Engineering

The energy entrepreneur talks about the state of science innovation in the U.S.

The Internet pioneer talks about tenure and publications and shares what needs to change for U.S. science to forge ahead

The M.I.T. professor and expert on innovation on why science is worth celebrating

NASA’s X-59 research aircraft reached its target speed and altitude for the first time on Friday

Reusable rockets and Starlink made Elon Musk’s company dominant in spaceflight. Its record valuation leans on making Starship flights routine and orbital AI data centers real

FIFA is building temporary natural-grass fields meant to play consistently across 16 stadiums in three countries

On Sunday Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the cooling inner garment that NASA’s Artemis astronauts will wear under their space suits on the moon

Rate limits on Claude and other tools could hint at a deeper squeeze on the chips, power and data centers needed to run advanced AI. Researcher Lennart Heim explains

A British start-up recently pulled off a key maneuver for electric vertical flight—but certification, infrastructure and demand will decide whether air taxis fill our skies

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t

Modern luxury watches can be traced back to one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s younger sisters

Ghost Murmur was described as a futuristic CIA tool that could detect a heartbeat from vast distances. Physicists say the public story clashes with the basic limits of magnetic sensing