Category Archives: Technology

Amoeboid yellow slime mold has been on Earth for thousands of years, living a distinctly un-hi-tech life, but, say scientists, it could provide the key to designing bio-computers capable of solving complex problems.

Japan’s government selected the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter to bolster its aging air force, announcing it will buy a total of 42 aircraft under a multiyear deal.

Scientists at the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, announced Dec. 13 that they’d narrowed down the list of possible hiding spots for the Higgs, (also called … Continue reading →

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan unveiled plans on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, to build a plane that would launch cargo and astronauts into space. This is the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring … Continue reading →

Japan successfully put a spy satellite into orbit on Monday and expects to complete its network of intelligence-gathering satellites with another launch next year.

One of the world’s largest Apple stores is opening at the landmark Grand Central Terminal. The 23,000-square-foot personal electronics business will start selling to the public on Dec. 9.

This undated handout artist rendering provided by NASA shows Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star.

A trip through the Australian red desert 18 years ago has proved inspirational for a giant installation which uses 5,220 stems to give off light at a museum in Bath.

The Mars Science Laboratory, and accompanying Atlas V rocket, is hoisted into place at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.