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Why Indoor Air Is Becoming a Technology Problem
Sensors, smart ventilation and building controls can help manage changing indoor air conditions, but they depend on sound…
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What Happens to Batteries at the End of Life?
A battery that no longer powers a phone, laptop or vehicle as expected may still be repaired, reused,…
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What Plants Can Teach Us About Distributed Intelligence
Plants have no brains, yet they sense, signal and adapt. Their biology offers a rigorous model for intelligence…
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Why General-Purpose Robots Need a Theory of the Home
Home robots need more than vision and mobility: they must understand routines, permissions, uncertainty and social context.
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The Science of Trusting a Robot in a Shared Space
People trust robots not because they look friendly, but because their movement, signals and limits are easy to…
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How Spacecraft Navigate Without GPS
Beyond Earth, spacecraft use radio tracking, clocks, stars, cameras and onboard models to determine where they are and…
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Astronomy Is Entering the Era of the Moving Sky
New sky surveys are making change a central subject of astronomy, tracking explosions, asteroids and variable stars over…
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The Real Environmental Cost of Replacing a Smartphone
A smartphone’s biggest environmental impact usually occurs before it is sold. Here is how to weigh repair, reuse…
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The Physics of Dust: Why Lunar Construction Will Be Harder Than It Looks
Lunar soil may be a building resource, but its sharp, charged dust can damage the machines, suits and…
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A Spacecraft Is Also a Neighborhood: Designing Social Life Beyond Earth
Future space settlements will depend on privacy, trust, rituals and shared spaces as much as air, water and…
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Why Human-Robot Communication Needs More Than a Friendly Voice
Robots earn appropriate trust not by sounding human, but by making their intent, limits and next actions clear.
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The Quiet Science of Making Long Space Missions Livable
Long space missions depend on more than propulsion. Sleep, privacy, food, conflict and ritual are core engineering problems.