A former NASA senior executive and engineer, Smith is leading a team developing low-orbit space stations that will ...

The science pros at TKOR show 6 crazy inventions we still haven’t found a use for, highlighting absurd ideas that push the limits of creativity.

Innovation is accelerating across industries, producing devices and systems that once felt limited to science fiction. This feature explores 20 advanced inventions, examining how they work and what ...

The essays in a new anthology offer two distinct ways of interpreting the Promethean legacy of scientific progress.

The No. 1 ranking highlights UC’s unmatched record for innovation that drives societal progress and bolsters the economy.

Humans are excellent inventors, but the best ideas aren’t formed in a vacuum. Sometimes, the spark for innovation comes from learning how things work in the world around us—and taking a page out of ...

The Roman sage Marcus Aurelius said we should never let the future disturb us. But then he never had a conversation with the futurologist Nick Bostrom about the state of the world in 2050. “There’s a ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

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Every year, the tech world shows off some pretty wild stuff, and this year was no exception. We saw a bunch of new gadget inventions that could seriously change how we do things. From making our homes ...

In a major shift for New Zealand’s science and innovation landscape, the Government has unveiled a national intellectual property (IP) policy that will give researchers greater control over their own ...