Environment

Erosion happens. So how do you harness these natural processes to re-nourish beaches and fortify the coastline?

May 20, 2013 2:35pm | By Janet Fang

Leila Takayama imagines a world where human-friendly robots interact successfully with people. But it's not always easy teaching a 500-pound machine not to block the office coffee maker.

May 20, 2013 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

An undersea gold rush could be coming soon with the rising cost of minerals and advancements in technology opening the seafloor to mining.

3 | May 19, 2013 9:20pm | By David Worthington

Yet another peer-to-peer service comes up against regulatory hurdles in New York State.

12 | May 17, 2013 3:10am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

Want to improve your focus? Measure your brainwaves.

May 15, 2013 6:15am | By Tyler Falk

Energy analyst Chris Nelder reports from a foreign country deep in the throes of shale gas fever.

35 | May 15, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

With sensor-driven applications on the rise, Hillcrest Labs looks beyond smart TVs to mobile devices and wearable computers.

May 14, 2013 3:00am | By Mari Silbey

BARCELONA -- Ear plugs that you can actually hear through. Cubes of silence in the middle of busy squares. Peace from the city racket is coming to a Spanish city near you.

2 | May 13, 2013 3:06am | By Jennifer Riggins

Business plan: Sell the gas abroad at a huge profit, build nukes at home.

5 | May 10, 2013 5:24am | By Mark Halper

Daredevils piloting a solar plane will embark on the first transcontinental flight of its kind across the U.S. starting tomorrow

1 | May 2, 2013 7:50pm | By David Worthington

Insects see brilliantly through thousands of tiny lenses in "compound eyes." Researchers have built a camera using the same principle. Killer panoramas. Good for spying and seeing up your nose too.

3 | May 2, 2013 4:00am | By Mark Halper

Forget plants and grey -- perhaps slides and subways are the way to keep your employees interested.

1 | May 1, 2013 3:30am | By Charlie Osborne

Where would you be happiest living as a young professional?

1 | April 29, 2013 6:10am | By Charlie Osborne

In a Nairobi slum, newly minted entrepreneurs run more than 160 public toilets and transform their waste into fertilizer -- and someday they'll turn it into electricity.

2 | April 22, 2013 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

"Crowdshipping" is a new and less expensive way to ship goods through travelers connecting online. But if something goes wrong, who is held responsible?

25 | April 22, 2013 3:00am | By Amy Serafin

How much can we tell about a person from just looking at their bedroom or office? Psychologist Sam Gosling says quite a lot -- except for one personality trait.

2 | April 19, 2013 5:00am | By Christie Nicholson

MELBOURNE -- Part of a global network of coworking spaces, a thriving outpost in Australia is driving innovation through diversity.

April 17, 2013 2:30am | By Lieu Thi Pham

The safety of women is a hot topic in India right now, but what can be done in self defense?

April 16, 2013 9:02am | By Charlie Osborne

Starting up takes blood, sweat, guts and financial help -- but can the city you choose make all the difference?

2 | April 16, 2013 7:21am | By Charlie Osborne

Researchers are already working on systems that replicate the human brain -- not just in capacity, but also in cognitive thought processes.

8 | April 12, 2013 1:48pm | By Joe McKendrick