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Technology

Sticky robot hand inspired by geckos combines delicacy and strength

Robotic hands often trade strength for adaptability, but a sticky coating inspired by gecko feet has given this artificial hand a delicate touch

Hiroshi Ezura, a professor of genetic engineering at the University of Tsukuba, with his genome edited tomato plant (Naoki Shoji).

Technology

2021 in review: CRISPR-edited food goes on sale to public

Technology

2021 in review: AI firm DeepMind solves human protein structures

KR64CT (171219) -- BEIJING, Dec. 19, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2016 shows Pan Jianwei at a lab in the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province. For his role in pushing forward the development of quantum communications, Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei has been included in Nature's 10, the annual list of 10 people who mattered in science in 2017, which was released online Dec. 18, 2017 by the prestigious British journal "Nature". Dubbed "Father of Quantum" by some in China, Pan Jianwei and his team harnessed quantum laws to transmit inf

Technology

2021 in review: Jian-Wei Pan leads China鈥檚 quantum computing successes

VAN HORN, TEXAS - JULY 20: Blue Origin???s New Shepard crew (L-R) Oliver Daemen, Mark Bezos, Jeff Bezos, and Wally Funk hold a press conference on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Mr. Bezos and the crew that flew with him were the first human spaceflight for the company. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Space

2021 in review: Space tourism begins 鈥� for billionaires, anyway

A brain organoid with eye-like optic cups Elke Gabriel

Technology

2021 in review: When a brain blob in a dish grew a pair of 鈥榚yes鈥�

2G2ECWR (210611) -- BEIJING, June 11, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. The China National Space Administration Friday released new images taken by the country's first Mars rover Zhurong, showing national flag on the red planet. The images were unveiled at a ceremony in Beijing, signifying a complete success of China's first mars exploration mission. The images include the landing site panorama, Martian landscape and a selfie of the rover with the landing

Space

2021 in review: Three different missions land on Mars

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its rotor blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. They had been held in place since before launch, and the unlocking is one of several milestones that must be met before the helicopter can attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z imager on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on the following sol, April 8, 2021.

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2021 in review: A helicopter flies on Mars for the first time

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Humans

2021 in review: Learning the pros and cons of working from home

Jeywellan Ochieng, 2, reacts after receiving the vaccine against Malaria as she is held by her mother Julliet Achieng at the Yala Sub County Hospital Mother and Child Healthcare (MCH) clinic in Gem, Siaya County, Kenya October 7, 2021. REUTERS/James Keyi

Health

2021 in review: World鈥檚 first malaria vaccine is approved

October saw the RTS,S malaria vaccine given the go-ahead for use outside trials for the first time 鈥� a momentous decision, decades in the making

Environment

2021 in review: COP26 lays the groundwork for a decade of action

Environment

2021 in review: Weather records aren鈥檛 just broken, they鈥檙e smashed

Technology

2021 was the year cryptocurrencies went completely off the rails

Environment

In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice