Scientists haven't perfected jet packs yet for personal flight, but they once offered the concept to the military. Meet the Grasshopper, the jet pack the Army could have developed in 1958. [Continue]

There's a new hypothesis that the earth once had two moons. It accounts for weirdness with the moon's formation, and inspires stories too. [Continue]

Announcing Future Science, an occasional feature reviewing forward-looking science from the past. Today's offering: a remote-controlled snow shovel from 1953. [Continue]

Turns out the universe looks like a neural network. Oddly, this is reminiscent of a vision I had when I was 7. Cool stuff. [Continue]

Scientists are experimenting with physarum polycephalum - slime mold - to establish the basic functions of bio-computing. That is to say, they are making programmable 'machines' out of slime mold, using its ameboid biostructure as a basic computing [Continue]