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Countries betting tech can clean up coal

In the high-stakes game of climate change, the United States and other countries are betting on the idea that technology can make dirty coal cleaner. [...]

Shuttle launch delayed ... again

Weather forced NASA on Monday to scrub a launch of space shuttle Endeavour, marking the spacecraft's third takeoff postponement in three days and fif [...]

Wealthy arm yachts with military-level security

The world's richest people are spending millions arming their super-yachts with military-style technology and trained personnel to fight off potentia [...]

The next hacking frontier: Your brain?

Hackers who commandeer your computer are bad enough. Now scientists worry that someday, they'll try to take over your brain.

Shuttle launch postponed for third straight day

Weather forced a postponement of a scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour for a third straight day Monday.

Odds stacked against Google OS success

Google's netbook-friendly Chrome OS takes direct aim at Microsoft, whose eight-year-old Windows XP leads the netbook market. But the odds are stacked [...]

Too-plugged-in families go cold turkey

What can you live without? Oprah's challenging two families that say they're ready to slow down, scale back, disconnect from technology and get back [...]

New Web sites seek links to drive traffic

Large Internet companies spend millions on consultants and technology trying to get their sites to rank among the highest results on Google. Everyone [...]

Robot chalks tweets on Tour de France route

Cycling at the Tour de France has taken a techie turn. Not only is Lance Armstrong posting to Twitter from the race, but a Chalkbot -- a robot that w [...]

Governments trying to reel in 'ocean sprawl'

The oceans, like the land, have gotten crowded, and scientists and policy makers are looking for ways to plan ocean development. The goal is to preve [...]

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