Staff Writer

Maria Temming

Technology writer

Maria Temming is the technology writer at Science News. Maria has undergraduate degrees in physics and English from Elon University and a master's degree in science writing from MIT. She has written for Scientific American, Sky & Telescope and NOVA Next. She’s also a former Science News intern.

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A new insulation material is practically weightless yet still durable

Extreme heat and temperature swings are no match for this lightweight insulator.

2 days ago

Materials,
Technology
Feature

Robots are becoming classroom tutors. But will they make the grade?

Educational robots show promise for helping kids in the classroom or at home, but researchers are still figuring out how these bots should behave.

4 days ago

Robotics,
Technology,
Science & Society
Teaser

A new fabric becomes more breathable as you work up a sweat

A yarn-based textile can switch from breathable to insulating and back again, depending on how much you sweat.

1 week ago

Materials
News in Brief

Pills equipped with tiny needles can inject a body from the inside

High-tech pills equipped with medicinal needles could administer painless shots inside the body.

1 week ago

Health,
Technology
News

Artificial intelligence is learning not to be so literal

Artificial intelligence is learning how to take things not so literally.

1 week ago

Artificial Intelligence,
Language,
Technology
News

Here’s what makes satire so funny, according to science

Analysis of headlines from the satirical newspaper The Onion could help you — or a computer — write humorous news headlines.

2 weeks ago

Language,
Science & Society,
Technology
News in Brief

A new AI training program helps robots own their ignorance

AI systems struggle to know what they don’t know. Now scientists have created a way to help autonomous machines recognize their blind spots.

2 weeks ago

Artificial Intelligence,
Robotics,
Technology
News in Brief

This robot learned not to mess with other people’s stuff

Ownership-respecting robots could soon understand the difference between chucking a Styrofoam cup and someone’s favorite mug.

2 weeks ago

Artificial Intelligence,
Robotics,
Technology
News

Ordinary cameras can now photograph out-of-sight objects

Thanks to a new photo-analyzing computer program, a photographer’s line of sight no longer has to be a straight shot.

3 weeks ago

Technology
News in Brief

Being messy on the inside keeps metamaterials from folding under stress

Inspiration from disordered arrangements of atoms in crystalline metals may lead to longer-lasting, next-gen materials.

3 weeks ago

Materials