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In emergency care every second counts. LifeBot, the telemedicine unit that connects ambulances to hospitals with patient data and live video feeds, has just got even more mobile. No longer confined to the ambulance, the ...

One of the Wii U's closest relatives isn't from Nintendo's past. It's a controller accessory with a surprising cult following. To most of the world, Sega's Visual Memory Unit has been been dead for the better part of a d...

And yours, too! Where are our mass-produced robot butlers already, the Rosies of our Jetsons families? Still a ways off, unfortunately, but here's the next best thing: 'Roboy,' a child-like service bot that researchers a...

Late fall rains signal the start of mushroom season, which can last until spring in the Bay Area. Though only experts should forage and eat wild mushrooms (following park rules about harvesting), anyone can appreciate th...

From the devastation wrought by superstorm Sandy to vanishing Arctic sea ice, we round up the biggest environment stories of the year

The latest inventions take to the skies. From pilotless cargo copters to air pressure suits that can fly from the edge of space, these innovations represent the year's most important achievements in aerospace technology....

An at-a-glance summary of the year's 25 most important scientific events.

Trick your dinner guests into thinking you're a master chef by manipulating all their senses (full text available to subscribers)

Six mega-projects, from a supercomputer brain simulation to a real-life SimCity on a global scale, are vying for two prizes, each worth $1 billion