Robots from around the world have begun competing for supremacy in soccer, combat, sumo wrestling and other arenas at a machine version of the Olympics in San Francisco. Engineers from around two dozen countries are pitting their creations against one another at RoboGames, deemed the planet’s largest robot competition by Guinness World Records. This year’s [...]

A young star’s strange elliptical ring of dust likely heralds the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized planet, says a University of Rochester astronomer in the latest Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

A gene responsible for the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults, otosclerosis, has been identified for the first time, a scientist told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics in Nice, France. Ms Melissa Thys, from the Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium, said that this [...]

When Will Nickelson and his daughter want to spend some quality time together, they fire up Nintendo Co.’s Wii and play a few rounds of "Wii Sports" or "Mario Party 8."

In a break with other Internet service providers, AT&T Inc. will work with Hollywood studios and recording labels to devise technology that identifies offshore content pirates who use its network to upload illegal copies of movies and music.

In this study of female contortionists its easy to conclude that all contortionists are not created equal.

After many delays and missed promises, the Smart Car is finally coming to the US in January 2008. Smart Car uses a specially designed crash cage to protect the driver and gets upwards of 40 miles per gallon. Crash tests are very positive and the car is deceptively large inside.

Breastfeeding for 13 months or more can reduce the mother’s risk of developing rheumatiod arthritis, Swedish researchers reported Friday.

We have a very unusual mix of photos this week, ending in the great house tunnel.  Simply amazing photos.