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EnlargeRobin Utrecht | Abaca Press | Alamy When Susan Schaap, 61, travels from her Dutch hometown of Zeewolde to the nearest city...

EnlargeBloomberg | Getty Images The semiconductor industry lives at the cutting edge of technological progress. So why can’t it churn out enough...

Enlarge / With extra-wide tracks and a bunch of other clever features, the Benthic Rover II can roam the seafloor for years at a...

EnlargePiaggio Fast Forward When Amazon introduced its home robot Astro earlier this year, it first showcased the robot following behind a person....

Enlarge / Thought climate change was already complicated? Now scientists have to consider the influence of tiny bits of atmospheric plastic.Sanka Vidanagama | Getty...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8sO7VS3q8d0&start=0&wmode=transparent A clip from the simulation where virtual robots learn to climb steps. An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is...

Enlarge / The new OLED Switch above its predecessor.Sam Machkovech Your Nintendo Switch is loaded up with precious game save data, not...

EnlargeGetty ImagesFor decades, doctors and hospitals saw kidney patients differently based on their race. A standard equation for estimating kidney function applied a correction for...

EnlargeKyle Monoon | Mercury News | GettyCalifornia is famous for its beach weather, but it's also growing increasingly infamous for its "fire weather," which is...

Enlarge / An anti-government graffiti that reads in Farsi "Death to the dictator" is sprayed at a wall north of Tehran on September 30, 2009....