survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test. According to the national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences:...

ESF) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), and held in Japan early this year, where young researchers active in cognitive sciences and robotics came together to push for a new generation of intelligent machines. The problem of making robots...

agreed to acquire Fraud Sciences, an Israeli security company, for $169 million. Paypal is by far the most widely used online payment service, and as such it is one of the biggest targets for phishing and other Internet scams. Fraud Sciences has developed technology...

of Arts and Sciences at Harvard were hacked last month and the intruder appears to have placed the data on Torrent sites.. Cambridge (MA) - The servers of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard were hacked last month resulting in confidential...

consumer electronics, infrastructure and applications software, networking, storage, databases, and other back-end systems.We are almost certainly not an appropriate investor for any of the following domains: "clean", "green", energy, transportation, life sciences...

that too much texting could lead to temporary or permanent damage to the thumbs," said Peter W. Johnson, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington. He said it was too early to tell if the stress...

identity. Back in February, "Daniel" posted up a Craigslist ad selling two tickets to the Academy Awards for $2500 each. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences sued Craigslist for the identity of the seller because reselling of the tickets is against...