EngineeringMarch 1, 2017
3-D Printing Modification Yields Adorable Micro-Tools
A new method of 3-D printing draws inspiration from the semiconductor industry
Engineering
EngineeringMarch 1, 2017
Artificial Intelligence Is Not a Threat—Yet
Artificial intelligence as existential threat
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EngineeringMarch 1, 2017
The Search for a New Test of Artificial Intelligence
Researchers need new ways to distinguish artificial intelligence from the natural kind
BehaviorMarch 1, 2017
Cities Become More Creative and Efficient as They Grow
New science reveals why cities become more creative and efficient as they grow
AerospaceMarch 1, 2017
Aviation in 1917: The State of the Industry and Science [Slide Show]
EngineeringMarch 1, 2017
A Century Ago: Designing and Selling the Flying Car
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
EngineeringFebruary 24, 2017
Cringeworthy Ideas for Trench Warfare, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 24, 1917
ElectronicsFebruary 22, 2017
Human Activity Will Heat Alaskan Skies—Deliberately and Picturesquely
This week powerful radio waves will disturb the ionosphere to probe satellite disruptions and create strange glows
EngineeringFebruary 17, 2017
Italian Armaments Technology, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 17, 1917.
EngineeringFebruary 16, 2017
Heat Sensor Has Snaky Sensitivity
Researchers have developed a heat sensor that can detect temperature changes of just ten thousandths of a degree Celsius—comparable with the sensitivity of pit vipers. Christopher Intagliata reports.
EngineeringFebruary 14, 2017
North Korea's Missile Threats to the U.S. May Not Be Empty for Long
North Korea has always talked the talk, and now it seems to be walking the walk as never before
EngineeringFebruary 14, 2017
Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight
A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports.