Germany’s soccer playing robots are just as dangerous in penalty shootouts as their human counterparts. A team from the University of Bremen beat a team from the University of Texas in a penalty shootout to win Robocup 2016.

Arctic Sea ice melted this summer to the second lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported today, mostly blaming global warming.

FROM clothes riddled with sensors to name tags thatdetect our moods, computing’s next wave couldunleash small devices thatincreasingly augment everyday activities with digitalintelligence.