Using homemade lab equipment and the wealth of scientific knowledge available online, these hobbyists are trying to create new life forms through genetic engineering - a field long dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories. ...more

December 26, 2008

Ah, the splendor of firing up that huge new HDTV you got for the holidays, or that spiffy new game console or cell phone. ...more

January 5, 2008

Already three days into 2008 and as I write this on the evening of Jan. 1, I have succeeded in my resolution of drastically lowering the amount of money I spend on my refreshments and doing some exercise to lose some of my excess inches around my waistline. ...more

January 3, 2008

I have a refurbished MacBook and have yet to back up any of my files. Can you recommend an external hard drive that is idiot-proof? ...more

December 10, 2007

LAKE PLACID — The plane takes off with a buzz, and immediately climbs nearly straight up. Sergio Sofo is at the controls of a Banshee 3D. What kind of plane is that? "It's an extreme aerobatics model," explains Brian Miller, vice president of the Lake Placid Aeromodelers. "It does things a plane shouldn't be able to do." One reason why: it has a two-cylinder, 100cc engine, like a small motorcycle. But it's so light, the owner can hold it in one hand. There's a 2:1 power-to-weight ratio, Miller said, which is why it can thrust into a nearly vertical takeoff. A few minutes into the flight, Sofo put the plane into a Lomcevak, a quadruple, wing-over-wing, tail-over-head somersault that looked like it was in trouble and crashing to the earth. Then, about 100 feet from real peril, the Banshee sprang to life and flew off horizontally. ...more

November 20, 2007

An Australian man whose parents flew here from Sydney to report him missing after not hearing from him for a month has been found safe, police said. ...more

November 14, 2007

TAMPA - An Australian man whose parents flew here from Sydney to report him missing after not hearing from him for a month has been found safe, police said. ...more

November 13, 2007