EngineeringFebruary 10, 2017
An Inside Look at a Propaganda Submarine, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 10, 1917
Engineering
EnvironmentFebruary 9, 2017
Drilling Resumes on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Legal experts have said the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe faces long odds in convincing courts to halt work on the pipeline
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EngineeringFebruary 3, 2017
American Submarine Technology for Spain, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 3, 1917
TechnologyFebruary 2, 2017
“Escape Room” Game Challenges Physics-Phobes to Face Their Fear
A quantum leap in problem-solving is the only way out of a university’s new LabEscape scenario game
EngineeringFebruary 1, 2017
A New Antarctic-Proof Greenhouse Heads South to Polar Scientists
EngineeringFebruary 1, 2017
1967: Gene Therapy Might Cure Many Illnesses; 1867: The Grandeur of Public Architecture
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
EngineeringFebruary 1, 2017
The Grand Face of Public Architecture, 1867 [Slide Show]
Images from the Archive of Scientific American
EngineeringJanuary 30, 2017
Aquatic Robot Braves Volcanoes and Typhoons to Detect Tsunamis
A drone will circle the world’s newest volcanic island, near Japan, to warn of devastating waves
Space & PhysicsJanuary 27, 2017
50th Anniversary of Apollo 1 Fire: What NASA Learned from the Tragic Accident
January 27 marks the 50th anniversary of the first major, deadly disaster for the U.S. space program
EngineeringJanuary 27, 2017
Starvation and Propaganda as Weapons of War, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: January 27, 1917
BiotechJanuary 26, 2017
New Exosuit Fabric Could Boost Mobility in People with Disabilities
Knitting and weaving artificial muscles could help create soft exoskeletons that people with disabilities could wear under their clothes to help them walk, according to new research
EngineeringJanuary 25, 2017
Plant Biologists Welcome Their Robot Overlords
Old-school areas of plant biology are getting tech upgrades that herald more detailed, faster data collection