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Hubble and Webb Found Tiny Icy Worlds That Keep Their Past
A joint Hubble-Webb survey found 27 faint worlds beyond Neptune. Their colors and scarcity offer a fresh test of how planets get their building blocks.
Sep 8, 2026
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Meta's Smart Glasses Put Intimate Footage in Front of Human Reviewers
Swedish reporting found that contractors reviewing data tied to Meta AI smart glasses saw bathrooms, nudity, intimate moments, and bank-card details.
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Scientists Found the First True Sugar in Interstellar Space
Astronomers detected erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar, in a Galactic Center molecular cloud - the first true sugar identified in interstellar space.
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Naked Mole-Rat Queens Rule Their Colonies With a Single Scent
Researchers found that pregnant naked mole-rat queens release one odorless chemical that suppresses fertility and conflict throughout the colony.
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Play & Game Design
Chainlink: The Daily Word-Chain Puzzle from Donuts or Else
Chainlink is a free daily word-chain puzzle from Donuts or Else Games. Drag tiles to build chains where every word unlocks the next — Fire → Alarm → Clock → Tower.
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Future Tech
Geothermal Has Plenty of Heat. Getting to It Is the Hard Part
DOE's new Geothermal Center of Excellence targets the engineering between underground heat and useful power, from finding resources to working with industry.
Sep 3, 2026
Science That Matters
ESA Followed a Dying Satellite to Learn How Spacecraft Break Apart
Cluster's final spacecraft reentered on September 1. An aircraft full of instruments watched its last seconds to improve the science of satellite disposal.
Sep 2, 2026
Science That Matters
Saturn Has a New Ten-Sided Mystery at Its South Pole
Hubble has tracked a growing ten-sided wave around Saturn's south pole. The surprise is not just its shape, but watching a planetary pattern emerge.
Sep 2, 2026
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Roman Has Launched. Its Biggest Trick Is Seeing More Sky at Once
NASA's Roman telescope launched on August 30. Its wide-field camera turns Hubble-like detail into a survey machine, with commissioning still ahead.
Aug 30, 2026
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AI Wants the Lab Controls. The Hard Part Is Knowing When to Stop
Anthropic's Model Hardware Standard preview connects AI agents to lab equipment. An early liquid-handling example shows why supervision still matters.
Aug 27, 2026
Science That Matters
NASA Is Blasting Fake Moon Dirt to Make Real Landings Safer
Inside a 60-foot vacuum sphere, NASA is measuring how landing-engine plumes throw lunar soil. The six-second tests target a serious landing hazard.
Aug 26, 2026
Future Tech
Pacific Fusion's New Campus Is a Big Bet, Not a Power Plant Yet
Pacific Fusion broke ground in Albuquerque alongside an NNSA agreement. The milestone matters, but high-yield research and commercial electricity are different tests.
Aug 25, 2026
Challenges
Hackster Gave Away a Prize. FedEx Sent the Winner to Collections.
An anonymous Hackster giveaway winner says a supposedly sender-billed prize shipment became a collection demand after repeated requests for help went unanswered.
Aug 20, 2026
Science That Matters
NASA's Roman Telescope Is Fueled, Mounted, and Almost Ready to Fly
NASA has fueled the Roman Space Telescope and mounted it to SpaceX launch hardware ahead of a no-earlier-than August 30 Falcon Heavy flight.
Aug 10, 2026
Challenges
DARPA Made Small Drones Try to Carry Four Times Their Own Weight
The Lift Challenge put unconventional aircraft through a five-nautical-mile course to test whether small drones can escape a stubborn payload limit.
Aug 9, 2026
Future Tech
Europe's AI Transparency Rules Just Switched On
The EU's Article 50 rules now require notices for chatbots, deepfakes, synthetic media, and some biometric systems, with important exceptions.
Aug 2, 2026
Future Tech
A Cold War Uranium Site Could Become a $100 Billion AI Campus
A proposed Kentucky AI campus pairs 1.8 gigawatts of computing with new gas generation and battery storage at a former uranium-enrichment site.
Jul 29, 2026
Weird Builds
Compact 3D Printed Go-Kart for Travel
Ivan Miranda designed and built a 3D printed go-kart that can fit in a suitcase, making it easy to transport.
Jul 24, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
LENS Helps Robots Ignore the Clutter They Do Not Need
LENS uses a vision-language model to prune or merge scene objects before robot planning, cutting runtimes and recovering success in cluttered tests.
Jul 23, 2026
Future Tech
ModPack Turns Robot Teleoperation Into a Wearable, Modular System
Stanford's ModPack combines compute, power, storage, haptics, mobility, and active perception in a wearable system tested on two bimanual robots.
