In a recent essay, Kevin Kelly warns of the dangers of anonymity. It’s OK in small doses, he maintains, but too much of it is a problem: "In every system that I have seen where anonymity becomes common, the system fails."

University of Michigan scientists have created the first quantum microchip, which could be a giant stride in the race to produce a new generation of brawny, super-fast computers.

Drugs and electric shock therapy are still the best way to treat depression, a paper in the Lancet medical journal says today, rejecting NHS guidance that people do better and are safer on talking therapies.

Taiwan, home to the world’s first transgenic glowing fish, has successfully bred fluorescent green pigs that researchers hope will boost the island’s stem cell research, a professor said on Thursday.  Great photo.

A Dutch entrepreneur is offering what he hopes will be the latest extreme sport – ‘fun burials’.

Top federal law enforcement officials and regulators said Wednesday that criminals are finding news ways to hide and move funds from drug trafficking and other illicit activities.

Teenagers have some seemingly high expectations about what technology might bring over the next decade, according to a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.

British researchers said on Wednesday they had uncovered the first proof of teaching in non-human animals — ants showing each other the way to food.

If it takes a while to clear the cobwebs after waking up, that’s understandable — "sleep inertia" leaves some people so groggy they might as well be drunk.

Can the popping of tiny bubbles trigger nuclear fusion, a potential source of almost unlimited energy? This controversial idea is back on the table, because its main proponent has new results that, he claims, will silence critics.