Business ethics may trump social ethics, but individuals are struggling in the light of revelations of suicides and inhumane labor conditions among some workers in China who make many Apple products
The tiny full-color megapixel displays could be the ultimate computer interface for troops, fully transparent and fully hands-free
A warming ocean is encouraging the growth of coral in the far Southern Hemisphere, overriding any effects of "acidification"
A potentially habitable alien planet has been found orbiting a nearby star
Earth's flora is responsible for the glaciers and rivers that have created this planet's distinctive landscape
Interpreting signals from the brain's language-processing center may improve speech-recognition technology or provide a means for the severely disabled to communicate
New simulations show that several large, closely spaced eruptions (and not decreased solar radiation) could have cooled the Northern Hemisphere enough to spark sea-ice growth and a subsequent feedback loop
The array could be the most complex and versatile radio telescope ever attempted, with the capacity to sweep the entire northern sky in 45 days for low-frequency radio waves
An Italian architectural historian thinks Giacomo Andrea de Ferrera, a Renaissance architect and da Vinci friend, drew the man-in-circle diagram first
It takes longer for people to get high from this oral form of marijuana, so there is little potential for abuse
An Indian clinic's claim of totally untreatable TB ignited public fears, but experts say poor disease management is the real threat
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