Research Aims to Give Robots Human-Like Social Skills2019-11-22

One argument for why robots will never fully measure up to people is because they lack human-like social skills.

NASA’s Voyager 2 Discovers New Details About Interstellar Space2019-11-11

About one year ago, the U.S. space agency NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft left our solar system. Several reports recently released in Nature Astronomy describe the spacecraft’s main scientific findings.

US Space Agency Exploring Living Spaces for Moon and Mars2019-10-25

The United States space agency NASA is considering models of future living spaces for astronauts exploring the moon and Mars.

Google Launches New Pixel Phone with Motion Sensing Technology2019-10-17

Google has released new Pixel smartphones that have motion sensing technology.

NASA Preparing Moon Water Exploration Mission2019-10-15

The U.S. space agency NASA has set a goal to return humans to the moon by 2024.

How Fast Can You Write on Your Smartphone?2019-10-10

Many Americans use smartphones for most or all of their day-to-day communication activities. One result is that people have gotten faster and better at typing emails and text messages on their phones.

Growing Criticism, Activism among Big Technology Company Employees2019-09-09

Liz O’Sullivan says she felt lucky when she started working at the artificial intelligence, or AI company Clarifai in 2017.

Apple Offers $1 Million to Anyone Who Can Break into iPhone2019-08-15

Apple says it will pay $1 million to any researcher who can successfully break into an iPhone.

After Apollo Anniversary, NASA Prepares for Return to Moon2019-08-03

The American space agency NASA recently marked the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. For some, the celebrations were a reminder that the program has not been to the moon since 1972.

Young People Solve the World’s Problems at Google Science Fair2019-08-02

When 16-year-old Celestine Wenardy learned that diabetes was a “silent killer” in her home country of Indonesia, she wanted to find an easy way for people to test their blood sugar levels.