Indiana is the first state to use a computer-scored English essay test in a statewide assessment, and its experience could influence testing decisions in other states.

The world’s first embryonic stem-cell bank opened in Britain Wednesday, breaking new ground in one of the most controversial areas of medical research.

Good news for chocolate lovers: Dark chocolate and cocoa appear to slow age-related artery hardening that’s linked to heart attack and stroke.

Simmunity Corporation and newAbilities Systems Inc. is going to introduce a specially modified tongue-controlled Gameboy Advance SP for young people with quadriplegia.

It’s not exactly clear why individual users should have any rights to their e-mail addresses. Besides watching some advertisements, users don’t often bear any of the costs associated with making the Internet possible.

Like many in Silicon Valley, Alex Beavers believes brain power trumps muscle power, and he has the prototypes to prove it.
The electroactive polymers produced by his company Artificial Muscle respond to an electrical charge in much the same way that human muscle responds to nerve impulses: by expanding and contracting.