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​Jaundice can cause death if left untreated. In sub-Saharan Africa, where doctors often don't have access to expensive diagnostic equipment, babies are 100 times more likely to die of the condition than are infants in the US. A new device, however, could drastically reduce that number.

​A team at MIT has genetically modified bacteria cells and developed a new 3D printing technique to create a "living tattoo" that can respond to a variety of stimuli.

Samsung has started mass production of new embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) chips, which should bump up the storage capacity of future smartphones to a more capacious 512 GB. The chips can reportedly double the density of storage in the same amount of physical space as the previous unit.

Not getting fat or developing diabetes despite enjoying a high-fat diet is the dream of many a fast-food fan. Although such dreams remain just that for us humans, they've become reality for mice involved in a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Honda has become the first car manufacturer to adopt a new driving simulator technology that uses more servos than the average flight simulator most driving sims are based upon. The Driver-in-Motion 250 uses nine servos to move the cockpit, adding extra dimensions to movement.

Cars, trikes and bikes aren't the only things worth seeing at this year's LA Auto Show. The show is playing host to its fair share of awesome large and rugged vehicles, from the all-new Jeep Wrangler, to the most luxurious Range Rover out there and a tracked-out GMC Sierra snow machine.

​​Few vehicle concepts get the juices flowing like those from Rinspeed. The Swiss automaker has now shared a new details about its latest concept – a two-part electric vehicle designed to be recycled and upgraded to keep pace with fast-moving automotive technologies.​

Nikolaos Mavridis has made a career out of building robots, in 2009 introducing to the world Ibn Sina, the world's first Arabic-speaking humanoid. New Atlas sat down with the scientist to pick his brains on the "uncanny valley," and whether we actually even need human-like robots at all.

​Electric three-wheeled scooters that tilt into turns occupy one of the more interesting spaces when it comes to futuristic vehicle design. Peugeot's new hybrid scooter is no exception, built to weave its way through urban centers and hum along at freeway speeds when the time is right.​

To help preserve and make accessible the thousands of hours of recorded Apollo mission audio, a team of researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas used speech recognition technology to unscramble and analyze the conversations between astronauts, mission control, and technicians.

Throughout the year, we've chased down the most interesting, innovative and sustainable buildings around the globe. Whether a Lego-shaped visitor's center, a bamboo sports hall, or a pair of "dancing" skyscrapers, each represents architectural excellence. Read on for our best buildings of 2017.

The pre-historic world was full of strange creatures. Now, palaeontologists have uncovered a bizarre new species of dinosaur that seems to blend together a swan, a penguin, a crocodile and a Velociraptor.