Jul 23, 2026
Science That Matters
Naked Mole-Rat Queens Rule Their Colonies With a Single Scent
Researchers found that pregnant naked mole-rat queens release one odorless chemical that suppresses fertility and conflict throughout the colony.
Jul 15, 2026
Science That Matters
Scientists Found the First True Sugar in Interstellar Space
Astronomers detected erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar, in a Galactic Center molecular cloud - the first true sugar identified in interstellar space.
Jul 13, 2026
Inventor Projects
A Maker Built Rocky With a Pi, Seven Servos, and AI
Leviathan Engineer built a talking, moving Rocky-inspired robot with a Raspberry Pi 5, seven servos, speech recognition, and generated replies.
Jul 6, 2026
Science That Matters
The World's Biggest Camera Just Started a 10-Year Movie of the Universe
Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun the LSST, using its 3,200-megapixel camera to photograph the southern sky every few nights for a decade.
Jun 30, 2026
Play & Game Design
Nature Turned Terraforming Mars Into a Playable Science Experiment
Nature consulted scientists to turn the planetary-scale tradeoffs of making Mars habitable into an experimental interactive adventure.
Jun 25, 2026
Inventor Projects
This Koi-Pond Guitar Is a Raspberry Pi-Powered MIDI Controller
Monique Evette's Koi-Tar combines a water-simulated resin body, lily-pad touch sensors, and a Raspberry Pi Pico in a playable runway instrument.
Jun 19, 2026
Inventor Projects
$200 a Reel Was Too Much, So He Built a Raspberry Pi Film Scanner
David Stein combined a 1928 projector, Raspberry Pi 5, Arduino, microscope lens, and FFmpeg to rescue thousands of frames from decaying football film.
Jun 13, 2026
Future Tech
NameTag Shows How Close Meta Came to Face Recognition in Smart Glasses
WIRED found unreleased face-recognition code inside Meta's smart-glasses app, then reported that Meta removed the components after public scrutiny.
Jun 4, 2026
Future Tech
Agentic AI for Robot Teams: Revolutionizing Collaboration
Researchers advance agentic AI to improve autonomy, coordination, and adaptability in robotic teams, boosting efficiency and productivity across industries.
May 28, 2026
Inventor Projects
Soft Robotics Revolution: Unlocking New Possibilities with Modular Mechanisms
Recent breakthroughs in continuum robots and 3D printing materials are transforming industries from manufacturing to healthcare, and beyond.
May 28, 2026
Future Tech
Soft Electronics and AI Integration Revolutionize Robot Learning Interfaces
Advances in soft electronics and AI integration enable robots to learn and adapt, transforming industries like manufacturing, healthcare, and space exploration.
May 28, 2026
Inventor Projects
Wearable Soft Robots: Revolutionizing Assistive Technology
Recent breakthroughs in wearable soft robots have led to personalized exosuits with machine-learning controllers, poised to transform industries like healthcare and manufacturing.
May 28, 2026
Product Experiments
Content Workflows: Embracing Structured, AI-Assisted Content Creation
Discover how structured, AI-assisted content creation workflows are revolutionizing the way we produce and analyze content.
May 28, 2026
Inventor Projects
Revolutionizing DIY Hardware: New Kits and Devices Empower Makers
New advancements in DIY hardware kits and devices are democratizing robotics intelligence, making complex projects accessible to hobbyists and professionals alike.
May 28, 2026
Future Tech
Revolutionizing Robotics: Adaptive Soft Arms and AI-Controlled Grasping
Soft robotics breakthroughs enable adaptive arms to learn motions and adapt to disturbances, while AI-controlled grasping simplifies underwater tasks.
May 28, 2026
Play & Game Design
Chainlink: The Daily Word-Chain Puzzle from Donuts or Else
Chainlink is a free daily word-chain puzzle from Donuts or Else Games. Drag tiles to build chains where every word unlocks the next — Fire → Alarm → Clock → Tower.
May 28, 2026
Future Tech
Meta's Smart Glasses Put Intimate Footage in Front of Human Reviewers
Swedish reporting found that contractors reviewing data tied to Meta AI smart glasses saw bathrooms, nudity, intimate moments, and bank-card details.
Feb 27, 2026
Future Tech
Mobile Fortify Is the Face-Recognition App Already in the Field
DHS lists Mobile Fortify as a deployed high-impact AI use case for ICE, capable of capturing faces, fingerprints, and identity documents in the field.
Jan 28, 2026