'Hedgehog' Robots Hop, Tumble in Microgravity
Hopping, tumbling and flipping over are not typical maneuvers you would expect from a spacecraft exploring other worlds. Traditional Mars rovers, for example, roll around on wheels, and they can't o ... more
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For these 'cyborgs', keys are so yesterday
Punching in security codes to deactivate the alarm at his store became a thing of the past for Jowan Oesterlund when he implanted a chip into his hand about 18 months ago. ... more
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ASU instruments help scientists probe ancient Mars atmosphere
Mars was not always the arid Red Planet that we know today. Billions of years ago it was a world with watery environments - but how and why did it change? A new analysis of the largest known deposit ... more
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Russia Eyes Moon for Hi-Tech Lunar Base
More than four decades after humans last walked on the moon, Russian space agency Roscosmos is sending a robotic spacecraft to the moon to scope out potential locations for a planned lunar base.
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A house that runs itself? Samsung believes it's about time
Imagine the alarm clock ringing on a typical Monday morning, except this time the curtains draw themselves back, the bathroom lights switch on automatically and you smell fresh coffee brewing. ... more
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What Happened to Early Mars' Atmosphere
Scientists may be closer to solving the mystery of how Mars changed from a world with surface water billions of years ago to the arid Red Planet of today. A new analysis of the largest known deposit ... more
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Distant planet's interior chemistry may differ from our own
As astronomers continue finding new rocky planets around distant stars, high-pressure physicists are considering what the interiors of those planets might be like and how their chemistry could diffe ... more
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