Drones are useful, but they can also be dangerous. Yet there's a new kind of drone that's a lot safer to use around people. It's called "Skye" - and it works like a small, unmanned blimp...

In the past few years, the Mars Curiosity Rover has been giving us new insights about the Red Planet. Researchers have designed a device that they say could make collecting samples easier...

Morley Safer, one of our finest and most respected reporters at CBS News, died yesterday at the age of 84. For 46 years, he was a major part of the team at "60 Minutes"...

One of the reasons diamonds are so expense is that it takes so long for nature to form them. A startup in Silicon Valley has sped up the process, says our CBS News colleague John Blackstone...

Baseball cards have been around about as long as the game itself. But in recent years, they have become less and less popular - so, the makers of baseball cards are now going digital...

Doing the laundry can be such a hassle. But what if our clothes could clean themselves? It's been done in the movies, of course. Some scientists in Australia are putting their own spin on that...

More than fifty law enforcement agencies don't do high-speed chases any more. Instead, they're using a system called StarChase - which is turning out to be a safer way to nab suspects on the run...

It's always a good idea to pay attention when your mother is speaking to you. In fact, a new study suggests kids' brains respond more strongly to their mothers' voices than to those of female strangers...

We have an all-volunteer military these days, but that wasn't always the case. Ninety-nine years ago today, Congress passed the Selective Service Act of 1917 - the draft...

You've heard that several companies are working on driverless cars - cars that drive themselves using computer technology and GPS. How about driverless trucks?