Scientific discovery doesn’t always require a high-tech laboratory or a hefty budget. Many people have a first-rate lab right in their own homes – their kitchen. The kitchen offers plenty of ...

We're still getting used to the immersive magic virtual reality offers, but a new experiment from Disney Research pushes the technology into another realm: interaction with real objects while in VR. A ...

Researchers used artificial intelligence to teach rats how to move objects in virtual reality by simply thinking about where they want them to go. The result is an intriguing type of rat telekinesis ...

Humans can ‘feel’ hidden objects under sand from 2.76 inches away, revealing the surprising power of remote touch.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) launched a remote sensing experiment to sharpen artificial intelligence (AI) ...

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Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space.