Two years after transforming human fat cells into what appeared to be nerve cells, a group led by Duke University Medical Center researchers has gone one step further by demonstrating that these new cells also appear to act like nerve cells.

So what’s wrong with doubling–or more–the human life span?

It’s like stretching out a symphony, playing it at half speed so it goes on longer–it wouldn’t have the same beauty or meaning…..

Amidst the good news about VoIP, a significant variable remains undefined: its regulatory status. Federal and state authorities have taken positions that have run the gamut from no-touch to heavy handed.

Couples getting married in Italy’s churches will soon say “I receive you” instead of “I take you” as part of their wedding vows.

A “smart bullet” that can be fired at a target and then wirelessly transmit back useful information has been developed by US researchers.

A television sewn into your shirtsleeve. A dashboard screen to monitor the kids in the backseat. A 3-D computer monitor sharp enough to make a hardcore gamer’s heart stop — or help a surgeon start one.

A 50-year-old Zambian man has hanged himself after his wife found him having sex with a hen, police said Friday.

The frictionless conditions of space are being simulated by air-hockey tables, as a new generation of intelligent robots is trained to build space stations and solar arrays.