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Bringing A Scientific Ear to Robot Voices

A conversation with Kozminski University roboticist Aleksandra Przegalinska.

Can We Use Honey To Study Pollution Around The World?

Beehives can be a good detector of lead emissions, a new study shows.

Stephen Hawking Getting His Own “Black Hole” Coin in the UK

The renowned astrophysicist will be immortalized on a new 50-pence commemorative coin.

Overcoming the Past in This Week’s 5 Best Long-Reads

A hotel haunted by WWII, Puerto Rico's culinary comeback and a nightmarish fertility doc.

What To Plant In Your Garden To Help Bees

Herbs are some of the most useful plants on Earth.

The Pentagon Wants $304 Million To Make A Space Laser

A particle-beam could be in orbit by 2023.

Pentagon Wants $304 Million to Test Space Lasers to Stop ICBM Threat

The project would assess the viability of putting a particle-beam missile interceptor in orbit by 2023.

To Learn How to Grow Plants In Space, Look to the Coldest Place on Earth

Scientists at a research base in Antarctica are testing ways to bring fresh produce to Mars missions.

Scientists Have Just Pioneered a Terminator-Like Liquid Metal

Researchers mixed gallium with iron and nickel and then used magnets to reshape the alloy.

Science’s So-Far Fruitless Search for Real-Life “Manna from Heaven”

Scholars have long sought the biblical food credited with saving the Jews during Exodus.

Jordan Peele’s “Us” Expected to Earn $64M in Opening Weekend

The film raked in $7.4M in Thursday night previews alone.

UCLA Soccer Coach Resigns Amid Admissions Scandal

Jorge Salcedo was the Bruins head coach for 15 years.

A Look At the Weird Pancake-Like Fish That Keeps Surprising Beachgoers

The mola, or an ocean sunfish, can get up to 5,000 pounds.