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This drone, which weighs just 20 grams, can avoid obstacles without human guidance.
The lunar landing represents a significant milestone for China's space program. China sent its first astronaut to space in 2003.
Taking everyday sensors and the data they generate online will advance the progression of the Internet of Things, where in the future virtually everything will have a digital footprint.
Today marks the first major legal setback for the NSA wiretapping program.
Nobody knows when the next galactic supernova might occur, but thanks to the development of massive neutrino detectors, we would have an "unprecedented peek at the action."
Guest post by Kevin Flora(Cross post from kevinflora.com) “Why did the chicken cross the road?” If you say “to get to the other side,” you could use a workshop in […]
Unfortunately, family vacations can often be an intense time of stress when the ostensible purpose is to relax and recharge.
Jesus and Buddha both embraced the philosophy of love your enemy. Columbia University professor Robert Thurman takes us through the history of vengeance and explains how to minimize contention between you and your enemies.
If you disregard the original intentions of Bach and the intentions of the church authorities who commissioned his music, you are missing the most subversive element of Bach—his independence of spirit, his humanism.
Scientific advances are coming fast and furious, and so it is becoming increasingly important to become familiar with aspects of genomics that will impact routine medical care in profound ways.
Move over Willy Loman. Selling today is about servicing latent and hidden problems, an ability that research shows is common among artists.
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen
IN THE old days of the three European missions – imperialism, colonialism, and orientalism – scholars insisted on the existence of Asian “philosophies” and, naturally, they called Asian thinkers “philosophers.” […]
Members of a gospel choir posing as grocery store employees surprised shoppers this week by breaking into song in memory of Nelson Mandela. It was the most touching flash mob you will ever see.
Let me remind you of why I think all the Singularity talk about making what used to be called personal immortality possible by turning each of us into conscious machines is ridiculous. […]
“I make hands,” the young man said nonchalantly. Standing in the middle of a crowd of robotics researchers and developers, he introduced himself. I must admit the phrase and the […]
Hey, all you natural food fans. You die-hard anti-Monsanto opponents of genetically modified food, who say it’s dangerous because, well, it’s unnatural. You may want to think twice before you […]
The upright tail is probably the clearest way cats show their affection for us.
The extent to which human beings are willing to be duped by computers is already very large.