Nicholas St. Fleur
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Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters What Would It Take to Double a Cell Phone’s Battery Life?
Mobile devices could double their power, but researchers are focused on improving bigger batteries first.
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NASA/JPL NASA’s Opportunity Rover Completes a Martian Marathon
The Mars probe is the first human-made vehicle to travel 26.2 miles on a non-Earth planet.
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University of Colorado Why Auroras Are Red on Mars
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft picked up on a dazzling light display on the Red Planet.
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Sergi Lopez Roig/Shutterstock 3-D Printing Just Got 100 Times Faster
Machines of the future make their predecessors seem as old-school as the dot matrix printer.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center When Oceans Disappear
Mars used to have a body of water bigger than the Arctic Ocean. What happened to it?
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Charles16e/Flickr Robot vs. Robot
Can a computer forge a painting well enough that it fools the algorithms designed to detect fakes?
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XMOBOTS Lost Civilizations, Found by Drones
Equipped with high-tech sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles can help archaeologists discover remnants of ancient societies.
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Barbara Müller-Walter/Flickr A Symphony for Cats
Felines aren't keen on human music, so scientists created special songs for them.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service What Happens When You Strap a Camera to a Sea Turtle's Shell
Using a camera strapped to the creature, scientists reveal for the first time the intricacies of how the sea giant hunts.
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Steen Dupont Solving a Museum’s Bug Problem With Legos
An entomologist from London is using his favorite childhood toy to build a device that holds fragile insect specimens.
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NASA The 500-Pound Fireball Over Pittsburgh
NASA captured video of a bright meteor blazing through the morning sky this week.
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David Grémillet Birds Are Mostly Cool With Drones
Buzzing quadrocopters can get surprisingly close to flamingos without ruffling their feathers.
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Carlo Allegri/Reuters New York City Subways Are Covered in Microscopic Pizza
Also: tiny particles of bubonic plague, anthrax, and dysentery
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South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology Mapping 61 Ancient Tattoos on a 5,300-Year-Old Mummy
Scientists used a modified Nikon camera to reveal previously unseen markings on Ötzi the Iceman's body.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture A Possible Treatment for Peanut Allergies
Researchers in Australia have temporarily rid 23 children of their adverse reactions to the nut.
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Tiago Campante/Peter Devine Life in the Universe May Be Much Older Than We Thought
NASA has discovered a star twice as old as our sun with five Earth-sized planets of its own.
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James Gathany/Flickr The Genetically Modified Mosquito Bite
A few million mutant insects could slow the spread of dengue and chikungunya in the United States, but some people are wary of tampering with nature.
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Chris Hunkeler/Flickr Partners in Health
People are much more likely to achieve their fitness goals with their spouse than alone.
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UC San Diego The Temporary Tattoo That Tests Blood Sugar
An electronic sensor may mean the end of finger pricking.
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L. Gubb/ The Carter Center The Second Human Disease Ever Eradicated
Only 126 cases of Guinea worm remain before the parasite disappears from humanity entirely.
