Weird Science

Most of us are probably familiar with that scene from Minority Report where Tom Cruise cycles through a bunch of floating screens...

Some 500 years ago, a man without much to his name, now known only as SK2, lived in Dublin. His skeleton was found along with the...

If you sat down to draw a lightning bolt, it would probably look like it’s facing down, reminiscent of Harry Potter’s scar. But...

Move over Kal-El, X-ray vision is no longer just for alien superheroes. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara...

When you think of the classic game Ms. Pacman, images of dimly lit arcades and long hours spent trying to beat the top score come to...

Robotics has come a long way in the past few decades, but it hasn't come far enough just yet. The Uncanny Valley still looms large,...

It's no secret that light is made up of waves, specifically electromagnetic waves. It has also been known for some time now that...

As we've said before (in regards to a certain DIY robot exoskeleton arm), the best part of the original Iron Man was watching Jeff...

The problem with crowdfunding is that the projects that ought to get some money often lose out to the weird and wonderful pet projects...

Drones have gone from being novelty remote control helicopters to pieces of dystopian surveillance hardware, but we could never have...

Do you know what sucks about being human? Our stupid, boring number of limbs. Hands are really great, so why has evolution limited us...

We're all living in the not-too-distant future. No question. After all, we've got working jetpacks (well, some of us do). We've got AI...

It's been over a year since MythBusters finally went off the air, but the crew is still around - host Adam Savage runs Tested.com and...

We all love a good robot fight. But for those who aren't that interested in gigantic, car-crushing robots facing off in an...

If there's one thing that's sorely lacking in our technology-driven modern lives, it's giant robot fights. This is all the more...

Boaty McBoatface is ready for departure!You may remember the controversy caused last year when the will of the Internet was subverted...

There are few among us who haven't dreamed of having retractable adamantium blades built into our hands. Sure, we don't get into knife...

Even though Tinder released a fake promo for "TinderVR" last month, a spoof on connecting people through a couple's virtual reality...

Even before Bill Murray and his friends broke into the scene with proton packs and a hit theme song, scientists have struggled to...

In this increasingly connected age, a major cause for concern is the availability of Internet access around the globe, or often the...