Australian researchers have grown mouse mammary glands from stem cells in a step to better understanding breast cancer.

An 800 pound butter sculpture was unveiled Thursday at the Pennsylvania farm show complex.

Italy plans to have robots build a large telescope on the moon that will expand knowledge of the moon, earth and the universe.

It’s wasting companies’ money and slowing the development of new products.

The major crime rate in Los Angeles dropped 14 percent last year, making it the second-safest large city in the country, police said.

In a very unusual keynote address Friday, Google CEO Larry Page urged the consumer electronics industry to make life easier for consumers by standardizing things like power supplies.

Can’t live without chocolate? You aren’t alone! According to Department of Commerce data, U.S. chocolate confectionery companies manufactured about 3.4 billion pounds of this decadent treat in 2004. So, it’s no wonder chocolate is the comfort food choice for so many.

Every year the Chinese city of Harbin is transformed by the festival of ice and snow and this time around they’re aiming for world records including the longest ice slide and the biggest ever ice sculpture. Very cool video.

Rising U.S. tuitions, increased tension between much of the world and the United States and post-9/11-related immigration issues have all fed a decline in foreign student enrollment. So, too, has heightened competition from the rest of the developed world.

Robert Cringely:  My 2006 predictions column has to be delayed until next week, not because I have no predictions, but because there is so much speculation and mis-information swirling around about Google and the Consumer Electronics Show that I feel it is important to print the column I had planned for next week right now. […]

These are Bluetooth headphone sunglasses that stream music from your phone or iPod to your ears.  Great photo.

It’s a common frustration: You set out to build a perfect replica of Babylon 5 (or whatever), only to find that you don’t own enough gray plates for the twin particle arrays. It doesn’t have to be this way. Now there’s Lego Factory, a service that lets you create your very own Lego set.