In fiction, cyborgs typically start as fully biological and later have mechanical elements incorporated. This has the convenient consequences of avoiding questions of whether or not a cyborg is a ...
The term cyborg conjures up images from Star Trek, RoboCop, and even The Six Million Dollar Man, and while we might get there someday, our first attempts at creating biohybrids are a lot simpler, but ...
Climate change is warming ocean waters, making the environment more acidic thanks to the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This endangers various marine species, and monitoring those ...
For years, science fiction has promised a future filled with robots that can swim, crawl and fly like animals. In one research lab at Caltech, what once felt like distant imagination is becoming ...
This is definitely not as creepy as it might sound. Scientists have made a cyborg fish that can swim under its own power for 100 days, powered by beating human heart cells. What is the point of such a ...
A cyborg jellyfish equipped with a swimming cap and an electric propulsion system can swim at four times its natural speed, and could be used for deep-sea exploration. John Dabiri at the California ...
An international team of researchers has developed an eerily realistic robotic stingray that blurs the line between animal and machine. Fueled by light-activated heart cells, the cyborg fish could ...
A stage musical about a hybrid crimefighter with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman? Did I mention he fights cyborg fish and cloned evil cats? This might sound like a tall order (not to ...
A cheap pair of accessories may transform some of the Earth’s oldest creatures into high-tech, deep sea researchers. By Andrew Paul Published Mar 11, 2024 12:30 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...
The hit book series Dog Man is coming to the stage in the Twin Cities. Hennepin Arts will bring "Dog Man: The Musical" to the Pantages Theatre in Downtown Minneapolis this December, dropping Dav ...
“We can rebuild him. We have the technology.” That’s an inspiring phrase, perhaps when applied to a dashing test pilot played by Lee Majors. But what about when it’s applied to an artificial, ...