Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are now studying it. In a press release, the ESA announced that the object — a ...

Imagine a creature so tough that it can survive boiling heat, freezing cold, crushing pressure, and even the vacuum of outer space. No, this isn’t a sci-fi alien — it’s a real-life animal called the ...