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NASA's not having an easy time testing the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator that should eventually put big payloads on Mars. The agency has scrubbed all test flights this weekend due to weather, and now won't take the ...

The world’s first artificially intelligent robot, designed to engage and grow with you. Musio is an artificially intelligent (A.I.) robot designed to learn, adapt and grow with you. Great to simply hang out with or to ...

Bring some wild life indoors. No, it need not be a tiger. You can do with this Giraffe Wall Sticker instead. It's a superb sticker you can have on your living room that adds a lively them to your living room. The decal i...

Many mistakenly believe it's a company. Others say it is bound to be destroyed by regulators. In some circles, it has been described as nothing more than a conduit to buy and sell drugs. As a relatively nascent technolog...

The Planetary Society's LightSail spacecraft just dodged another bullet -- the ground crew has not only regained contact with the Carl Sagan-inspired ship, but managed to deploy its sails. It's still not clear just what ...

With a high strength stainless steel body and corrosion resistance, the Prep 25 stands for an amazing pro quality multi-tool you can use in your everyday life. The built-in plastic pad on the tire lever end will protect ...

Blasting out of Earth's gravity well and into orbit seems like it'd be anything but a calming experience. The first few minutes of the descent back home, however, are downright soothing.

The new language has proven quite popular, though hurdles remain.

Welcome to Reading List, a weekly collection of great tech reads from around the web. This week explores the history of the Border Gateway Protocol, how our music recommendation algorithms are studying us, whether Seoul ...

After two years of upgrades, the world's largest particle accelerator is back in business. And it's already bashing subatomic particles together at higher energies than ever before to probe the most fundamental questions...

Remember when Target got hacked and tons of customer credit card information was leaked two years ago? Target didn't detect that breach until weeks later, long after sensitive data had been disseminated across the intern...

The US Navy's next-gen electromagnetic catapult for aircraft carriers works! Well, OK, the military hasn't exactly used it to launch an actual fighter jet yet, but a recent test has proven that it can handle 80,000 pound...

A South Korean team has won DARPA's Robotic Challenge Finals, besting US rivals and taking home $2m after demonstrating its disaster-response 'bot. The robot, DRC-HUBO, beat out 22 other teams, each rising to the US gove...

It's not just drought that can wreak havoc on water supply. Even cities with vast freshwater resources are facing urban water catastrophes. A massive initiative to repair the aging, mismanaged water infrastructure in the...

Sony Music's loose-lipped CEO has seemingly confirmed Apple's streaming music service will launch at WWDC 2015 on Monday. Chief executive Doug Morris spoiled the surprise during a session at the Midem Music Industry Fest...

Doctors often keep patients awake during brain surgery to monitor them for injuries in real time. Put in this situation, most of us would probably do very little of anything other than respond when spoken to and pray for...

In case there was any doubt that Apple is unveiling its self-branded streaming music service at the Worldwide Developer Conference this week, one loose-lipped executive just let the cat out of the bag. Sony Music CEO Dou...

I was all ready to trash WristBoom, and then I thought of my grandmother. Well, alright, there were a couple of stages in-between, but I had to drop the "cynical geek" persona and think outside the bubble to properly app...

The many ergs of the Sahara Desert are a beautiful lesson in the shifting history of sand in the desert, and the shapes and scales of dunes

Drones have seen a lot of bad press and idiotic hype that has slowed their acceptance by regulators and the public. But let's not forget that they perform valuable services like search and rescue and inspection that can'...

Unfortunately, the LightSail spacecraft's recovery wasn't quite as miraculous as its creators first thought. The Planetary Society reports that it hasn't heard back from its sailer since Wednesday, shortly after the vehi...

Pluto is billions of miles away, and it took NASA's New Horizons spacecraft nine years to get close. None of us will ever stand on the dwarf planet's distance surface, but now, there's a new NASA tool that's bringing a l...