Mosquitoes are the world’s most dangerous animal.  It’s about time for us to take a massive scientific slap at these irritable little creatures.

A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google
Generation’ – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age
– is the most web-literate. The first ever […]

The National Science Board this week said leading science and engineering indicators
tell a mixed story regarding the achievement of the US in science,
research and development, and math in international comparisons.

With
networking sites rather than face-to-face interaction being the
preferred mode of social interaction, it’s important how you present
yourself online.

US consumers generally enjoy
widespread Internet access. While the Web was once the playground of
affluent early adopters, the demographic profile of the US Internet
user now resembles that of most Americans. Nonetheless, about one-quarter of Americans have no Internet access…

Botanists have discovered a new species of giant self-destructing palm in Madagascar which is so large that it can be seen in satellite photos.

The American Marketing Association has taken upon itself to redefine the word ‘marketing.’ I’ve always thought of marketing as a corporatespeak for selling. Silly me!

In an effort to boost tourism, the Swedes are planning to build a giant 47 m (154 ft) long and 45 m (148 ft) tall "Trojan Moose" on top of the Vithatten mountain.

A scientist has achieved a world first… by cloning himself. In a breakthrough certain to provoke an ethical furore, Samuel Wood created embryo copies of himself by placing his skin cells in a woman’s egg.

The Aquaduct is pedal powered vehicle that transports, filters, and stores water for the developing world. A peristaltic pump attached to the pedal crank draws water from a large tank, through a filter, to a smaller clean tank.

Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes – visual aids to help vision-impaired people, holographic driving control panels and […]