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IBM was the first to draw with atoms, and now they're making them dance
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Scientists have discovered a drug-resistant strain of malaria, and it's spreading
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Researchers are working on new medication to prevent migraines
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Researchers attempted to put the brain - or at least its cells - to the task of intelligently managing the country's future power supply
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One company is trying to give those women a tactile equivalent to the sonogram, by 3-D printing their fetus for them
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A type of renewable energy, first proposed in the 1800s, might finally be ready for prime time
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From chimps to caterpillars to birds and flies, all sorts of animals use medicine
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Architects wonder if they can design gunman-proof buildings
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Hyperlapse photography is super hard to do, but the results are just incredible
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One company is developing an essay grading computer program that can take the load off professors and standardized test graders
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In Minecraft, a player creates a functional neuron
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The United States may be the world's largest exporter of sperm
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The defense contractor will be the first company to use quantum computers on a commercial scale
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Astronaut Hadfield is described as "the International Space Station's ambassador to the internet." Now, he's showing you how to make a sandwich, in space
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One rat, presented with a task, completes it using only the thoughts transmitted from another rat's brain
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It has the largest shale gas reserves in the world, but China is slow to push for fracking
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What if the nerdy Google Glasses were put into an acceptably nerdy frame? Like, say, a pair of Warby Parkers?
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The end goal is to help develop drugs that more thoroughly knock out the feeling of pain
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The 48th Mersenne prime was recently discovered on the computer of a man named Dr. Curtis Cooper, and it's 17 million digits long
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