Google’s Plan to Eliminate Human Driving in 5 Years
Google is commited to its all-or-nothing approach, which contrasts with the steady-as-she-goes approach favored by automakers like Mercedes, Audi and Nissan.
May 18, 2015 at 08:43AM
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The Internet Is Running Out Of Room, But We Can Save It
Are we running out of internet? It might sound like an odd question, but researchers met at the Royal Society in London this week to discuss a coming internet “capacity crunch”, and what we might do about it.
May 17, 2015 at 09:59PM
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On the Taxonomy of Spaceships
There are lots of different ship classes in science fiction, and I’m not talking about the designated name for a particular frame (like Victory-class or Firefly-class). I’m talking about classification of ship roles. You have your cruisers, your destroyers, your frigates and corvettes, your dreadnoughts, and all sorts of other roles. But something that always confused me is exactly what the differences are between them.
May 17, 2015 at 06:23PM
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Meet the heroes keeping us safe from space junk
From a military agency tracking nearly everything in the sky to a sprawling network of researchers developing sci-fi technologies to vaporize orbital garbage, humanity is finally starting to solve the problem.
May 17, 2015 at 02:21PM
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Watching This Wood-Splitting Machine Is Both Satisfying And Nerve-Racking
Satisfying because it just splits the wood so cleanly; nerve-racking because his hands are just way too close to that thing.
May 17, 2015 at 02:09PM
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How we learned to love anthropomorphic space probes
How do you get people to emotionally engage with a 2,000-pound mass of wheels, drills, and telemetry instruments?
May 17, 2015 at 12:21PM
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Self-Driving Cars Are Legal, But Real Rules Would Be Nice
Policymakers are poorly equipped to decide just how to regulate robo-cars. The tech is new, complicated, and being developed in different ways by different companies, so just understanding how it works is difficult, let alone knowing how to make it work safely.
May 17, 2015 at 05:27AM
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Flight Paths
Tracking animals as they migrate across the globe is addictive: It’s hard not to see ourselves in their journeys.
May 17, 2015 at 03:24AM
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Russian rocket carrying satellite crashes in Siberia
A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite has malfunctioned and crashed in Siberia, Russia’s space agency says.
May 16, 2015 at 09:08AM
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Could a Robot Write the Perfect Pop Song?
Probably not. But that doesn’t mean the pop star of the future is going to be a human.
May 15, 2015 at 03:15PM
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