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Most buyers prefer to be left alone as they shop in store for items like apparel and prefer to use in-store technology for customer service over personalized attention from store employees, according to a new study.

There were MIT presentations about getting into space and beyond the cradle of the Earth

Terrestrial Energy is developing a 190 megawatt small modular molten salt reactor that will cost less than $1 billion to build.

South Korea is starting to commercialize 10-gigabit (Gb) transfer speeds for its online network systems, which is 10 times faster than Giga Internet, the fastest broadband service currently available, the ICT ministry said Sunday.

So you know how to pick a lock with a tension wrench and rake. This is an incredibly useful skill, which will allow you to get in your house if you get locked out without having to call a locksmith, and will also allow you to help others who've bec

Hyundai, in partnership with Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), designed a special all-electric dune buggy concept called Hyundai Kite.

With bacteria becoming ever more resistant to our best antibiotics, scientists are searching high and low for new ones in nature.

There was a 2016-2017 Kickstarter for Antimatter fuel production.

When you really think about it, the weather impacts our decisions every single day. What we wear, when we leave for our morning commute, the chores we do, the hobbies we partake in, the family activities we plan. And on and on the list goes of how ou

There is no doubt that many parts of the globe are in crisis, and to many it seems as though a natural or man-made disaster could strike in their area at any moment. While it is always important to have certain basic first aid items like Band-Aids a

The wonder material's latest trick? Dying hair without damaging it...The Northwestern team mentions that your graphene-treated hair will be able to interface with electronic components, since the coating can carry an electrical current. I can't i

Using a compact but powerful laser to heat arrays of ordered nanowires, CSU scientists and collaborators have demonstrated micro-scale nuclear fusion in the lab.

Astronaut Scott Kelly set a record for the longest single spaceflight in history and now NASA is saying the trip made him a "new man" as well.

New lithium metal batteries could make smartphones, drones, and electric cars last twice as long.

XPrize contests are nothing if not examples of big picture thinking.

University of Maryland engineers have created a new insulating material capable of blocking at least 10 degrees more heat than styrofoam or silica aerogel. It's also 30 times stronger than styrofoam, and appears to be much more environmentally friend

Graphene spends most of its time in a two-dimensional form, but that makes it hard to make use of its long list of advantages, like its strength, light weight, and electricity and heat conduction.

Graphene hogs all the headlines about two-dimensional materials, but it might just be the beginning.

ICON has built the first permitted 3D printed home in America. ICON is one of the first new businesses to launch from the Saturn Five startup studio, based in Austin, TX.

The glass we're most familiar with is made from silicon dioxide, but materials like boron, polymers and metals have also been used.

Kitty Hawk, the same group of California dreamers who introduced the leisure-focused Flyer last year, has revealed an all-electric, self-piloted air taxi in New Zealand.

10,000 people will prepare for 'the end of the world'...A complex of doomsday bunkers in South Dakota that can house 10,000 people is being hailed as the 'back up plan for mankind'.

Over the past couple of years, there's been a lot of discussions concerning the energy consumed by cryptocurrency mining. However, more recently mining operations have been using environmentally friendly methods and some of them are channeling the

. After switching to reusable glass containers that she fills with bulk items at her local natural food market, using cloth produce bags and stainless steel water bottles, and trading plastic toothbrushes for biodegradable and compostable wood variet

The dataset provides greater detail than previously possible about fishing activity on the high seas, beyond national jurisdictions, according to a press release from Global Fishing Watch. While most nations appear to fish predominantly within their

Elon Musk: Humans Must Colonize Mars To Survive WW3 But AI Is More Dangerous Than Nukes

Federal authorities promise unmanned aircraft proponents: 'We'll help you get there'

Federal authorities promise unmanned aircraft proponents: 'We'll help you get there'

– Programmable Molecular Fabrication of trillions of functionalized carbon nanotubes

Engineers at the University of Maryland have created a new nanowood material that's as insulating as Styrofoam, but stronger and much more environmentally friendly and 30 times stronger.

1. Jan 4, 2017 -- Amazon has filed a patent for a self-driving airship that can store inventory and be used as a base to launch delivery drones.

Latest water product from Zapata, Flyride® enables you to fly and slide on the water, providing new sensations. Easy to use, it was especially designed to be accessible to all, regardless to the user's level.

The Foiler from Enata Marine is an impressively styled blend of hybrid diesel-electric propulsion with a retractable hydrofoil system that, quite literally, elevates the luxury yacht.

Musk has received criticism in recent months from public transit advocates

AI Robots are taking over the world!

The Zapata Ezfly looks for all intents and purposes like a Segway of the sky. You stand on a small platform equipped with a series of jet thrusters, holding two handgrips that come up from the base, then rise up into the air and zoom around, steering

Florida-based company Arkup has floated the concept of an off-grid, liveable luxury yacht.

Although artificial hearts have been around for some time now, there's just one that's approved for human use in the US, and it's only intended to keep patients going until they can get a heart transplant.

Waymo has clocked up millions of self-driving miles since starting Google's autonomous vehicle project in 2009, celebrating 5 million of them by recently releasing a 360-degree video to demonstrate how its cars see the world around them.

The quest to become the world's first commercially available flying car is one that will go down to the wire when legal, safety and regulatory hurdles have been overcome and the first owner settles into the seat.

Scaled Composites Model 401 experimental plane has completed its maiden flight.

Solar planes have already traversed the Alps and flown around the world, but one team has its sights set a little higher: the edge of space. SolarStratos is planning to fly a solar-powered plane to an altitude of over 80,000 ft (24,000 m), from where

The lightweight LMX 161-H is an electric motorcycle styled after downhill bicycles, fusing elements from both worlds.

Just last month, Williams Advanced Engineering announced it would be teaming up with Singer Vehicle Design to create a 500-hp air-cooled flat-six.

It was six years ago that we first heard about Bridgestone's prototype AirFree Concept automobile tires, which utilized flexing thermoplastic resin "spokes" instead of compressed air.

The cure for cancer might have been inside us all along – our own immune system.

Bacteria found in the small intestines of mice and humans can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune response, according to a new study. The researchers also found that the autoimmune reaction can be suppressed with an antibiotic or vaccine

The internet may be beginning to deliver on its potential to radically change human interactions in all spheres of life.

The new TV hides on your wall like a digital chameleon.

A dying worm experiences rigor mortis early in the death process, rather than after the main event as it is for humans, according to a new study by an international team of scientists at UCL and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.