Robert Cringely:  After 29 years of working in high-tech companies and writing about them, I have noticed how insular they tend to be, often not seeing either the world or themselves at all clearly. Whether intended or not, this cultural artifact comes to control how the world in turn sees them, which rarely works in […]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested a plan on Wednesday that would establish a DNA or fingerprint database to track and verify all legal U.S. workers.

The first science test administered in five years across the United States shows that achievement among high school seniors has declined across the past decade, even as scores in science rose among fourth-graders and held steady among eighth-graders, the U.S. Department of Education has reported.

According to new figures from China’s Ministry of Information Industry, there were 416.64 million subscribers to mobile communication services in China at the end of April, an increase of 6.95 million from the prior month. Great stats.

Researchers in Denmark say men who drink alcohol every day lowered their risk of heart disease than those who drink less frequently but not nearly so for women.

Crews of more than 3,000 at a time worked aboard the USS Oriskany CV-34, totaling more than 40,000 crew members over the years.  On May 17th these amazing photos were taken of the sinking of the USS Oriskany.

Someone with obviously too much time on their hand has put together some amazing pieces of food art.

Scientists recently demonstrated a robot mimicking movements of a person’s real hand, based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of their brain activity, which is a major advancement towards prosthetics and computers that can operate by thought alone.

In the study, adult male rabbits with severely damaged penises received a graft of specially engineered penile tissue. The animals then re-grew full penises that functioned normally — even to the point of successfully impregnating females.

The link between poverty and being overweight first shows up among 15- to 17-year-olds as children become freer to choose fattening soft drinks and avoid breakfast and exercise, a recent study showed.

A single genetic mutation is all it takes to transform selfish bacteria into altruistic team players that contribute resources to the entire group, even when they themselves might not survive to benefit, a new study shows.

What’s the opposite of that? An Overnight failure?

A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class.

For all the New York City students working to meet rigorous new academic standards, nothing is more important than having a good teacher. Teaching is a tough job, requiring a high level of talent, drive, knowledge and skill. But a new study of graduating college seniors found that students who major in education - the […]

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.

U.S. scientists say they are growing nanowires made of semiconductor materials to make powerful prototype lasers and light-emitting diodes.

University of Washington scientists say they’ve determined that gender affects a person’s perspective about maintaining privacy in a public setting.

According to the aptly-named "Vacation Deprivation" survey from the online travel site Expedia.com, conducted by Harris Interactive and Ipsos Reid, Americans are, well…vacation deprived.