At the rate things are going in space exploration, it’s more than obvious that humanity will soon need robots that can do more than just trek on wheels on alien worlds. We might just have to scale ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Nasa has revealed how it is harnessing the power of geckos in space to develop its next generation of exploratory robots. The space agency said it was working on a long-term replacement for duct tape, ...

While the Curiosity rover is adept, it can't climb walls or scale the polar caps on Mars. To push the capabilities of crewless rovers on the Red Planet, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is ...