BehaviorJanuary 17, 2017
Robots, Apps and Brain Scans: New Tools to Help the Autistic Child
Technology can improve communication and curb social isolation of kids with autism
Engineering
EngineeringJanuary 13, 2017
Manufacturing Machine Guns by the Thousand, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: January 13, 1917
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EngineeringJanuary 6, 2017
The Invention of the Armored Battlefield, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: January 6, 1917
EngineeringJanuary 5, 2017
Concrete Defects Could Become Strengths
By optimizing the imperfections in concrete, manufacturers could make the material tougher and stronger—allowing builders to use less of it. Christopher Intagliata reports.
ComputingJanuary 5, 2017
Secret Test of Google AI Bot Stops Top Go Players
Updated version of DeepMind’s AlphaGo program was behind a mystery online competitor
AutomobilesJanuary 1, 2017
The Motor Vehicle, 1917 [Slide Show]
Greater utility and more luxury
EngineeringJanuary 1, 2017
The Motor Vehicle in 1917; The Age of Holes in 1867
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
EngineeringDecember 30, 2016
Technical Fix Makes a Fighter Airplane, 1916
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: December 30, 1916
EnvironmentDecember 30, 2016
15 Surprising Environmental Trends to Watch in 2017
Genetically engineered coral, electronic wildlife sniffers, sand mines and more
EngineeringDecember 23, 2016
War of the (Manufacturing) Machines, 1916
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: December 23, 1916
Space & PhysicsDecember 22, 2016
Inside the Breakthrough Starshot Mission to Alpha Centauri
A billionaire-funded plan aims to send a probe to another star. But can it be done?
CognitionDecember 21, 2016
Getting Robots to Say No
Gordon Briggs, a postdoc at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, talks about the article he and Matthias Scheutz, director of the Human Robot Interaction Laboratory at Tufts University, wrote in the January Scientific American titled "The Case for Robot Disobedience."