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Point-to-point rocket delivery could cut down on transportation times. But engineers will need to figure out how to integrate rockets into current transportation systems.

A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system's tanks, pipes and valves.

Here's how to sift through complicated studies without getting overwhelmed.

If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he's not, researchers develop creative ways to produce spider silk to study.

People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.

Turns out, changing the way atoms and molecules are arranged in a substance can give it new and fascinating properties.

A speech-language pathologist on how complex swallowing is - and how small changes from gravity can complicate the process.

Sometimes the best escape isn't a weekend away. It's the park just down the road.

Researchers are finding ways to target the toxic proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's that were once considered 'undruggable.'

Hackers have easier ways of getting information out of a computer, but side-channel vulnerabilities show that technology developers need to take a broad view of security.