Stingray-inspired robot cracks the mystery of how rays swim
To help figure out what makes stingrays such unique and unusual swimmers, a team of mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) created a wavy robotic fin. After…
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NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission
4 Min Read NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission A visual representation of NASA’s Artemis I mission. Credits: NASA NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the…
Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback
Welcome to Edition 8.26 of the Rocket Report! The past week has been one of advancements and setbacks in the rocket business. NASA rolled the massive rocket for the Artemis…
Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms
Every spring, raptors return to nesting sites across northern Michigan. The smallest of these birds of prey, a falcon called the American kestrel (Falco sparverius), flies through the region’s many…
Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…
Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”
The project developer for one of the Internet’s most popular networking tools is scrapping its vulnerability reward program after being overrun by a spike in the submission of low-quality reports,…
eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents
On Tuesday, eBay updated its User Agreement to explicitly ban third-party “buy for me” agents and AI chatbots from interacting with its platform without permission, first spotted by Value Added…
This robot hand can detach from its arm and crawl around
Engineers in Switzerland recently created a detachable, spider-like robot hand capable of grabbing multiple objects and using its fingers to crawl. The unsettling device, reminiscent of a threatening video game…
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes,…
Watch a robot swarm “bloom” like a garden
Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to changing light levels in an office. According to their new paper published…