Across North America, coyotes are moving into urban environments. While human residents are having to get used to the new animal neighbors, coyotes are also habituating to people.
Roboticists are fundamentally rethinking their craft. Particle robots don't look like biological creatures, but they're constructed like biological systems, vast in complexity and abilities, yet composed of simple parts. Are they a step toward the proverbial 'gray goo'?
Are we alone? If advanced alien civilizations are out there, why haven't we heard from them? Scientists call this Fermi's Paradox - aka The Great Silence - and they gathered in Paris to discuss it.
Aspen trees - fondly called Quakies by some - have trembling, quivering leaves. Now those leaves have inspired an energy-harvesting mechanism that might rescue dust-laden rovers on Mars.