India has unveiled Avataar, its first amphibious drone capable of flying in the air and diving underwater. The innovation ...

On November 21, 1916, pilot and inventor Lawrence Sperry was flying over Long Island’s Great South Bay with his student ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — Don't be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn't hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a testing ...

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest marine oil spills ever. In the aftermath of the disaster, whale scientist Iain Kerr traveled to the ...

Drones are adding a new level of precision to agriculture, giving farmers digital tools for cultivating better and more profitable crops. “The machinery that large farms use—big combines and ...

Anti-personnel mines continue to maim and kill even after conflicts end — and it is mainly civilians who suffer the horrific consequences.

THE DALLES, Ore. — After the Larch Creek Fire burned more than 18,000 acres in Oregon’s Tygh Valley in Wasco County last summer, efforts to restore the landscape are getting a high-tech boost from the ...

University of California, Irvine computer scientists have discovered a critical security vulnerability in autonomous ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A little robot gobbles up little blocks on the floor of St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School’s gym. In the skies above it, two drones, one big and one small, flash lights at one ...

After questions from residents last summer about whether a deer hunt at Quabbin Park was necessary — and whether the state's methods for counting deer were reliable — the Department of Conservation ...