When it comes to making fair calls, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) deploys robots. The nation’s professional league added a fleet of so-called robot umpires to the field during its…
There is still time to catch Big Boy aka the world’s largest operating steam locomotive before its first coast-to-coast tour wraps up. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 still has…
For more than 40 years, ultrasound has remained the sole medical imaging method in space, but not by choice. Astronauts require extensive training in order to operate the equipment, and…
Credit: Wanqing Zhang Credit: Wanqing Zhang Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have developed a novel conductive ink that can be painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, turning…
The next test flight of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster could take off as soon as Thursday, and much of the hour-long mission will look a lot like…
There’s no denying that it’s been a brutally hot summer in North America and Europe. So if you need a new way to cool off as another heat dome settles…
The federal government is warning users of home and small office routers to secure their devices as Russia state hackers continue to mass-compromise them for use in obscuring nefarious actions…
Watering your lawn in the summer can be both pragmatic and fun with so-called “silly sprinklers,” designed to create amusing loops and spirals of water jets. And there’s some fascinating…
Picture it. A colorful tattoo tiger, shark, or rainbow that can read your brain waves, power robotic prosthetics, and even spot heart attacks earlier. Engineers at Penn State University filed…
You might assume that pigeons keep their eyes still as they fly. New research, however, shows that pigeons engage in slow, subtle eye movements. This behavior might help the birds…