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Tech

This ‘Skin’ Is as Hard as Artificial Tooth Enamel and Can Heal Itself

01.31.18

By Rebecca Flowers
Tech

Your Favorite Sandwich Filler Is Powered By Nature’s Finest Hydraulic System

07.20.17

By Jacob Dubé
Tech

I Talked to Four Humanoid Robots and They’re Mostly Dumb as Doornails

04.23.17

By Zoltan Istvan
Tech

This Robotic Octopus Tentacle Is Not Creepy At All, Nope

03.29.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

These Plankton-Like Robots Are Drifting Through the Ocean to Help Save Sea Life

01.24.17

By Farnia Fekri
Scientists Made a Robot That Does Parkour

12.07.16

By Beckett Mufson
Tech

Watch This Very Gentle Robot Pick Out A Ripe Tomato

12.06.16

By Samantha Cole
Tech

The New Adidas Are Made From Lab-Grown Spider Silk

11.25.16

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Crab and Shrimp Shells Could Be Used to Make Battery Parts of the Future

08.24.16

By Kate Lunau
Entertainment

Robots Weave a Carbon Fiber Forest in London

05.18.16

By Beckett Mufson
Tech

Scientists Zapped Bats With Lasers Inside a Wind Tunnel to Learn How they Fly

05.05.16

By Kate Lunau
Tech

Octopus-Inspired Robots Are Something Straight Out of ‘The Matrix’

04.07.16

By Sarah Emerson

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