Steve Jobs’ legacy and the tech lessons of 2011
We learned a few things in 2011 about the industry Steve Jobs left behind. We learned that tech is more resilient, more dynamic than the overall economy. OK, maybe we already knew that, but it’s a...
View ArticleEarliest human relatives may have originated in Asia
The ancestors of monkeys, apes and humans may have originated in Asia and not Africa as often thought, new fossils suggest. The origin of anthropoids — the simians, or “higher primates,” which include...
View ArticleSearchers find no sign of Amelia Earhart’s plane
A $2.2 million expedition that hoped to find wreckage from famed aviator Amelia Earhart’s final flight is on its way back to Hawaii without the dramatic, conclusive plane images searchers were hoping...
View ArticleNASA rover successfully lowered to surface of Mars
In an unparalleled technological triumph, a one-ton, nuclear-powered rover the size of a small car was lowered to the surface of Mars on the end of a 25-foot-long bridle suspended from the belly of a...
View ArticleU.S. scientists trying to produce green power from ocean wave energy
Although ocean wave technology still has a long way to go, U.S. scientists are now seeking ways to make ocean wave energy the nation’s newest source of green power, local media reported on Sunday. U.S....
View ArticleJurassic Park? Mammoth fragments from Siberia may be clonable
Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the “Jurassic Park” possibility of cloning a prehistoric...
View ArticleMammoth find in eastern Siberia raises ‘clone hope’
The discovery of well-preserved woolly mammoth remains in eastern Siberia has raised distant hopes that the animal could be cloned. A Russian-led team of international scientists found intact cells...
View ArticleNew, colorful monkey species discovered in Africa rain forest
A shy, brightly colored monkey species has been found living in the lush rain forests at the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a find that utterly surprised the researchers who came upon it....
View ArticleFeeling glum, happy, aroused? New technology can detect your mood
New tech that senses how you’re feeling inside: is it the key to self-knowledge and the future of communication? Or just the return of the phony “mood ring”? Check out our gallery of the top...
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