A Dutch company has demoed the first stealthy wind turbine that uses similar materials to stealth aircraft Wind turbines can be a radar operator's worst nightmare. By scrambling radar waves as blades spin faster or slower, large wind farms are s...

After over 25 years of failed formulas, an HIV vaccine has, for the first time, displayed the ability to confer some immunity against the virus. Deployed in a clinical trial in Thailand, the vaccine managed to prevent infection in a significant minor...

Meet Lrry, a part-equine, part-reptile fire-breathing monster. Don't call Lyle Rowell's giant fire-breathing robot a dog. The artist, who lives in Rimini, Italy, insists that his 1,900-pound creation, Lrry (pronounced "Larry"), is actually a...

For blind people who can't perfect the system of clicks and whistles designed in Spain for human echolocation, researchers at the University of Bristol in England have created a new solution: a helmet that automatically transforms a map of the su...

NASA's Endeavour shuttle launched yesterday evening, after a near-record five delays, on a mission to aid in International Space Station construction for 16 days. However, the craft lost about a dozen pieces of fuel-tank debris during lift off,...

The first new embryonic stem cell lines are set to roll out after President Obama lifted Bush-era restrictions last spring President Obama lifted the Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell lines last spring, but hundreds of cell lines have...

Imagine your unit is working through a valley in Eastern Afghanistan trying to root out an insurgent group that’s been operating from the mountains above. It would be strategically advantageous to know exactly who and what awaits you on the other...

A designer proposes a military-style vehicle that can fight and survive fires Get ready for a firefighting vehicle that might have arrived from your old Saturday morning GI Joe cartoons. Yanko has showcased an ATV design by Liam Ferguson that can...

Rare behemoth star produces antimatter and collapses in a runaway nuclear reaction that leaves nothing behind Stars don't tend to go quietly, and the most massive of them all create a supernova explosion 50 to 100 times brighter than normal. Now...

It finally looks like a house! Here's a look at the final push to the get the dry box up before the snow flies I can't believe it, but the entire box is now up. All the wall and roof panels have been installed. As you may recall the second floor was a...