Stories by Larry Greenemeier

It’s not uncommon in a New York City subway car, an airport terminal or just about any other public space to see a dozen or more people completely consumed by what’s happening on the screen of their smartphone, to the exclusion of the world around them.

Joe Gibbs Racing is using a powerful Nikon microscope to help solve the mystery of engine failures that have cost the team several races

Although deaths are rare in triathlons, most of them occur during the initial leg, when competitors swim for distances ranging from 750 meters to 3.9 kilometers

A consortium of more than 30 universities plans to invest in the infrastructure to improve Internet speeds 1,000-fold

Brian Cox's new television miniseries uses our planet as his canvas to explain the origins of light, matter, time and other ethereal concepts

Although it may have been discovered by previous explorers, the young Yale lecturer introduced the world to an ancient archaeological masterpiece--for better and worse

As the media mogul struggles to hold together his empire, an outspoken advocate of transparency argues that privacy must be redefined

New approaches will let smart-phone users send video and video chat with any other smart-phone user, regardless of the network or platform

Researchers study whether the use of the Internet as a memory aid leads to a lazy mind, or whether memorization is overrated

Google throws its hat into the social-networking ring, this time with a smoother user interface and a focus on mobile gadgets

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent comment that U.S. and NATO-led forces use weapons with "nuclear components" may be a reference to depleted-uranium munitions, whose health impact is still being studied