Artificial wombs and experiments on human embryos grown in the lab will be commonplace and no big deal ethically in 30 years, several scientists predict.

Scientists have confirmed that the first genetically altered humans have been born and are healthy. Up to 30 such children have been born - 15 of them as a result of one experimental programme at a US laboratory.

According to history books, gun-wielding European slave traders kidnapped one in five Africans and transported them across the oceans to the Americas. A less visible, but no means less drastic technological tool of suppression, is the compass..........

The state Department of Agriculture lost track of hundreds of viruses and microbes imported to Hawai'i for research purposes over a five-decade period because of a breakdown in the agency's paperwork system.

--It was 50 years ago that physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his discovery of a purported cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, his books burned and his equipment destroyed by the government.

Many a mother has said, with a sigh, "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump, too?"

For the first time, scientists have created dozens of cloned embryos from adult primates. But what are the implications of this technical breakthrough for the future of mankind?

IBM will provide a baggage management system to control and track each bag using robot handling software and RFID.

In 2009, worldwide laptop sales are expected to surpass desktop sales for the first time--reaching more than 150 million. Most people will keep a laptop for just three years or so before shelving it or tossing it onto a junk heap.

Imagine a microchip the size of a grain of rice, implanted under your skin, that doctors can scan in order to retrieve your medical information. The American Medical Association has endorsed the use of implantable microchips to help reduce medical.......