Devices-iPods iPhones Xboxes & TiVos-control that the developers of these "tethered appliances" retain threatens to stifle the innovation that gave rise to the Internet, and it can be turned against us too--to spy on us, sell our secrets, silence dissent..

As the country's electric-power infrastructure ages and demand for energy grows, Holbrook Superconductor in Long Island may have a possible high-tech solution in the form of stainless steel tubes, carrying 400,000 volts. Steve Gelsi reports. (July 9) © 2

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Earth view from space.Nasa photos

When David Jeselsohn, a Swiss-Israeli collector, bought this ancient tablet from a Jordanian antiquities dealer, he was unaware of its significance

The latest studies survey swathes of entire genomes and produce maps of human movements across much of the world. They also describe how people's genes have adapted to changes in diet, climate and disease.

Rather than suppressing local communities in developing nations, nature reserves attract human settlement, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

Hutchison Effects are collection of phenomena which were discovered accidentally by John Hutchison during attempts to study the longitudinal waves of Tesla back in 1979