Jeff Nesbit was the director of public affairs for two prominent federal science agencies. This article was adapted from one that first appeared in U.S. News & World Report. Nesbit contributed the article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Before the traditional news, magazine and book publishing industries finally...

Innovative Instrument (Image credit: Denise Chow for LiveScience)The New York Hall of Science became a DIYer's paradise this weekend, as World Maker Faire New York, a two-day event dedicated to the celebration of science, technology and innovation, kicked off in Queens. Here, Maker Faire attendees try out an interactive percussive...

Josh Goldman is a policy analyst in the Clean Vehiclesprogram of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and leads legislative and regulatory campaigns to help develop and advance policies that reduce U.S. oil use. This article originally appeared in the UCS blog The Equation. Goldman contributed this article to LiveScience's...

Hyperloop Sketches (Image credit: Elon Musk/SpaceX)Elon Musk, of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, revealed his futuristic Hyperloop transportation system on August 12, 2013. [Full Story: Hyperloop Unveiled - Billionaire Elon Musk Reveals Wild Idea for Superfast Travel] Hyperloop Passenger Transport Capsule Conceptual Design Rendering (Image credit: Elon Musk/SpaceX)This rendering shows the...

The concept of a time machine typically conjures up images of an implausible plot device used in a few too many science-fiction storylines. But according to Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which explains how gravity operates in the universe, real-life time travel isn't just a vague fantasy. Traveling forward...

Hold on to your wand, Harry Potter: Science has outdone even your best Leviosa! levitation spell. Researchers report that they have levitated objects with sound waves, and moved those objects around in midair, according to a new study. Scientists have used sound waves to suspend objects in midair for decades,...

Kathleen Conlee is vice president, animal research issues, for The Humane Society of the United States. She contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Efforts are underway — and moving at an exponentially increasing pace — that ultimately will yield medical- and cosmetic-testing technologies that provide timely...

Composite image illustrates how fingers and hands are computed in a touch-activated system that projects onto walls and other surfaces and allows people to interact with other people and things. (Image credit: Purdue University.)This Research in Action article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. This...

Gregory Scott Jones is a writer specializing in the field of supercomputing. He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Next week, a torch will be passed. On June 17, the Top500, a biannual ranking of the world's fastest computers, will be announced in Leipzig, Germany. In...

NEW YORK — An extremely humanlike robot made a public appearance today (June 15) here at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference focused on the technological singularity. Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University, Japan, described some of his efforts to...

The cost of 3D printing has long kept the technology in a select few hands, but all that is changing as 3D printing blossoms into a full-fledged trend. This June, Staples will start retailing a consumer 3D printer, the Cube 3D Printer, for $1,299 — not cheap, but not out...

It’s no secret that late Apple CEO Steve Jobs was keen on bringing the company’s technology to the automotive world. In fact, according to longtime Apple board member Mickey Drexler, “Steve’s dream before he died was to design an iCar.” Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Phil Shiller, echoed...

(ISNS) -- Like many sports fans across the country, five groups of physicists at the University of Maryland are filling out their brackets to predict the winners and losers in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. While most people use a strategy to guide their picks -- such as relying on...

(ISNS) -- Creativity, technique and talent are all required to dance beautifully, or play a piece of music in a truly exceptional way, but researchers report that the discipline of biomechanics can reveal how to make the movements of performing artists more efficient and less likely to cause injuries. Biomechanics...

When is Santa coming? It's a question that pops up a lot this time of year. But Santa fans can rest assured they'll get a quick, detailed answer to that query this holiday season, thanks to the folks at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). For more than 50...