It looks like a watermelon-sized eyeball on wheels that glows in hues of purple, blue and orange while gurgling with whimsical buzzes and rings. But the new Roborior gadget isn’t just interior decor.

A revolutionary machine that can copy itself and manufacture everyday objects quickly and cheaply could transform industry in the developing world, according to its creator.

Before the advent of electricity, the first computers were mechanical, with the Difference Engine invented by Charles Babbage tackling logarithms and trigonometry 150 years ago. Now advanced quantum computers might go back to mechanical roots, using rows of nanometer-scale bars as moving parts.

Two cave bears which died in Austria more than 40,000 years ago have had their nuclear DNA sequenced. The technique used to recover sequences from a tooth and a bone has more than doubled the record for the age of successfully recovered nuclear DNA - and Neanderthals could be next.

Atomic electromagnets made from coils of individual gold atoms could prove valuable for nanocircuits and machines, a new study suggests.

Cosmos 1 is part of a grand new age of exploration that is unfurling about us. This is not a government funded mission — nor do we expect a huge cash prize at the end. This is a mission of true exploration, sponsored by Cosmos Studios, and supported by Members of The Planetary Society from […]

Magnetic pulses that stimulate the brain may improve recovery after a stroke.

Japanese scientists plan to explore the center of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship that will launced next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.

A range of fashion clothing for chickens has been launched by a group of designers working in Austria and Japan. Great photo.