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Social cognition researchers are finally probing the secrets of the feline mind—when the cats deign to cooperate

Humanoid robots are getting better at walking, talking and looking like humans. But as they continue to evolve, will us real humans want to spend time with them? And exactly how useful could they become? For this episode of Moving Upstream, WSJ’s Jason Bellini travels to Asia to meet some of the leaders in the […]

Hundreds of millions of jobs affected. Trillions of dollars of wealth created. These are the potential impacts of a coming wave of automation. In this episode of Moving Upstream, we travelled to Asia to see the next generation of industrial robots, what they’re capable of, and whether they’re friend or foe to low-skilled workers.

Ford partnered with Agility Robotics to create Digit, a two-legged robot that could deliver your packages straight to your door in the future. Ford claims this robot can carry packages up to 40 pounds, navigate stairs, and go around unexpected obstacles.

Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life…in the Arctic. Well there was a time — and not too long ago — when the world warmed more than any human has ever seen. (So far)

Credits: Narrator/Director: Brian McManus Co-Director: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Research: Stephanie Sammann (https://www.stephanie-sammann.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/)

The universe is incredibly old, astoundingly vast and populated by trillions of planets — so where are all the aliens? Astronomer Stephen Webb has an explanation: we’re alone in the universe. In a mind-expanding talk, he spells out the remarkable barriers a planet would need to clear in order to host an extraterrestrial civilization — […]

Natural history is full of living things that were long thought to have gone extinct only to show up again, alive and well. Paleontologists have a word for these kinds of organisms: They call them Lazarus taxa.

HIV pushes the immune system to its limits. Our body’s usual antiviral arsenal is coordinated, in part, by immune cells called Helper T cells. But HIV attacks Helper T cells directly, eventually leading to AIDS. In this animation we show the cellular and molecular mechanisms employed on both sides of the fight, and how antiretroviral […]

A partir del jugo de nopal, la investigadora Sandra Pascoe, académica de la Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, en México, está desarrollando un bioplástico que podría reemplazar la materia prima derivada del petróleo. Según le explicó a la BBC, su producto no es tóxico y es biodegradable.

Astrophysicist superstar Neil deGrasse Tyson pulls no punches. America’s favorite scientist talks climate change, why he doesn’t fear death, and whether he thinks Elon Musk’s mission to Mars will succeed.