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Five things you need to know about the X-47B, the U.S. military's first unmanned, autonomous combat jet. When the Navy's X-47B drone screamed skyward off the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in May, those of us stan...

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Close-up 3D images of how roots grow in transparent polymer soil can help researchers monitor how plants are faring and develop better crops

With sharp spines growing out of their upper lips, male Emei moustache toads are the brawlers of the amphibian world

Behind a waterfall there is a light that never goes out. It's not a fairy tale - the eternal flame is fed by gas from a shale formation deep underground

This is what happens when police, military folks, and scientists get together to play with very expensive robots. It's 10 a.m. on a Wednesday, and I'm watching a robot poke a forest camouflage backpack with a stick. Here...

One of the longstanding goals in robotics is the mastery of motion, such that balance, precision, and control provide the same kind of all-terrain navigation seen in biological quadruped counterparts. Another goal? Make ...

Online tools can track the true global costs of your lifestyle choices.

Desk-bound workers and their employers should take note of new research on the health hazards of too much sitting

If they stray from the reef, starfish can use the light-sensitive organs at the tips of their arms to form images, helping them find their way home