Currently, robotic muscles move 100 times slower than ours. But engineers using the Yip lab’s new theory could boost those speeds - making robotic muscles 1,000 times faster than human muscles - with virtually no extra energy demands and the added bonus of a simpler design.

A recent study argues the underlying cause of many regional wars and the type of peace that follows results from a state-to-nation imbalance.

Scientists say women who take vacations frequently are more satisfied with their marriages and suffer fewer mental illnesses.

Office workers waste up to a month a year trying to figure out how to use their computers properly because modern technology is so complicated, a new study warns.

In most major cities in the United States, the future of radio is already on the air. But hardly anyone is listening.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recently conducted a survey on the effect of patenting on the sciences. The results are frightening: 1/5th or more of all research projects in the United States are being chilled by patent holders.

A bold new theory predicts that time travel may be more plausible than previously thought.

An asteroid the size of two football fields could wipe out a large city or set off a series of tsunamis across the world. The threat of such an Earth-smashing asteroid has lead scientists to dream up several methods of defending the planet against such a catastrophe.