Someone important must have gotten an Aibo…According to Wired news, the Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command has just awarded a $2.5 million contract to build a prototype of a large robot dog that would follow soldiers into battle and carry food, ammunition, and medical supplies.

James Hughes: Healthy eating and exercise are fine, but maybe all you really need is a mate…. for life.

Scientists have shown for the first time how the brain can intentionally blot out unwanted memories.
The discovery lends weight to Sigmund Freud’s century-old theory about the existence of voluntary memory suppression.

A little known shark that lives in waters off Antarctica is only the second creature known to science that hunts giant squid for food.

Researchers may have pinpointed the cause of Alzheimer’s disease – a rogue protein called amyloid beta (Aß) that forms plaques in the brain.

Amid rising hopes for a high-tech turnaround, there’s this sobering sign: Martin Pichinson — a man who has buried nearly 150 failed startups since 1999 — has swooped into Silicon Valley like a vulture lurking over a pack of wounded animals.

A tiny ingestible video camera is not only less invasive than conventional tools for diagnosing bowel diseases but has now proven to be vastly more sensitive.