2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (596+ words) Animals can be surprisingly clever. They can communicate in complex ways, find their way across huge distances and pick up on sounds or smells that humans barely notice. With abilities like that, you’d think they’d be pretty good at staying…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (401+ words) Mercury, the littlest planet in our solar system (though Pluto apologists may beg to differ), is getting smaller by the day. In fact, it’s been slowly shriveling up ever since it formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago. A new analysis of…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (399+ words) A spokesperson for China’s embassy in Washington did not immediately reply to a request for comment. The U.S. has accused China for years of stealing intellectual property from American companies. Tuesday’s report said the distillation campaign had come “likely with…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (475+ words) A "mysterious" ten-sided structure, known as a decagon, has been discovered in the atmosphere of Saturn. An international team of scientists - utilizing the Hubble Space Telescope, images captured by amateur astronomers, and observations conducted by a University of Leicester researcher…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (373+ words) There were the cheerleader robots who couldn’t stop shaking. There were the robots that didn’t just smash into a foam wall, but sparked and burst into flames in the process. There was the robot that attempted a front-flip off a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1610+ words) "I take a nap and the world changes," says Chen Tianyu. His world certainly does. The 28-year-old keeps up with the latest technology by spending his spare time in factories that are switching to automation. That way he knows what…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (111+ words) More than 2,000 robots are taking part in the Beijing Robot Games, where humanoid machines race, play football and perform tai chi. At the National Speed Skating Oval on Sunday, Tiangong Omni-04 won the 400-metre race for smaller robots in 45.66 seconds,…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1171+ words) It's an increasingly common scenario as artificial intelligence, supported by government policies, reshapes China’s massive job market. Some economists believe that might eventually undermine the overall strength of the world's second largest economy. Rapid adoption of AI in many fields,…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (485+ words) NASA’s Swift Boost Mission failed due to issues with the LINK satellite’s attitude control system The mission aimed to extend the Swift Observatory’s lifespan by towing it to a higher altitude Despite the failure, LINK will still attempt proximity operations…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (394+ words) Dozens of humanoids and their human operators descended on Beijing's Olympic speed skating arena Sunday to compete in events from athletics and boxing to football and martial arts. During Saturday's opening ceremony, a Chinese robot broke Jamaican legend Usain Bolt's…...