Scientists at the University of Oxford have created a new type of soft robot that moves and reacts without using any ...

Imagine a day when an explorer on Mars suffers a medical emergency, and the nearest surgeon is 35 million miles away. Returning to Earth for treatment would take months, so preparations are being made ...

Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human ...

Astronauts could soon be able to move more freely in space thanks to robotic trousers developed by British scientists. Not ...

Lower gravity. Higher radiation. No ER access. These are just a few of the challenges that humans face in outer space. Emily and Regina talk to a NASA astronaut (and astronaut scientist) about the ...