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Climos enlists plankton, venture funds to fight climate change
Shortly after rival Planktos folds, ocean fertilization start-up Climos is set to announce $4 million in series A venture funding.
Year in review: Entrepreneurs, NASA shoot for the moon
At the intersection of science and technology, 2007 was overrun by robots and space adventures.
December 17, 2007 9:54 AM PSTIs this bike made from spider webs?
It's a bike that's made from a few really long strands of carbon fiber. It doesn't weigh much--and it definitely turns heads.
Rating Al Gore's tech cred
Pol who invented the Internet and scares the world about global warming wants to be taken seriously? Why not, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper.
November 2, 2007 9:50 AM PDTCreating power out of thin air
Imagine a material that can suck in heat from the environment and power a notebook. A New Jersey company is aiming to do just that.
October 26, 2007 12:58 PM PDTGeneTree sprouts genealogy branches
James Lee Sorenson oversees a social-networking genealogy Web site, tapping into what he calls the most viral network today--the family.
January 4, 2008 8:59 AM PSTFrom blue collar to green chemistry
First up, says professor John Warner, is recognizing the toxic side effects of the tech boom. Then design flaws can be fixed accordingly.
October 9, 2007 4:09 PM PDTTraveling exhibit offers 'CSI' experience
Visitors to a Boston science museum solve simulated crimes through lab experiments, 'morgue' visits and computer analysis.
Temporary parks dominate parking spaces across the U.S.
reporter's notebook On the third-annual PARK(ing) Day, urban parking spaces across the country were commandeered and turned into small oases.
NASA pundits launch debate over space flight
Panelists at a conference in Pasadena, Calif., question whether there's a need to put another man on the moon.
September 27, 2007 5:17 PM PDTEngineering a new curriculum
UC Berkeley is remaking its engineering program to attract new students. On the agenda: nanotech, biology, social engineering.
September 27, 2007 11:44 AM PDTComing to grips with intelligent machines
Technologists head to San Francisco to discuss the benefits and risks of AI and how to deal with computers that are smarter than humans.
September 7, 2007 12:18 PM PDTVisiting San Francisco Bay, in a warehouse
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Bay Model is a wonder of watershed sims, even after computers replaced it.
Google Earth gazes into deep space
New mode shows moons, planets, stars and galaxies as seen from the Hubble Space Telescope and Earth's leading observatories.
William Gibson heads for 'Spook Country'
The science fiction author talks about his backward-looking new book, the "Google-ability of the text" and how Second Life meshes with the real world.
August 6, 2007 3:25 PM PDTHouse OKs billions of dollars for federal science, tech projects
Tech industry-backed bill is expected to go before the Senate on Friday amid lingering reservations about its price tag.
August 3, 2007 7:33 AM PDTBlown away by the Very Large Array
On the Plains of San Agustin, 27 huge dish antennas make up the world's largest radio telescope.
Fighting snow blindness in high summer
The gypsum sand dunes of White Sands National Monument are an amazement worth driving to New Mexico to see.
Why do humans walk on two legs? To save energy
Chimps on treadmills may help explain why human ancestors evolved into bipeds 10 million years ago.
Testing the waters for clean tech
Sensicore, which marries IT and water management, is one of the few clean tech start-ups planning an IPO.
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