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Will NASA or private firms send us to outer space?
Sabri Ben-Achour Mar 9, 2012
NASA's budget is scrutinized by Congress, igniting debate over the direction of the space agency.
Facebook treats brands like they're people
John Moe Mar 1, 2012
Facebook has always had a bit of a slippery relationship to words as we understand them in the English language. Now, brands can chat and have Timelines but still lack corporeal form.
Trying to save missions to Mars
Adriene Hill Feb 27, 2012
Mars researchers are meeting with NASA today to figure out if there's a way to pay for future trips to the red planet.
NASA in the market for some good eaters
Adriene Hill Feb 22, 2012
The agency wants to figure out how it would feed astronauts on any future mission to Mars, so it needs people to try to cook and eat astronaut food for four long months.
In the future, you'll take medicine without taking medicine
John Moe Feb 17, 2012
Scientists working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully tested a system to deliver medicine into a patient's body thought an implanted chip.
Microsoft developer builds robot to keep his dog company during the day
Jeff Horwich Feb 10, 2012
Rover, meet R2
Time for the other Oscars
Eve Troeh Feb 10, 2012
This weekend the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the folks behind the Academy Awards, will hand out the technical Oscars. They may not be as glamorous as the other Oscars, but they're every bit as important to movie making.
Moon colony mooted to spur U.S. technology
Bob Moon Jan 30, 2012
Will the cost of returning to the moon reap benefits in scientific and technological breakthroughs? Past experience offers a mixed verdict.
Talks planned over ownership of 'space junk'
Christopher Werth Jan 18, 2012
The Obama Administration announced yesterday that the U.S. will hold international talks on space junk, that debris left over from human activity in space that poses a risk to satellites, astronauts, and those of here on earth.
