White coats at Cornell University have demonstrated a photon-based system that has the potential to squeeze more data into packets sent over the Internet.

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

Time to get serious about science education, says physics professor.

Father of the World Wide Web wants to make it an object of scientific inquiry.

Planning for invasion of large breasted amazons in skimpy uniforms.

From Asimov to the Codex Derynianus, the new Tor Books online bookstore is shaping up to be as Aladdin's Cave for science fiction, graphic novels and other books.

Science writer dies at home in Sri Lanka.

Computational science causing revolution in research.

Two new projects stem from science fiction writer's work.

The GENI is out of the bottle.

Daniel Reed heads for Redmond.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

To honour John Hughes, we've listed tech movies that give you all an excuse to sit down with a DVD or two and enjoy tech in the movies..

A fortnight ago we reviewed the worst villains in computing history. But what would a villain be without a hero to battle with?

A huge, underground abandoned former gold mine has been painstakingly emptied to give scientists a 5,000 feet deep lab to research dark matter

We've heard much about the promise, and now some new augmented reality video footage has us wondering if it's a better idea than we first thought

Part of the appeal of science fiction is its ability to transport you to other places, something these web sites do to great effect with artwork, movies and more.

Taking a page out of the popular science fiction series, scientists have managed to turn aluminium into a new transparent form of matter, after it was placed under extreme ultraviolent radiation.

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