
New Satellite Mission Would Benefit Climate Science and the Energy Industry
The GeoCARB satellite will map the concentrations of key greenhouse gases over the Americas

New Satellite Mission Would Benefit Climate Science and the Energy Industry
The GeoCARB satellite will map the concentrations of key greenhouse gases over the Americas

How Robot Math and Smartphones Led Researchers to a Drug Discovery Breakthrough
An algorithm originally designed to help robots move was useful in tackling an entirely different problem


How Big Data Can Help Rebuild America's Aging Infrastructure
Wireless sensor networks could tell engineers when key structural elements of bridges, highways and buildings are dangerously weak

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Researchers used autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles to survey the Havre volcano in the Pacific Ocean, leading to a new discovery about submarine volcano deposits.

People Don't Trust AI--Here's How We Can Change That
Start by understanding why people are so reluctant to trust AI in the first place

Fate of Secret "Zuma" Satellite Unknown after SpaceX Launch
Rumors swirl around whether or not a mysterious spacecraft successfully entered and began operations in low Earth orbit

Building the Ultimate Ultimate Disc
Five siblings team up to reinvent the one piece of equipment you need to play the game previously known as "Ultimate Frisbee"

Better Instruments Give Scientists a New Way to Study the Cosmos
The era of “multimessenger astronomy” has arrived

Imagining the Sleek Car of the Future—in 1918
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

New Airplane Design Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new airplane design could save up to 66 percent in fuel and fly by 2035

DARPA Contest Aims to Take People Underground
Challenges include navigating tunnel network, subterranean transit system and natural caves

How NASA's Search for ET Relies on Advanced AI
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s artificial intelligence chief describes the “ultimate” test for AI in space exploration