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May 17, 2018

Emergency 911 technology struggles to keep up with the times

ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — High school students hiding from the gunman in Parkland, Florida, were forced to whisper in calls to 911 for fear of tipping off their location. Others texted friends and family who then relayed information to emergency dispatchers over the phone.

May 17, 2018

North Korea lying? Satellite data suggest China, Russia, North Korea may be falsifying GDP numbers

A new research paper suggests that authoritarian regimes, in countries like China, Russia and North Korea are manipulating their gross domestic product (GDP), perhaps by as much as 15 to 30 percent in any one year.

May 17, 2018

Elon Musk's plan for a transport system to get anywhere on Earth in an hour 'definitely going to happen'

Elon Musk’s wants to use the biggest rocket SpaceX has ever built to ferry humans around the globe, promising passengers the ability to get anywhere on Earth in under an hour.

May 17, 2018

New Air Force weapons strategy speeds missile warning, hypersonics and F-35 technology

The Air Force is now massively speeding up development for hypersonic weapons, missile warning systems and F-35 upgrades as key parts of an emerging new strategy emphasizing risk taking, prototyping and experimentation early in the acquisition process.

May 16, 2018

Dutch researchers uncover dirty jokes in Anne Frank's diary

Researchers using digital technology deciphered the writing on two pages of Anne Frank's diary that she had covered over with brown masking paper, discovering four risque jokes and a candid explanation of sex, contraception and prostitution.

May 16, 2018

Kentucky middle schoolers design 3D-printed device to help fight opioid crisis

A group of Kentucky middle schoolers have won a prestigious award for developing an ingenious device that lets first responders to safely collect hazardous needles left behind by opioid and other drug users.

May 15, 2018

Scientists sucked a memory out of a snail and stuck it in another snail

A new study strongly suggests that at least some memories are stored in genetic code, and that genetic code can act like memory soup. Suck it out of one animal and stick the code in a second animal, and that second animal can remember things that only the first animal knew.

May 11, 2018

10 top gadgets and gear for an amazing spring biking trip

For those who enjoy biking, you know the gear (and the bike) you use make all of the difference.

May 11, 2018

Inside the 'Westworld'-style factory producing humanoid robots

A world leader in lifelike humanoid robots has opened its doors for a rare look at its droid creation process.

May 11, 2018

'10 times larger than Hiroshima': How North Korea's huge nuclear blast caused a mountain to collapse

Using sophisticated technology, scientists have compiled detailed radar data to show the devastating impact of North Korea’s largest underground nuclear test.