It''s a tragic fact of life today that one in five African children die before their fifth birthday from simple causes like dehydration from diarrhoea... read more »
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Using a powerful new camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered what appears to be the most distant object ever observed, a sm... read more »
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It seems the scientific search has been going on for some time. (Credit: CC Kerry Vaughan/Flickr) Many years ago, there was a cricket match bet... read more »
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When consumers buy fair-trade products, it''s typically because they are motivated more by ethical considerations than by price&8212'which tends to be... read more »
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I think I&39'd fail this eye test. (Credit: Video screenshot by Tim Hornyak/CNET) Since researchers around the world are experimenting with Will... read more »
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An RQ-4 Global Hawk, a reconnaissance drone, will be used to help survey damage to towns and industrial facilities in Japan. (Credit: U.S. Air Forc... read more »
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Bill Gates gives keynote address at the 64th World Health Assembly in Geneva. (Credit: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) The Bill and Melinda G... read more »
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Pacemaker patients who opt for magnetic resonance imaging risk serious complications, including damage to the pacemaker's parts or a change in the de... read more »
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Germany&39's Festo says it has &34'succeeded in deciphering the flight of birds.&34' (Credit: Festo) Bird flight has fascinated mankind for cen... read more »
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Looks like a thermos, but it&39's a laptop in disguise. (Credit: myRolltop) Back in 2009, more than a few people drooled over a concept video fr... read more »
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The controls for some of the 2012 Infinit M Hybrid ADAS. (Credit: CBS Interactive) As Advanced Driver Assistance Systems become more prevalent in ... read more »
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A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three crew members bound for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan t... read more »
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Ground crew rolls the Solar Impulse into its hangar in Brussels after the successful flight. The vast array of solar cells is visible on the win... read more »
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Physicists at CERN have taken a major step forward in antimatter research, according to the European science organization. For the first time, scien... read more »
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The Jaguar has fallen from the top of the food chain. When the Top 500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers is released today, the Cray... read more »
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Certification testing of Honeywell Phase 3 Display Units on Boeing 737NG aircraft revealed the potential for interference from Wi-Fi for those spec... read more »
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Researchers found that the silver nanoparticles penetrated the paper surface to a depth of more than 1 micrometer (or 1,000 nanometers), resulting ... read more »
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It's inspiring to visit a university laboratory and see fresh-faced college students working on experiments that may some day have huge impacts on o... read more »
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(Credit: BirdBrain Technologies) I remember programming turtle graphics in Logo when I was in high school. These days, students can learn basic ... read more »
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The shuttle Discovery's external tank was loaded with more than a half million gallons of supercold liquid oxygen and hyd... read more »
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