At first, the sight of 20 red-faced women lying on the damp grass of a central London park and juggling newborn babies is quite worrying. But this is "powerpramming," a new craze taking off in Britain in which new mothers are encouraged to use their offspring — and the inevitable baggage that comes with them […]

U.S. scientists say they’ve created a nanotube membrane on a silicon chip the size of a quarter that might offer a cheaper way to remove salt from water.

A team of U.S. researchers say they’ve achieved a long-sought scientific goal of using laser light to break specific molecular bonds.

Whole milk is to be banned from British schools in the campaign against children obesity, allowing for the serving of only skimmed or semi-skimmed milk.

A prematurely grey soul singer from Alabama who was once likened to a drunken dad at a wedding triumphed in the American Idol finale, which drew more votes than have ever been cast for a president in a US election.

New materials that can change the way light and other forms of radiation bend around an object may provide a way to make objects invisible.

U.S. scientists say a material that captures and removes mercury and other toxic substances from industrial waste streams is now commercially available.

In Oscar Wilde’s novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," the main character barters his soul for eternal youth but becomes wicked and immoral in the process.  Leon Kass believes humanity risks striking a similar Faustian bargain if it pursues technology that extends life spans beyond what is natural.