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• Filmmaker Douglas Trumbull Receives Honorary Oscar
  
• Putin Gets 'Prehistoric' Water From Antarctic Lake
  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given a water sample Friday taken from a pristine lake hidden under Antarctic ice for over a million years, after Russian scientists drilled down to its surface. The Russian strongman, who enjoys venturing into the wilderness and has...
• National Archives Shows Benjamin Franklin's Papers
  Documents from the National Archives are going on view to explore the life of Benjamin Franklin as a scientist, diplomat, philanthropist and founding father.A new exhibit, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World, will follow Franklin's life from his youth in Boston...
• Apple Reportedly Plans to Unveil New iPad in March
  Apple plans to unveil a new iPad early next month, according to a news report.
• Path Fumble Highlights Internet Privacy Concerns
  A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path has gone viral, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members' private data.
• Pa. Symphony Seeks Soloist via YouTube Contest
  The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is seeking instrumental soloists who aren't represented by talent agencies to post YouTube videos of their music in a contest that will let the public vote on which four will get to audition for musical director Manfred Honeck.
• Soulo Software Converts iPad Into Karaoke Machine
  Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public.
• Hyundai's Newest Features High Tech at 40 MPG
  With sporty styling and standard high-tech features, the Hyundai Veloster the automaker's fourth new car that earns a fuel mileage rating of 40 miles per gallon on the highway sure doesn't look like a fuel miser.No wonder. Hyundai officials want the compact car to...
• Russian Scientists Find Lake Way Down Under Antarctica
  Russian researchers say they have reached Antarctica's largest icebound freshwater lake hidden for millions of years under miles of ice.Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute said in Wednesday's statement that its team reached Lake Vostok on Sunday after more than...
• Wright Brothers' Ohio Bike Shop May Be Demolished
  An Ohio building constructed around the first Wright brothers' bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished, despite a resident's effort to preserve the site.A city planner tells the Dayton Daily News three walls of the bike shop stand...
• 2.1 Million Viewers Live Stream Super Bowl Online
  NEW YORK (AP) — NBC says that the first live stream of the Super Bowl drew 2.1 million unique viewers.The network said Tuesday that the number was a fraction of the record 111.3 million viewers that watched NBC's broadcast of the big game. But the network says it was still...
• Suzanne Somers: Stem Cells Re-grew My Breast
  Suzanne Somers agonized over the decision to use a cutting-edge stem cell technology to reconstruct the breast she lost to cancer. When she began researching the procedure, it wasn t being offered in the United States. Women who wanted to have stem cell breast...
• Neuroscience Becomes the New Face of Warfare
  Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain and electrical brain stimulation that boosts a soldier's combat ability may sound like science fiction warfare, but experts say advances in neuroscience mean such developments are on the horizon. Rapid progress in...
• Developing Nations Predicted to Lead in Biotech Crops
  Farmers in developing nations will sow more biotech crops than those in the industrialized world for the first time this year, with Brazil leading the charge, according to a report issued on Tuesday that showed steady growth in the use of genetically modified...
• Looking for Work? There May Be an App for That
  SAN FRANCISCO Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in the apps built for smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.The demand for those applications has created 466,000 jobs in the U.S....
• When Hearts Break, Love Apps Help Deal With Pain
  You thought you found your one true love online, but now you've been dumped by text or defriended on Facebook without a peep of explanation. Hours of bad TV in your bathrobe haven't helped. Your friends are tired of your whining. Forget a pampering makeover to help heal...
• Senate Bill Presses Role Against Companies' Cyber Threats
  WASHINGTON A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should...
• Hacking Is a Way of Life at Facebook
  NEW YORK Facebook's billionaire CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, calls himself a hacker. For most people, that word means something malicious shady criminals who listen in on private voice mails, or anonymous villains who cripple websites and break into email accounts.For...
• Google, Facebook Remove Content on India's Order
  NEW DELHI Google India has reportedly removed content deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy.Press Trust of India says that Facebook, Google and 20 other...
• Verizon to Set up Streaming Service With Redbox
  NEW YORK Challenging Netflix, Verizon says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox's parent, say the service will be national, apparently setting it up to compete with...
• VA Launches Massive Genetic Bank Project
  The Department of Veterans Affairs has started a massive project to compile a bank of genetic information on at least 1 million former military service members that could help develop new treatments for medical conditions and diseases. Nearly 51,000 veterans have agreed to...
• Japanese Entrepreneurs Aim for Silicon Valley
  TOKYO For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley.Small but growing numbers of Japanese entrepreneurs are jumping into the...
• Engineers Create 'Self-Guided' Bullet
  Figuring out how to pack a processor and other sophisticated equipment into a machine gun bullet has been a challenge, but engineers at Sandia National Laboratories say the miniature guidance system they've developed is a breakthrough.A bullet that directs itself like a...
• ABB, RWE Investigate Tech for Electric Car Charging
  ABB Ltd. and RWE AG have agreed to investigate a combined technology offering for networked charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, ABB said today in an emailed statement. ...
• Pew Study: Facebook Users Get More Than They Give
  NEW YORK The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook users, though.The average Facebook user get more than they give, according to a new Pew study. That means more messages, more likes, more comments....

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