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 ...

Magnetic levitation is used to float everything from lightbulbs to trains, with varying levels of success, but usually it requires a power source. Now, scientists in Japan have developed a way to make ...

A designer named Elie Ahovi has come up with a concept washing machine that levitates your clothes and uses dry ice to wash them without using water. It's called the "Orbit", and was put together for ...

It may seem straight out of "Star Trek," but it's real: Scientists have created a sonic "tractor beam" that can pull, push and pirouette objects that levitate in thin air. The sonic tractor beam ...

Using magnets the upper section of the Hotaru turntable floats to reduce vibrations that could affect playback. Using magnets the upper section of the Hotaru turntable floats to reduce vibrations that ...

A new "tractor beam" can levitate large objects in midair, using only sound. So far, researchers have floated spheres as large as 0.6 inches (16 millimeters) in diameter and moved orbs as large as 0.8 ...

If you own an Apple Watch and want to charge it with something more interesting than what Apple designed, the Lift levitation charger might be just the ticket. This charger uses an induction system ...

A Canadian design company is offering a mobile device stand that not only wirelessly charges your phone or tablet but levitates the device at the same time. The OvRcharge, by 15-year-old AR Designs ...

Did you know there’s a website counting the time until Marty McFly and Doc Brown get back to the future? As we all know, that moment is two days from now. We’ve seen plenty of marketing gigs that are ...

I was out to lunch with a couple friends, brainstorming ideas for fun projects when one of them says “Wouldn’t it be cool if we could build a working gravity gun?”. We all immediately concurred that ...

RJ Cantu and the woman he ‘levitates’ during his performance on Masters of Illusion A woman ‘levitates’ tonight during one of the performances on The CW’s Masters of Illusion. The shows sees a string ...