Spending to protect the environment, from coral reefs to forests, can bring big returns to aid a worldwide assault on poverty, a U.N.-backed report said on Wednesday.

A German inventor has angered animal rights activists with his answer to fighting the soaring cost of fuel — dead cats.

Privately-held Airgo Networks Inc. said on Wednesday it has developed wireless chips that are more than four times faster than Wi-Fi, a short-range wireless technology that delivers the Web to laptop computers in homes, offices and public places.

Warning: online game playing can be hazardous to health.

Researchers fear the growing popularity of portable music players and other items that attach directly to the ears — including cell phones — is contributing to hearing loss in younger people.

Somewhere out past Mars, Adolf Hitler floats through space — along with Elvis, Darth Vader and an advertisement for a porn website.

Perhaps the world does not need another web browser — but it may want Bart Decrem’s.

MPillow uses both light and sound to be friendly guide to serenity and getting in the right mood of the moment. Great photos.

GMC, in an effort to give their vehicles more appeal to consumers, will begin offering an “OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics” program for free, where GM will remotely scan your vehicle for problems once a month via it’s OnStar system.

Google BlogSearch beta is out. Clean UI, fast responses, not yet such a great index, but it is getting there. That’s what you should find in the much-awaited new Google service.

A Michigan study finding critical molecular events in the origin of fat cells may lead to better understanding of such diseases as obesity and diabetes.

A bunker-busting shell that gets so hot on impact that it burns its way through concrete and steel is being developed by the US Navy’s Warfare Center in Virginia.

Louisiana State University scientists say they have discovered how the fatty acids found in fish oil help protect the human brain from the type of cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease.