Instead of making a robot from scratch, why not start with a turtle? With a simple, non-invasive device attached to its shell, a live red-eared slider could be steered like a remote-controlled toy car ...

Even if they aren’t mutated into teenage ninjas, turtles might one day be a viable alternative to drones for espionage and surveillance. They come already armor-plated, they’re amphibious, they’re ...

In the science world, last week was one for the books. Alongside some groundbreaking discoveries in astronomy, new dinosaur tracks were found in Australia and researchers developed a way to control ...