The “Marauder’s Map” is a magical artifact from the Harry Potter franchise. That sort of magic isn’t real, but as Arthur C. Clarke famously pointed out, it doesn’t need to be — we have technology, and ...

The Steam Machine is the new PC gaming-focused console revealed by Valve in November 2025. Alongside this reveal, we also got our first look at the new Steam Controller and new VR headset, titled the ...

Few industries are as important to the wellbeing of people than those that produce the medical devices and drugs that enhance and save lives. And few technologies will be as transformative as ...

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

CES 2026 is just around the corner and we will be there again. Here, we look back at our 2025 coverage, which was very ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

We developed a thin, flexible microelectrode array that can be slid through a small slit in the skull onto the brain surface. We showed that this minimally invasive system records and stimulates ...

In 1931, deep in the dust of the Great Depression, historian James Truslow Adams gave America a name for its highest ideal: ...