Skywalker-style prosthetic arm cleared for sale by FDA
The robo-arm 鈥� dubbed 鈥淟uke鈥� after the Star Wars character who gets a prosthetic hand 鈥� uses electrical signals from the body to generate movements
Quantum positioning system steps in when GPS fails
Lost without your GPS? Accelerometers based on super-cooled atoms could keep track of your position with stunning precision
Delays on climate change have cost us $8 trillion
The cost of converting the world to green electricity in time to avoid dangerous global warming has gone from $36 trillion to $44 trillion in two years
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Art takes a shot at the moon
Visions of a new space race dominate a group show at the BALTIC 39 gallery in the UK, but sometimes the wonder of space is lost amid the practicalities
Conform or fail: Social media鈥檚 broken promise
Web 2.0 was heralded as a revolutionary game-changer that would level playing fields, but it has simply ended up reinforcing elitism, argues Alice Marwick
The world鈥檚 most beautiful birds鈥� eggs
There鈥檚 a dazzling array of colour and pattern in the 600 eggs photographed in Mark Hauber鈥檚 The Book of Eggs, plus fascinating insights into their biology
Twisted brain lobes could make depression more likely
Having the occipital lobes at the back of your brain curled around each other could make you more susceptible to depression
Glowing space mice show where quantum dots lodge
Nanoparticles are everywhere, but how are they permeating our bodies? Meet Ziggy Starmouse and his glowing friends, who reveal where the tiny molecules end up
Oppose the death penalty, don鈥檛 make it more painful
In the push to abolish capital punishment, those fighting for its end have actually made lethal injection less humane, say Boer Deng and Dahlia Lithwick
Sentient robots? Not possible if you do the maths
No need to fear the rise of the machines 鈥� a variation on a leading model for consciousness suggests that robots will never be self-aware
