The success of efforts to map the human genome is driving the development of a new industry, bioinformatics, which in turn is driving the future of advanced computing.
The nascent Indian Space Agency is planning an unmanned mission to the moon as a way of bolstering their standing in the international space community.
New research shows that aerosol particulates from urban and industrial areas help reflect sunlight back into space.
Physicists at the University of Washington are developing an interstellar space drive that would combine plasma-power with solar sail technology to achieve speeds of around 180,000 miles an hour.