Complex decisions are best left to your unconscious mind to work
out, according to a new study, and over-thinking a problem could lead
to expensive mistakes.

Inventor Dean Kamen wants to put entrepreneurs to work bringing water and electricity to the world’s poor.

Randy Olson’s film, "Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus," is a terrific debate over intelligent design and evolution. Interviewing Harvard scientists, intelligent design advocates and even his 82-year-old mother, Olson lets both sides speak, and pokes holes in the arguments of both.

Johns Hopkins researchers have created a Web-based, automated computer program that simplifies the process of designing artificial pieces of DNA.

Complex decisions are best left to your unconscious mind to work out, according to a new study, and over-thinking a problem could lead to expensive mistakes.

The US and Canadian ski teams are sporting a new garb that they now supposedly refuse to ski without: a lightweight material in their body suits that hardens in less than a thousandth of a second, then instantly flexes again.

Reuters is reporting on the latest camera phone trend in Japan. It seems that funeral attendees are now photographing the deceased one last time before the burial or cremation.

Fifteen of 29 Apollo crewmembers had difficulty with infections during and immediately after return from spaceflight, with one member of the Apollo 13 mission developing a serious urinary tract infection during the flight.

An increasing number of incidents involving African elephants attacking humans is leading some scientists to believe the animals may be seeking revenge.

Eighteen universities across the United States are combining desirable genes from different varieties of wheat to make better and more competitive varieties.