Researchers from Tel Aviv University have identified a new type of early human at the Nesher Ramla site, dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago. Headed by Prof. Israel Hershkovitz, Dr. Hila May and Dr. Rachel Sarig from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and...

Johns Hopkins University Epidemiologist Gypsyamber D'Souza explains how the United States can reach coronavirus herd immunity and what happens if that goal is missed. Plummeting vaccination rates have turned what officials hoped would be the “last mile” of the coronavirus immunization campaign into

The spacecraft crashed into an asteroid the size of the Washington Monument. NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally collided with an asteroid on Monday evening, in an attempt to alter the space rock’s trajectory. The mission tested technology that could help defend Earth against potential future aster

An uncut video of the AgileQuad demonstrating its reactive controller that provides agile avoidance maneuvers for high speed obstacles, such as a fencing blade. This research is conducted at Stanford's Autonomous Systems Laboratory.

Developed by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering's Biomimetic Robotics Lab under the direction of Associate Professor Sangbae Kim, the quadruped MIT Cheetah has made headlines for its dynamic legged gait, speed, jumping ability, and biomimetic design.

"Have you ever had a gut feeling or butterflies in your stomach? Has hunger ever changed your mood? Our bellies and brains are physically and biochemically connected in a number of ways. As a nutritionist, microbiologist and neuroscientist, Ruairi Robertson is passionate about the link between our b...

In the 1950s in California someone invented a retractable fifth wheel to aid in parking. Genius.

Volkswagen gathers ideas from the people of China to help innovate future cars. We took one girl's idea for a hover car and made it into reality.

Not in a very distant future our lives will be like this. Our interactivity and the connectivity through the day with our electronic devices which will be more stylish and made of glass.

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The intermodal container changed our world. We would never have the interconnected and global economy of today without Malcolm McLean and his system of containerization.