The author looks at the growing impact of virtual worlds on the real world.
Edward Calabrese has found that low-level doses of radiation and even doses of arsenic or dioxin are not as harmful as one thought and may even be beneficial.
Kwabena Boahen, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, is trying to achieve artificial intelligence by reverse engineering the human brain and modelling computer chips on the results.
A powered exoskeleton could transform the average joe into a supersoldier.
Dread of this horrible epidemic is a dim memory confined to history books. But antibiotic-resistant plague is alive and well. and if it is used as a weapon, no one will be safe.
Discover magazine convened an all-star panel of robotic researchers to discuss 'how human should robots be?'.
After a string of failures with bloated big-budget projects, NASA is refocusing on 'small, fast, and cheap' robots and space probes.