If there’s one type of toy that has remained popular for many years, it’s dinosaur toys. These creatures offer a largely unrivaled appeal to children that has endured while trends come and go. From ...

[Will Donaldson] has been making robot snakes of all sorts. One of his snakes hugs the ground, slithering across it with a sine wave motion. Flipping it on its side and calling different code, that ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ...

Snake robots might come in handy for surgery, search-and-rescue missions, and even space exploration—but they’re nothing without the slithering serpents that inspire their design. ByKatherine J. Wu ...

If a future Mars rover plans to climb up something steep, it might have to look something like a sidewinder snake. These rattlesnakes have an unusual way of moving across sandy surfaces, and engineers ...