Engineering

Coming soon: the world overlaid with data

It all depends on what you mean by “invented”

A Penn bioengineer disputes a recent New York Times report suggesting microwaves accounted for what occurred at the U.S. embassy in Havana

An intrepid undergrad led the way to understanding the physics of snapping strands of spaghetti.

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

A neural-network analysis outperforms the method scientists typically use to work out where these tremors will strike

Researchers give AI the ability to simulate the anticipated needs and actions of others

The guidelines come from the Association for Computing Machinery

The agency awarded a total of $44 million to multiple firms developing crucial technologies for future space exploration

Solar geoengineering would ease heat stress, but also block vital sunlight for plants

Falling battery prices and foreign demand will keep the market going

Google's new assistant sounds almost scarily human