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Cashing in on old gadgets
We think a lot about getting new gadgets, but not so much about getting rid of old ones. The result: old cell phones, defunct laser printers and Pentium III computers gathering dust.
TVs race to be thin; one is 1/8" thick
-- HDTV manufacturers are trying to make the task of buying an HDTV set much more difficult than just choosing between LCD and plasma, 42 inches or 46 inches.
Reader tech ideas: Disability aids, sensors in bloodstream
Technology is always changing and improving, but CNN.com readers say these changes may need to take different forms and focus on different things.
More delays for shuttle Atlantis
NASA on Thursday delayed the flight of space shuttle Atlantis until late January or, more likely, February to replace a suspect connector in the fuel tank.
Review: Sony VPL-VW200 is the projector to beat
Study: Inca drugged children sacrifices
Children sacrificed by the Inca appear to have been "fattened up" in a yearlong ritual, new research suggests. Researchers studied hair from the heads and in small bags accompanying four m
Study: Saber-toothed cat had weak jaw
The ancient saber-toothed cat had some pretty scary dentures, but when it came down to actually biting, well, it was no lion. In fact, a study of the cat's jaw indicated it has only about one-third
Ig Nobel awards celebrate the sillier side of science
Official: U.S. will regulate carbon emissions
The United States is moving toward the regulation of carbon emissions, a U.S. energy official said Thursday, despite the Bush administration's adherence to a voluntary approach to controlling the pr
Cow methane: A trump card in the fight against global warming?
The butt -- in more ways than one -- of a thousand puerile schoolboy jokes, methane, in the form of natural gas, has for some time now been used to fuel cars and other modes of transport (the Honda
Mice gene trio win medicine Nobel
U.S. citizens Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and Sir Martin J. Evans of Britain won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a technique for manip
CNN Future Summit forum
Researchers at University College London (UCL) are helping to explain why humans see illusions. In a study conducted at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology virtual robots were trained to 'see' corr
Meet the Cretaceous version of a weed-whacker
The world, it seems, was its salad bar.
Tsunami machine creates monster waves
Nobel for ozone layer scientist
Gerhard Ertl of Germany won the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for studies of chemical reactions on solid surfaces, which are key to understanding questions like how pollution eats away
Beam me up: Just how close are we to teleportation?
Admit it -- at one point or another we've all dreamed of being able to teleport. How much easier and less stressful life would be if, at the flick of a switch, we could whisk ourselves direct from h
Secret tunnels tell tale of gambling, prostitution
Tunnels run beneath Chinatown: brick-walled passages that were once home to people and activities that couldn't be mentioned aboveground.
New dinosaur species unearthed in Patagonia
The skeleton of what is believed to be a new dinosaur species -- a 105-foot plant-eater that is among the largest dinosaurs ever found -- has been uncovered in Argentina, scientists said Monday.
'Coral triangle' brewing with diverse sea life
Scientists exploring a deep ocean basin in search of species isolated for millions of years found marine life believed to be previously undiscovered, including a tentacled orange worm and an unusual
Study: Early humans threw clambakes
In one of the earliest hints of "modern" living, humans 164,000 years ago put on primitive makeup and hit the seashore for steaming mussels, new archaeological finds show.
CNN Future Summit forum
Virtual reality (VR) has entered an era of unprecedented progress and publicity, transforming not only how we are entertained and educated, but also how our lives are being saved, with doctors and
Report pushes for scientific openness
A new commission should be established to help balance the need for scientific openness and security concerns in a world facing terrorism, the National Research Council urged Thursday. The new Scien
Corals in love: Moonlight encourages reef-building
Nobel winner in 'racist' claim row
A British museum has canceled a lecture by Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix, after he claimed black people are less intelligent than whites in a recent newspaper interview.
