Once outcasts, some autistics now see their condition as a cognitive gift and even the next stage in human evolution—at the dawn of the transhuman age, who’s to say they’re wrong?

Recording music from FM radio stations is certainly nothing new, but Sumitronics’ learning technology filters out ads and DJ chatter, and records MP3 tracks to any flash-based MP3 player that has an open file system.

Scientists say the way airflow around the nose is more complex than that in a jumbo jet’s wing.

Metallic rods about 500 times smaller than the width of a human hair have been turned into tiny “propellers” by a Canadian research team.

Daniela Simidchieva, 44, has three degrees and her 192 IQ matches that of two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie.

Science News has an interesting feature about the future of concrete. For example, Ductal is five times as strong as regular concrete, but it also bends a bit under heavy loads and shows “warning” cracks instead of failing in an instant.

As every new parent quickly learns, one of the best ways to stop a baby crying is to rock him or her to sleep.

Unravelling the genome of the black cottonwood tree is a step towards tinkering with it. And that, in the end, could lead to genetically modified forests.

Toyota Motor will introduce robots which can work as well or better than humans at all 12 of its factories in Japan to cut costs and deal with a looming labour shortage as the country ages, a report said on Thursday.

Delivering a baby is not simple. But with the help of a new birthing simulator designed at Johns Hopkins University, complicated labors may become easier for doctors, midwives and their patients.