If you ask me, cosmologists' new "Big Brain Theory" is proof positive that they've lost theirs. ...more

January 18, 2008

Global warming and rocketing oil prices are making nuclear power fashionable, drawing a once-demonized industry out of the shadows of the Chernobyl disaster as a potential shining knight of clean energy. ...more

January 13, 2008

Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago. ...more

December 30, 2007

The number of Hillsborough County children sheltered by the state has dropped drastically this year because of a new program that puts help into the home so children can stay put. ...more

December 27, 2007

Feeling rattled? Stock investors have been through the wringer during the past five months, sweating through nasty market declines and savoring the recoveries that followed. ...more

December 16, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist has a grand vision for Florida's energy future. It includes solar panels dotting the rooftops of homes and businesses, wind turbines whipping the sky and new nuclear reactors sending clouds of steam into the air. ...more

December 4, 2007

TAMPA - Thousands of U.S. soldiers have been killed, injured or permanently crippled because of small explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan, turning the simplest job in the field into a life-threatening ordeal. ...more

November 25, 2007

But next-generation astronauts could shed their armor and limited range of motion for a new style in cosmic fashion: the BioSuit. ...more

October 22, 2007

From clothes riddled with sensors to name tags that detect our moods, computing's next wave could unleash small devices that increasingly augment everyday activities with digital intelligence. ...more

October 13, 2007