Each year, tens of thousands of songbirds pass through Toronto and spend time at a wetland that juts out into Lake Ontario.

While at the Tommy Thompson Park, the birds feast on a buffet of ...   more »

BONITA, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The last week's events in Iran have underlined a new global reality: like it or not, common web and mobile technologies are changing all aspects of the world.

Over ...   more »

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--White House Office of Social Innovation officials gathered today with Silicon Valley philanthropy, business, and nonprofit leaders in a roundtable convened by the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of ...   more »

Who says the wheel is round?
Retired Chinese military officer Guan Baihua has created an edgy version of the traditional bicycle wheel.

He's even patented his new design, in case it catches on.

Guan had ...   more »

Traces of drugs, like cocaine and ecstasy, are found in the air over Madrid and Barcelona. Scientists say the tool they developed to detect the illegal substances could be used by police in the fight ...   more »

In the beginning it was mice ... then dogs ... and now a whole family of monkeys has joined the ranks of animals that glow in the dark.

Scientists are moving this bright field of ...   more »

A new fetal heart monitor will allow doctors to gauge the health of unborn babies much earlier than current technology allows. Researchers hope the new tool will give doctors a much bigger window to treat ...   more »

DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, UK (12 JUNE 2009) REUTERS -
The world's first zero-carbon emissions motorcycle race has been won in record time on the historic TT circuit on the Isle of Man, a small ...   more »