European Shift in Genetically Modified Crops

Europeans appear headed toward letting local jurisdictions decide whether to ban or plant genetically modified foods.

"Machines Just Took Over"

"Today ... caused me to fall out of my chair at one point. It felt like we lost control," said a chief investment officer about the May 6 lightning-fast stock market crash driven by trading bots.

Setback for Longevity Drug

Clinical trials of the most-ballyhooed drug promising radical life extension have been halted due to safety concerns.

Lash Enhancers With Weird Side Effects Boom

Did you know that your eyelash-growing prescription drug can permanently turn your blue eyes brown, and grow hair on your cheeks?

Maybe It Is Over for the Human Race, After All.

The American Bar Association Journal, and the liability lawyers, have discovered robots.

Lotsa Bots

In an effort to bring together the top academic robotics labs under one roof, a project called EXPO21XX has created an online exhibition to showcase the diversity in today's robotics research.

Even the Zeitgeist is Subject to Immutable Delay

Consumer response to genetic testing outfits like 23andMe is tepid, according to The New York Times.

Dodging the FDA to Use Stem Cells

Joel has been waiting to see appear a way to test emerging biotech that would be faster and cheaper than the hopelessly creaky FDA model. He thought it would come out of China or India. Nope. Colorado.

Just Like Mombot Used to Make

If you want humans to like robots, make robots that offer them food, figure the researchers at Carnegie Mellon.

Cultural Revolution Hits the Air Force

The rise of its flying robot wranglers and the declining need for fighter pilots is creating such profound change that the U.S. Air Force is confronting the question: "Why does the country need an independent Air Force?”