Science

A provincial governor hopes to find China's energy solutions in Qinghai's combustible ice reserves. Though the 'frozen natural gas' is there. The technology is not.

15 | March 11, 2010 11:04am | By Melissa Mahony

Computer science pioneer Chuck Thacker has been awarded with the A.M. Turing Award, considered computing's Nobel Prize.

March 11, 2010 10:26am | By Andrew Nusca

The Intendix device is pricey, about $12,000, it's limited to basic text input, and it's designed for people who can't communicate any other way. But with training a user can input a letter per...

March 11, 2010 8:51am | By Dana Blankenhorn

When you benefit from kindness, experts say, "You don't go back to being your 'old selfish self.'"

8 | March 11, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Apple's iPhone smartphone can form habits and actually be addictive, according to a new Stanford University survey.

2 | March 11, 2010 3:12am | By Andrew Nusca

Australian researchers extracted DNA from a 19,000-year-old emu eggshell as well as other extinct birds, shedding light on how the avian creatures lived and died.

March 10, 2010 1:54pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

As the use of prosthetic limbs increases in military veterans, the Pentagon is investigating prostheses that are more durable, reliable and directly controlled using brain implants.

6 | March 10, 2010 6:28am | By Andrew Nusca

A veterinarian sets off to make (dog) house visits across the country, to learn why some canines have reached a very old age.

6 | March 10, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

The remarkably simple Peepoo bag solves a huge problem in the developing world - sanitizing human excrement, which is responsible for a host of lethal diseases, and turning it into fertilizer.

March 9, 2010 9:54am | By John Dodge

Happy people know how to have deep conversations about their emotions with other people. They don't just chit-chat.

2 | March 9, 2010 5:46am | By Dana Blankenhorn

A novel protein within King Cobra venom is science's latest venom-related discovery -- and it could lead to better treatment options for neurological conditions.

14 | March 9, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

IBM and Stanford University this week will outline a green chemistry breakthrough that may lead to biodegradable and biocompatible plastics.

March 8, 2010 9:01pm | By Larry Dignan

Some 250,000 people in Sweden are allergic to the radio waves that are emitted when someone makes a call with a cellular mobile phone, according to a new report.

8 | March 8, 2010 8:07am | By Andrew Nusca

If Siberia's methane is being released suddenly into the atmosphere, and even the basics of climate change science is true, it could mean another 8 million metric tons of methane going into the...

44 | March 5, 2010 12:17pm | By Dana Blankenhorn

Billions of pieces of plastic trash are accumulating in a massive garbage patch in the Atlantic Ocean, mirroring the Texas-sized one in the Pacific, scientists have found.

10 | March 5, 2010 12:03pm | By Andrew Nusca

Expect oxygenated Dasani and Aquafina within a year. Given falling sales after buyers learned these were just tap water, it's just the news Coke and Pepsi need to hear.

6 | March 5, 2010 8:05am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Scientists discovered the oldest dinosaur relative, suggesting that dinosaurs are older than previously thought. While the prevailing theory painted dino cousins as two-legged, small carnivores,...

3 | March 5, 2010 7:45am | By Boonsri Dickinson

Need some happiness-inducing retail therapy? Go for the family vacation, and forget the flat-screen TV, researchers say.

12 | March 5, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

You can't judge a book by its cover, not that this stops publishers from making a science of cover design. The same is true in operating systems.

12 | March 4, 2010 9:54am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Next generation sequencing machines promise to make sequencing the human genome faster and cheaper. Which company will reach the $1,000 genome target first?

5 | March 4, 2010 8:19am | By Boonsri Dickinson