A case history of a schizophrenic child who converted himself into a "machine" because he did not dare be human. His story sheds light on emotional development in a mechanized society ...

The centennial of the discovery of brain waves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving Nazis, war between Russia and Ukraine, suicide and the vicissitudes of history ...

The lowly lab tech can spend hours with a scientific syringe “pipette,” manually moving liquids from tube to tube. Attempts to automate the process have not taken off because the robots ...

A century ago, physics had its Darwinian moment — a change in perspective that was as consequential for the physical sciences as the theory of evolution by natural selection was for biology.

A ship might require a certain flight path or orientation, for instance, to ensure optimal viewing conditions for its cameras, but at the expense of some other scientific reading (an ultraviolet ...

Brenda Song knew she wanted to be a part of the film The Last Showgirl as soon as she heard that Pamela Anderson was its star. “I was like, 'A showgirl movie with Pamela Anderson! Yes!

The crazy contraption pictured in the image is the first portable railgun, a futuristic projectile launcher associated most commonly with the military or NASA. The man in the image above isn’t ...

It’s the scientific method — only supercharged. What once took years can now be done in days, hours and minutes. In some cases, the accelerated cycles of inquiry help scientists open new ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...