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The airships have a range of 4,000 nautical miles, can fly for five days, and can cruise as high as 20,000 feet at 80 mph. They take to the skies over Spain in 2026.
Photosynthesis is powerful but very inefficient. Humans can improve on this biochemical process to help the planet.
Before gunpowder was introduced to the West, medieval Arabs devised grenades using crockery.
A "bio-battery" made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.
Fire-retardant gels and slimes combine the best attributes of water and foam.
"The Soul of a New Machine" provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity's greatest thinkers.
One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
You've heard of Stephen Hawking. Ever heard of Renata Kallosh? Didn't think so.
John Templeton Foundation
An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.
In New Zealand, ambitious Kiwis want to launch a lawn mowing business; in South Africa, it's cooking gas refills. Start-up dreams vary widely.
Technology will not save the world, and it is inherently neither good nor bad. But, when tech is coupled to human virtue, good will prevail.
“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research."
Giant particle accelerators aren't a waste of money. They are essential for understanding the Universe.
Preventing scurvy is not just a problem in the Antarctic.
Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.
The strangest thing about trying to predict the future is that our only clues lie in the past.
It could make enough drinking water for a family of four.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.
Technologically, the answer is definitely no. But that doesn't mean CGI is always used to good effect.
In a major advance, scientists have found a new and groundbreaking way to force electrons to flow only in one direction in a superconductor.
OmnesViae is a modern route planner based on the roads of the Roman Empire.
Immersive learning creates an interactive environment in which learners have the power to customize their experience.
The Hyperloop is physically possible, but engineering challenges will make its construction very difficult. Also, accidents would be catastrophic.
The hyperloop would be a great idea for a completely flat planet. With topography and infrastructure, it's a very different story.
Now they're pointing the way to future battery technologies.
Atomic clocks keep time accurately to within 1 second every 33 billion years. Nuclear clocks could blow them all away.
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.
Company culture is always evolving — sometimes for the worse.
Cold War meets Star Wars in this cut-away of a 1950 “rubber bubble,” the first line of defense against nuclear sneak attack.