11.20.09
Bing: Google gets some real competition
Microsoft's search engine, Bing, does a few things better than the giant.
11.17.09
Why Web widgets will invade your TV
Web widgets bring Internet perks to the biggest screen in most people’s homes.
11.16.09
How much water is on the moon?
Scientists knew there was water on the moon before NASA crashed a craft into the lunar soil.
11.12.09
Should you buy refurbished electronics?
On electronics of all sizes, 'refurbished' can mean ‘rebuilt.’ But it can also just mean ‘returned unused.’
11.11.09
Dream of solar sailing in space lives on in new project
The US-based Planetary Society this week announced its second attempt to launch a small spacecraft with sails propelled by sunlight.
11.09.09
National World War II Museum: Bringing the battle to life
The New Orleans National World War II Museum uses immersive tech to boost teaching power – and also entertain.
11.04.09
Electric SUVs: A smaller footprint for big vehicles
Converting existing gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs into hybrid and electric vehicles gains traction.
11.02.09
How astronomers fill in uncharted areas of the universe
Thanks to new tools, scientists are quickly mapping the stars.
10.29.09
Pilots distracted by laptops? Not in cockpits of the future.
Automated flight controls under research may be able to sense how alert pilots are. It’s one way science could help prevent mistakes like the one made by the Northwest pilots who overflew Minneapolis by 150 miles.
10.28.09
NASA’s Ares 1-X launch: ‘How cool was this?’
NASA's test flight of its successor to the space shuttle, the Ares 1-X rocket, went off without a hitch Wednesday. The buzzword among mission managers: triboelectrification.
10.28.09
Beginner’s guide to Skype
For some 500 million users, Skype turns their PC into a phone.
10.26.09
How to keep track of climate change
Complex data, distilled and delivered in real time, could shed light on a global issue.
10.23.09
Symphonies gingerly embrace digital performers
Pushed to cut costs and attract new audiences, some experiment with laptops.
10.23.09
Augustine report: tough choices ahead on human spaceflight
If NASA's Constellation program is going to take astronauts to the moon or Mars, Obama will have to increase its budget, the Augustine report says.
10.16.09
Plants and wasps are smarter than you think
Seedlings know when they're from the same plant, and wasps get smarter as they get tougher tasks, studies show
10.16.09
NASA’s IBEX finds mysterious ribbon at edge of solar system
The ribbon could be the solar system’s version of Earth’s northern and southern lights. The results of the discovery, made by NASA’s IBEX satellite, appear Friday in the journal Science.
10.15.09
The future of college may be virtual
Bricks-and-mortar universities should prepare for a jolt as high (and still rising) costs push students online.
10.13.09
Dispute Finder: Making the call on Web ‘facts’
New software sorts out the consensus from the contentious.
10.09.09
After moon bombing, search for water begins
With moon bombing mission over, NASA is sifting data to learn if polar craters hold water.
10.08.09
Gaming goes hollywood
Motion capture blurs line between video games, films.
10.05.09
Taking aim at energy-sucking TVs
EPA sets new guidelines for efficiency that will rise through 2012.
09.30.09
Energy use falls when neighbors compete
A California utility is using smiley faces on customer bills to show how people's usage compares with their neighbors'.
09.24.09
NASA finds water ice in Mars craters
NASA's Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter spotted ice just below the surface that was exposed by fresh meteor crashes, not far from where the Viking 2 Lander looked in 1976.
09.24.09
New evidence of water on the moon
Three probes, including a NASA instrument on India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, have detected water molecules in minerals on the moon's surface.
09.23.09
Lines blur between blogs, newspapers
A marriage made in cyberspace: As traditional media gets 'bloggier,' blogs begin to look more like their traditional forebears.
