Innovation & Future

The feat marked a trio of firsts: First soft landing on an asteroid, first deployment of rovers in a low-gravity setting, and first close-up look at the sort…

TOUCHDOWN Japan’s space agency workers can now breathe easy. The pair of robots they sent hurtling toward the surface of an asteroid on Friday have…

The new law prohibits internet service providers, or ISPs, from blocking or slowing access to legal online content, demanding special fees from websites to…

Since NASA retired the space shuttle in 2011, the only way for astronauts to get into space has been Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. But soon NASA space flyers…

“Star Wars,” “Her,” and “iRobot.” What do all these movies have in common? The artificial intelligence (AI) depicted in there is crazy-sophisticated. These…

SEX CELLS Makings babies could soon get a lot less sexy. A team of Japanese researchers is now closer than any other scientists have come to creating…

DRONING ON In 2013, we learned about Amazon’s splashy plans to drop packages off at customers’ homes using drones. Sure, there have been a few…

HACK ATTACK Hackers accessed data from nearly 50 million Facebook accounts, the company said today. The company discovered the breach on Tuesday,…

NO DEAL Before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for alleged fraud yesterday, the Tesla CEO reportedly…