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Embryonic stem cell research supporters are urging President George W. Bush to withdraw his threat to veto legislation that would allow federal funding for the controversial studies. The bill, which passed the House a year ago, is expected to gain broad bipartisan support in the Senate when it comes...
It seems rarer than ever these days that a majority of Americans can get together, rally round a common cause, hash out their differences, and forge a consensus in support of a durable and lasting approach to a pressing and vital public issue. Yet that is what is happening as a groundswell builds fr...
The U.S. Senate on Thursday reached a landmark agreement to vote on controversial legislation that would allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The bill, which passed the House a year ago, is expected to gain broad bipartisan support in the Senate when it comes to a vote, likely in ...
Despite lingering concerns and objections from two top safety officials, the crew of the space shuttle Discovery continued with preparations for Saturday's planned launch. NASA reports a 60 percent chance that weather will delay the mission. The Discovery crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Cape...
British and U.S. scientists are developing an "emotionally aware" computer that can gauge an individual's thoughts by analyzing facial expressions. The technology could have practical applications for people with autism, researchers said. "People express their mental states all the time through faci...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's timing couldn't be better. The National Academy of Sciences Thursday reported that it's been 2,000 years since the Earth has had as high a temperature as it has right now. The news is giving Gore's New York Times bestselling book, An Inconvenient Truth a convenie...
NASA Glenn Research Center is leading efforts to develop a new space vehicle to replace the space shuttle and take astronauts to the moon and beyond. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced several new exploration work assignments for the Cleveland-based NASA Glenn Rese...
Many business and IT leaders view headlines regarding worries of a bird flu or other outbreak as just that: headlines. However, despite their wide-open opportunity to actually become prepared for such an outbreak or pandemic which, if it were to happen, could significantly stifle workers and product...
The green technology investment movement is gaining ground. Investors, like AOL founder Steve Case, venture capitalist John Doerr, and Microsoft's Bill Gates, among other luminaries, are pouring millions of dollars into environmentally friendly, or environmentally sound, technologies. "Green-tech co...
The human tongue could lead to the creation of the super soldier of the future. Scientists at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition have found a way to use the tongue to give soldiers extrasensory abilities. A device known as "Brain Port" provides users with owl-like 360-degree visio...
In the art house film, "Wit," Emma Thompson plays an always-acerbic college English professor whose approach to life is challenged by the sudden onset of cancer, and the resultant treatment of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy regime is often worse than the cancer itself, what with countless visits to ...
Meet Mapusaurus roseae, the largest carnivore on Earth recorded to date. Paleontologists working in the Patagonian wilderness in Argentina who found the remains of the 41-foot long and 15,000-pound dinosaur species said it roamed Earth 100 million years ago and was far bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex....
Nintendo this week released an American version of Japan's No. 1 brain training game, "Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day," for the Nintendo DS. Japanese neurologist Ryuta Kawashima, who maintains that regularly doing easy and fast-paced mental activities can keep brains young, strong and ...
NASA won't release its 70-page report on why the DART spacecraft didn't complete its mission last year because of its sensitive content, the agency said. "The official DART Mishap Investigation Report will not be publicly released because it contains information that is protected by U.S. Internation...
People who have had "near-death experiences" (NDEs) often report seeing a light at the end of a dark tunnel. TV shows, movies and books drill this crossing-over concept into viewers' minds. However, a study published in Neurology, a scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, finds that...
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