Adam Penenberg:
Greg Boser manipulates search engines for a living, and there’s little the Googles of the world can do about it.

A fireball created in a US particle accelerator has the characteristics of a black hole.

Using automatic speech recognition technology, the Synface software — short for synthetic face — displays an animated head “speaking” the words being said over the telephone.

Panasonic’s new Oxyride disposable batteries delivered more than twice the performance of high-end alkalines for the same price.

There are 13 areas in which observations do not line up with current theory. From the placebo effect to dark matter, it’s a list of areas in need of additional research.

James Neville achieved a rarity in American politics on Tuesday night. He ran unopposed for a third term as mayor in a North Hempstead village, and lost.

A course that teaches people how to perform the kiss of life on dogs has been launched in Chile.

Dan Gillmor: I share the concern that news organizations are cutting their investments. An informed citizenry is crucial to the functioning of the republic and of society as a whole.

Study shows that contrary to long-held assumption, so-called inactive X chromosome in women isn’t so inactive after all.

As a sure sign that the income tax system is on the verge of collapse, more than one-third of Internal Revenue Service employees and managers who were contacted by Treasury Department inspectors posing as computer technicians provided their computer login and changed their password.

DaimlerChrysler’s first hydrogen-powered car using fuel cell technology will be on sale from 2012.

A group of student activists opposed to international standard testing launched another effort this week to foil a national mathematics examination. They almost succeeded, with the help of the Internet.

Singapore has installed fat-measuring machines at petrol stations and supermarkets as part of the government’s efforts to combat obesity in the city-state.

Most women, accustomed to paying more than men for goods and services like clothes and hair cuts, simply shrug it off as part of life, but an Ontario legislator hopes to end all that.