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The case for robotaxis on the water.
Rivals may try to outnumber us with fleets of cheap vessels. Our path is to out-innovate them.
Just 10 years ago, humanity had never directly detected a single gravitational wave. We're closing in on 300 now, with so much more to come!
For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?
"You’ll be able to fly twice as fast as a Boeing or Airbus, and it’ll be like the cost of flying business today."
It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?
Behind America's hunt for a superior semiconductor.
Astro Mechanica’s “turboelectric” jet engines offer a way to transform both commercial flights and space launches.
The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
NASA gave three robots plans for a moon shelter, and the robots figured out how to build it.
HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).
Frontier, the ORNL supercomputer, used machine learning to perform 9.95 quintillion calculations per second.
Chemists could replace bubbling flasks with tumbling ball mills.
Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a stranded space factory, Jeff Bezos' new moon lander, and more.
Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
The material is both stronger and lighter than those used to make conventional power plant turbines.
But it's still challenging to build a 22,000-mile elevator.
Particles behave differently when freed from the force of gravity. A new space factory aims to use this to synthesize pharmaceuticals.
Without modularization, many epic projects simply would be impossible.
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works engineering division has devised many jaw-dropping aircraft. Here are some of the best — and one ship.
3D-printing robots are being used to build a 100-home housing development in the US state of Texas.
Using shaped ultrasound, researchers can 3D print objects in one shot.
One of Jetoptera's VTOLs is expected to reach speeds of around 614 mph, about as fast as a commercial jet airliner.
Humanity's newest, most powerful space telescope is performing even better than predicted. The reason why is unprecedented.
Automation could help fix the company's financial troubles.
Some solar cells are so lightweight they can sit on a soap bubble.
Bend it. Stretch it. Use it to conduct electricity.
SpinLaunch will cleverly attempt to reach space with minimal rocket fuel. But will physics prevent a full-scale version from succeeding?
The future of American jobs isn't only services and tech.