine levels high could lead to personalized training and also benefit personnel in ERs and air traffic control towers

While playing catch-up on technology, Russia opts for cyber attacks, disinformation and other shadowy ways to fight a war with—and sometimes without—plausible deniability

When it comes to transporting troops, no idea has seemed too outlandish to be considered by the U.S. military

Military “Transformer” vehicles move closer to takeoff

China, Russia and the U.S. have the ability to destroy one another’s eyes in the sky

The ruling in favor of corporate broadband providers may not only up consumer costs but also cripple start-ups, which may stifle the kind of innovative content that has made the Web an essential service

The heart represents one of the most ambitious goals for researchers working to create 3-D printed organs within the field of regenerative medicine

Unique turbines that float on the surface rather than rest on the seafloor can be placed in deeper waters

More of Moore’s Law: A scalable process could realize the dream of carbon nanotube transistors that would be much smaller and more efficient than today’s silicon chips

Tiny lab-grown organs connected by an artificial blood system on a two-inch chip could greatly improve drug testing

The lingering questions include how the radioactivity might contaminate ocean life that humans eat

The U.S. State Department, community colleges and--for the first time--a Native American tribal agency, join the Federal Aviation Administration’s drone authorization list

A new class of laser weapons 10 times smaller and lighter than current lasers of similar power could protect U.S. aircraft from ground-based threats

A rocket-powered aircraft, in development at the German Aerospace Center, could carry 50 passengers halfway around the world in 90 minutes

The federal government plans to increase funding to institutions researching 3-D printing, a technology the White House hopes will boost U.S. manufacturing

The auto industry campaigned against the relatively bloody rise of cars in the early 20th century via TV, the term "jaywalker" and school safety patrols

Missing source code can allow bad science to slip through the cracks and means extra headaches for scientists who want to closely follow up on new studies or check for errors

The sensation may arise when the viewer's brain begins to consider an artificial figure as a possible human

Human waste might someday turn human urine or waste into useful electricity for radios or space robots

The long-term goal is to print a functioning spacecraft in a seemingly weightless environment

Possible candidates for robotic planetary exploration missions include Venus, Mars, asteroids, comets and Titan

40 years after the first moon walk, designers and engineers discuss the continuing evolution of astronaut apparel