The technology for the individual features already exists, including military drones to send for help. But engineering, testing and producing all the car's special features would cost millions of dollars, she added.

Scientists at the University of Leicester find that the more instruments a robotic explorer uses, the better it is at finding signs of life.

NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman squeezed in some laughs amid his busy day aboard the international space station Thursday during an orbital call from comedian Stephen Colbert.

Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted in.

Playing video games does not turn children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers.

While vying for similar audiences at the same time, "Grand Theft Auto IV" bested "Iron Man" by about $300 million in their respective first weeks on the small and big screens.

The recent Midwestern quake and temblors near Reno and the Myanmar cyclone were just another day for Planet Earth.

Myanmar cyclone ranks among the deadliest Asian storms in modern times. Here are nine more of the deadliest storms since 1970, plus the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.

The platypus sports fur like a mammal, paddles its duck feet like a bird and lays eggs in the manner of a reptile. Nature's instruction manual for this oddball, it turns out, is just as much of a mishmash.

When it comes to printers and printing, some of you are going green and saving green. Thats what you said in e-mail responses to questions about whether youre printing more now at home than you did a year ago, or even five years ago.

With a growing number of young people plugged into digital music players, hearing loss is a concern. A number of companies have come up with earphones that are safer to use.

Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas.

Launched on Wednesday, the site helps you identify and eventually to buy virtually any product featured in your favorite shows and movies or used by a celebrity.

As much fun as video games are, they can also be incredibly frustrating. Its infuriating to play and replay (and replay) a level. But it's so gratifying once you beat it!

Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer.

Where might extraterrestrial life lurk? Check out eight of the most promising prospects, ranging from Mars to distant stars.

Where would these United States be if the first Continental Congress convened to efficiently jot down a petition to King George delineating the colony rights and grievances, but never got around to it because they got too distracted poking Betsey Ross and checking out Thomas Jeffersons Twitter feed?