Now that we’re past Halloween, maybe you’re thinking about holiday shopping. If you do it online and want to reduce your carbon footprint, it’s actually good to buy early!

Thanks to “man’s best friend,” researchers are making progress on developing an artificial nose that can “smell” the presence of bacterial infection.

Computers are getting so close to human-like activities that it’s becoming spooky. That’s the topic of a new book called The Creativity Code.

As Virginia warns of a potentially bad wildfire season and dangerous fires continue to burn in California, engineers are developing a new tool to stop wildfires in their tracks.

A new technique might soon allow you to stream High Definition video from a camera so small it could be attached to your glasses.

Diagnosing lung diseases ideally uses tools like chest X-rays and blood tests, but in low-resource communities the stethoscope is often the only tool.

Antarctica is melting faster than expected, so a U-N report released this week says, unless something is done, sea levels will likely rise higher by the end of this century than previous estimates. Some scientists say it may be time to think of radical solutions.

Antarctica is melting faster than expected, so a U-N report released this week says, unless something is done, sea levels will likely rise higher by the end of this century than previous estimates. Some scientists say it may be time to think of radical solutions.

While political views differ, democracy depends upon a basic agreement about facts. Can technology help people sort truth from trash in social media?

It’s certainly not cold weather for today’s Redskins-Cowboys game, but you’ll probably see the receivers wearing gloves anyway.