The Nissan Juke is Less a Family Hauler Than an Efficient City Car
The crossover SUV has reached a crossroads. Models like the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V have grown so large and homogenized that they've become the new family SUV. Bite-sized…
View ArticleTalk To The Hand: A New Interface For Bionic Limbs
The Six Million Dollar Man’s robotic arm worked as seamlessly as his natural one. But in the real world, robotic limbs have limited motions and the user can’t feel what he or she is “touching.” a new...
View ArticleClimate Scientist Digs Up Data By Literally Mining The News
In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius theorized that adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by burning coal would create a "greenhouse effect" and raise the planet's…
View ArticleThe Goods: March 2011's Hottest Gadgets
Every month we search far and wide to bring you a dozen of the best new ideas in gear. These gadgets are the first, the best and the latest. Click here to see our favorite…
View ArticleGolf Club Tweaks Your Shot Three Ways
For decades, pro golfers have customized their clubs to help them straighten shots. TaylorMade's new R11 driver lets amateurs tweak their club in seconds and more accurately…
View ArticleOur Body the Ecosystem: Understanding the Interplay Between Man and Microbe
When Jake Harvey visits the clinical center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, he is usually dirty, itchy and wheezing—not the happiest state of…
View ArticleDinner To Go: A Nitrous-Injected Dining Table
Why would a man construct a dining-room table that can cruise down a racetrack at 130 miles an hour and shoot flames into the air? Sheer competitiveness. A record for the…
View ArticleGray Matter: A Foil Boat Floating On An Invisible Sea
On July 2, 2007, Scott Showalter climbed into a manure pit on his Virginia farm to clear a blocked pipe. Moments later, he fainted and died. An employee of his went in to…
View ArticleAfter Earth: Why, Where, How, and When We Might Leave Our Home Planet
Earth won’t always be fit for occupation. We know that in two billion years or so, an expanding sun will boil away our oceans, leaving our home in the universe…
View ArticleFYI: If I Fell Through Earth, What Would Happen In The Center?
Just getting to the center of the Earth and surviving is impossible. The Earth's core is about 9,000°F—as hot as the sun's surface—and would instantly roast anyone who…
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