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Researchers have discovered how the bombardier beetle is capable of producing a unique defensive mechanism, whereby the beetle induces a chemical explosion inside it's shell, creating a boiling, toxic liquid which is then sprayed at its aggressor.

It's easy to find a ground image of the International Space Station that looks as if it was taken only a mile away. DARPA wants to go this several magnitudes better with a new telescopic system that can take detailed images of satellites in geosynchronous orbit.

Scientists have uncovered a technique used by a zebrafish and other animals to create their own sunscreen and then reproduced it in the lab. They say the method could one day be used to produce sun lotion for humans and other pharmaceuticals.

We've covered shipping container architecture here at Gizmag, but what about architecture based on the entire ship? That's what Chris Collaris has envisioned with his Black Gold project, which seeks to turn oil tankers into large architectural projects for the Southern Gulf Region.

A team of Spanish researchers has created a new device that significantly cuts down the time required to perform a skin biopsy. The new method doesn't require any specialized skills, and could open the door to faster skin cancer diagnoses.

For the cellphone user who goes through phones quickly and always needs a charge, Enlighten's Better Re lets you get some more use out of your old phone's battery, by allowing it to slot into an adjustable external battery charger for your new phone.

CHIP is a full Linux system available for as little as just $9 that's raised $2 million – more than 40 times its crowdfunding goal from nearly 40,000 backers.

It's not always practical or cost-effective to have a sound system in every room of your home. If your light bulbs could play music, however, it would kill two birds with one stone. Well, Sony Japan has unveiled precisely that: an LED light bulb with a built-in Bluetooth speaker.

For less than the cost of a new USB cable you can make a Kickstarter pledge for tiny CHIP, the US$9 computer with 1 gig processing, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth from the company that brought us a GIF-capturing camera. A little more money turns CHIP into a mobile gadget with touchscreen and keyboard.

It's one thing to 3D-print a jet engine, but it's another to fuel it up and push the start button. That's the step that GE Aviation took when it recently fired up a simple jet engine made entirely of 3D-printed parts in a test stand normally used for commercial jet power plants.

The winners of a competition to revitalize two bridges in the US city of Atlanta, Georgia, have been announced. Creative concepts were sought for the the 10th Street Bridge and the Courtland Street/Ralph McGill Boulevard Bridge.

A remarkable 26 percent of the Netherlands is below sea level. A series of dikes, dams and waterworks are used to keep the country from being submerged. But what would happen if those defenses weren't there? An installation by Studio Roosegaarde aims to show just that.