A federal appeals panel on Monday said the FCC could no longer slap indecency fines on broadcasters who accidentally allowed the word f*ck on the airwaves, arguing that these days the word f*ck is commonly used to express frustration rather than sexual obscenity. How did f*ck and other words get so dirty anyway?

It is true that 2006 was the year that hacking ceased to be a hobby and became a full-time job, and this year things may get even worse.

Russia is budgeting billions of dollars to spend on nanotechnologies in a bid to catch up with the West, but development of the sector is still held back by a wary business community, experts say.

MIT researchers said on Thursday they will soon be able to charge a computer or cellphone battery from across a room, perhaps making the annoyance of wires or dead batteries a thing of the past.

The American Dental Association put together a series of pictures to show what it would be like to have nano-bots cleaning your teeth.  Problem is that these are the creepiest things you’d ever want to find in your mouth.  The stuff nightmares are made of.  (w/pics)

When you need to keep just a little bit of Coke cool kool, thank the Powers That Be for the $95 Koolatron.

Scientists have for the first time stored information in live neurons, bringing closer to reality, the creation of "cyborg" computer chips that combine electronic circuits with human cells.

A gold-encrusted sword used by the Emperor Napoleon is to be auctioned in France, more than 200 years after it was used in battle.

Jagjit Singh and Ravnish Bhola are finding it difficult not to think about sex.

It was a one-in-a-million find. Literally. Most of the 17-year cicadas that have emerged in recent weeks in parts of the Midwest have red eyes. But a 6-year-old boy in this Chicago suburb found a rare blue-eyed one in his backyard Friday.