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Climos enlists plankton, venture funds to fight climate change

February 25, 2008 9:46 AM PST

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

December 17, 2007 9:54 AM PST

At the intersection of science and technology, 2007 was overrun by robots and space adventures.

Is this bike made from spider webs?

November 19, 2007 4:16 PM PST

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.
Photos: Weaving Arantix bikes by hand

Rating Al Gore's tech cred

November 2, 2007 9:50 AM PDT

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.

Creating power out of thin air

October 26, 2007 12:58 PM PDT

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.

GeneTree sprouts genealogy branches

January 4, 2008 8:59 AM PST

James Lee Sorenson oversees a social-networking genealogy Web site, tapping into what he calls the most viral network today--the family.

From blue collar to green chemistry

October 9, 2007 4:09 PM PDT

First up, says professor John Warner, is recognizing the toxic side effects of the tech boom. Then design flaws can be fixed accordingly.

Traveling exhibit offers 'CSI' experience

October 4, 2007 12:22 PM PDT

Visitors to a Boston science museum solve simulated crimes through lab experiments, 'morgue' visits and computer analysis.
Photos: Exhibit lets you star in 'CSI'

Temporary parks dominate parking spaces across the U.S.

September 24, 2007 4:24 AM PDT

reporter's notebook On the third-annual PARK(ing) Day, urban parking spaces across the country were commandeered and turned into small oases.
Photos: Put up a PARK(ing) lot

NASA pundits launch debate over space flight

September 27, 2007 5:17 PM PDT

Panelists at a conference in Pasadena, Calif., question whether there's a need to put another man on the moon.

Engineering a new curriculum

September 27, 2007 11:44 AM PDT

UC Berkeley is remaking its engineering program to attract new students. On the agenda: nanotech, biology, social engineering.

Coming to grips with intelligent machines

September 7, 2007 12:18 PM PDT

Technologists head to San Francisco to discuss the benefits and risks of AI and how to deal with computers that are smarter than humans.

Visiting San Francisco Bay, in a warehouse

August 27, 2007 5:55 PM PDT

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Bay Model is a wonder of watershed sims, even after computers replaced it.
Photos: A model bay

Google Earth gazes into deep space

August 22, 2007 8:12 AM PDT

New mode shows moons, planets, stars and galaxies as seen from the Hubble Space Telescope and Earth's leading observatories.
Images: Google Earth beams you into space

William Gibson heads for 'Spook Country'

August 6, 2007 3:25 PM PDT

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.

House OKs billions of dollars for federal science, tech projects

August 3, 2007 7:33 AM PDT

Tech industry-backed bill is expected to go before the Senate on Friday amid lingering reservations about its price tag.

Blown away by the Very Large Array

August 1, 2007 6:24 PM PDT

On the Plains of San Agustin, 27 huge dish antennas make up the world's largest radio telescope.
Photos: Astronomy central

Fighting snow blindness in high summer

July 27, 2007 6:48 PM PDT

The gypsum sand dunes of White Sands National Monument are an amazement worth driving to New Mexico to see.
Photos: Bright lights, big sand dunes

Why do humans walk on two legs? To save energy

July 23, 2007 1:29 PM PDT

Chimps on treadmills may help explain why human ancestors evolved into bipeds 10 million years ago.
Images: Humans vs. chimps at the gym

Testing the waters for clean tech

August 3, 2007 6:58 AM PDT

Sensicore, which marries IT and water management, is one of the few clean tech start-ups planning an IPO.
Photos: Water monitors