Engineering

The U.S.’s 1954 Castle Bravo thermonuclear disaster offers a cautionary tale about what could go wrong

Experimental gas-based lithium-ion batteries could power instruments in high-altitude drones and on spacecraft missions to Mars and beyond

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

The privately funded LightSail 2 spacecraft will make a test flight in Earth orbit

Seeing a chance to lead, China is deploying clean energy, quantum satellites and genomics

The Deep Space Gateway brings the dream of a human habitat in orbit about the moon and a stepping stone to Mars is now a step closer

More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Consumers waiting for driverless vehicles to improve road safety might be overlooking the boring near-term advances that could make a real difference

Deep-sea observatory tests technologies for eventual exploration of Europa or other icy moons

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed electric and sound barriers to repel Asian carp approaching Lake Michigan 

A second jolt felt minutes after this month's detonation continues to confound researchers 

Watch the epic—and explosive—blooper reel for the Falcon 9 booster’s arduous path to reusability