Informative piece on how mirrors and the mind work together...do mirrors lie, or is it our brains that don't perceive reality? Read about mirror therapy, how our perceptions of ourselves are mentally enhanced, and more.

There's a new boy on the block: the iKan. This countertop device scans your empty containers and, with its hidden Wi-Fi antenna, adds the item to a list via your wireless connection. When you're ready, 1 click of the mouse gets your groceries delivered.

Scientists show off the blueprint for an "acoustic cloak", which could make objects impervious to sound waves. The technology, outlined in the New Journal of Physics, could be used to build sound-proof homes, advanced concert halls or stealth warships.

Many entrepreneurs, activists, and marketers are leveraging the social web for positive change. In the process and by its very nature, they are giving each of us the tools to change the world and make it a better place. Here are 10 worth exploring.

If the establishment is successful in convincing the people of the world to put all of their personal and private information on this network, this will be the equivalent of Big Brother on steroids.

Before Muskogee (Creek) Indian tribes inhabited Georgia, a more mysterious native culture known only by its archaeological name, the Swift Creek, walked the same land. They left behind elaborate paddle-stamped ceramics

Two men pursuing a lawsuit in federal court in Hawaii think a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole that will spell the end of the Earth.

Nipah virus is a new and deadly brain and lung disease that emerged from Singapore and Malaysia ten years ago.

Over the past 150 years, many archaeologists have sought to prise Jerusalem's secrets from the ground with varying degrees of success. Initially, it was the romance and mystery of this centre of faith that drew Europeans and Americans there.

In a paper published in the weekly British journal Nature, geochemists believe they have found the answer in ancient layers of black shale, a sedimentary rock rich in organic matter found in the sea.