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By Marc Hertz | Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:54 PM ET

Sony's game console will allow gamers a richer video game experience soon enough. Read More

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By David Bois | Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:12 PM ET

New developments in nuclear energy that address long-term risk and waste storage merit awareness and consideration. Meet the man behind them. Read More

More like this in: Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas, Atmosphere, Greenhouse, Nuclear Power

By David Bois | Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:24 PM ET

NoiseTube's new cell phone application uses device's microphone and GPS to compile maps of noise pollution. Read More

More like this in: Google, New York, Europe, Boston, Pollution, Paris, European Union, Mental Health, Maps, Noise Pollution, Noise

By David Bois | Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:05 PM ET

CT scans of mummies shows evidence that heart disease is not strictly a modern ailment after all. Read More

More like this in: Health, Technology, Diet, University of California, Heart Disease, Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal

By David Jenison | Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:31 AM ET

They're not cheap, but a legendary German automaker is due to have the first electric Porsches screaming down the autobahn next year. Read More

More like this in: Siemens, Technology, Business, Eco-Friendly, Emissions, Germany, Electric Car, Hydroelectric, Automobiles, Tesla Roadster, Bavaria

By David Bois | Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:25 AM ET

Unlike the salamander and some other critters, we can't grow back missing body parts, but medical science rapidly approaches the next best thing. Read More

More like this in: Hope, Georgia Institute of Technology

By Marc Hertz | Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:22 PM ET

ShopSavvy app finally comes to iPhone, conveniently in time for the holiday shopping season madness. Read More

More like this in: iPhone, iPhone app, TechCrunch, Android Phone, Black Friday, Bar Codes

By Chaniga Vorasarun | Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:44 PM ET

The "Big Bang machine" is ground to a halt by an unexpected predator. Read More

More like this in: Switzerland, Large Hadron Collider, Particle Physics

By David Bois | Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:04 PM ET

DJ Spooky's "Sinfonia Antarctica" uses the sounds made by ice in a 70 minute hip-hop multimedia performance focused on global climate change. Read More

More like this in: Music, Travel, Science, YouTube, New Scientist, Hip-Hop, Antarctica, Brooklyn Academy of Music

By David Bois | Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:41 PM ET

Hacked Roombas plus idle time equals an entirely new spin on a classic 1980s arcade game at the University of Colorado. Read More

More like this in: Robots, University of Colorado