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The technology developed for telescopes, it turns out, can harness solar power
February 03, 2012 | By Alaina G. Levine

The days are over when everyone at a Super Bowl party kept their eyes glued to the TV. Now most of us will be spending game day checking in on other screens, too, and advertisers want to be there with you.
February 02, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Is that what it will take for NASA to get its mojo back? Or are there better ways to spend its money?
January 30, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Whether it's iPads replacing textbooks or college courses being offered free around the world, education is moving into some uncharted territory.
January 26, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

A mass of debris from satellites and space missions is orbiting our planet—and it may be growing all the time
January 26, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Scientists think all the personal information now being shared on social networks or collected by sensors could help them predict the future.
January 23, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Research shows you can learn a few things about a person by watching where they're looking.
January 18, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Here are young entrepreneurs whose innovative thinking has them poised for big things this year
January 17, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

With the Lytro camera, you no longer have to bother with focusing an image. Plus, your photos become interactive.
January 12, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Is the day coming when your car will talk to your alarm clock and also check your heart rate?
January 09, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Researchers are finding that our behavior may be more hard-wired than we'd like to believe. If so, can we handle the truth?
January 05, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Here are more of the terms you should know if you want to feel plugged into innovations changing the way we live this year
January 03, 2012 | By Randy Rieland

Here are terms you should know if you want to show you're already plugged into the new year
December 29, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

In their day, maids a-milking and pipers piping might have made for one fine gift. But it is the 21st century. A replacement list is in order.
December 22, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Thanks to medical innovations and research breakthroughs, living past your 100th birthday will one day not be such a big deal
December 19, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Innovation happens so fast now that it's harder and harder to keep up with the pace. But is it really innovation?
December 15, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

At more and more restaurants you'll be ordering your meals on a tablet at your tabletop. Will we miss waiters?
December 13, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Tell us, by Friday, December 9, what lengths you've gone to for your favorite celebratory dishes
December 05, 2011 | By Jesse Rhodes

They won't go mainstream for a few years, but mobile wallets are finally starting to pick up steam in the U.S.
December 09, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Researchers found that when it comes to building social networks, people much prefer someone who likes to cooperate over a person who looks out for himself
December 06, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Machines that respond to your touch, motion or voice are making keyboards obsolete. Is your TV remote next?
December 02, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Scientists are testing drugs that can sharpen our brain. But will they give some people an unfair advantage?
November 28, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Changes are on the way that should ease the grim gauntlet of long lines, security checks and cramped seats.
November 22, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Now you can reportedly track what your brain has been doing all night, all in the name of a good night's sleep
November 17, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

Experts say a changing battlefield prompts calls for increasing emotional intelligence as well as technical prowess
November 15, 2011 | By Randy Rieland

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