In just five years, astronauts may journey to the International Space Station in a stripped-down four-seater instead of the mammoth — and aging — space shuttle.

In effect, NASA hopes to commute to orbit in a sleek sedan instead of an 18-wheeler.

A scientific study involving healthy, young adults, sage oil capsules and a word recall test has backed up centuries-old theories about sage’s ability to improve memory.

British scientists carrying out the first clinical trials of the herb sage have found that those who took sage oil capsules performed significantly better in a word recall test.

A group of academics and business executives is planning to introduce next month a next-generation bar code system, which could someday replace with a microchip the series of black vertical lines found on most merchandise.

The so-called EPC Network, which has been under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nearly five years, will make […]

The slot machine as we’ve experienced it on countless trips to Vegas and as we’ve seen it a million times on the silver screen could soon be a memory. A slick new technology is coming to town.

First the one-armed bandits lost their arms, replaced by vanilla “push here” buttons that started the spinning of the […]

Soon the way you use your mouse could help prove who you are.
Scientists have found a way for people to sign their name online using a mouse instead of a pen.

The security system uses smart software trained to recognise the way that someone uses a mouse to write out their name or another identifying symbol. […]