We are becoming a new species, we are becoming Homo Evolutis

Keep an eye on the TV - with the TV in your contact lens

It sounds like science fiction - contact lenses that transmit TV shows and tattoos that let us feel the emotions of the actors on screen.

2 big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia

Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit

Study: Paying smokers to quit boosts success rate

Dangling enough dollars in front of smokers who want to quit helps many more succeed, an experiment with hundreds of General Electric Co. workers indicates.

Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?

We are all familiar with dividing our days into 24 hours and our hours into 60 minutes. But why do we use these particular units for measuring time?

New Refrigeration System Based On Magnetics

An exotic metal alloy may be the key to a new quieter, more economical class of home and commercial refrigeration systems based on magnetics

New Shock Absorber Harvests Energy From Bumps

Undergraduate students have invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smooths the ride

Code Of The Common Cold Cracked

Scientists have begun to solve some of the mysteries of the common cold by putting together the pieces of the genetic codes for all the known strains of the human rhinovirus.