Study reveals potential breakthrough in hearing technology

Researchers have found a new way to help the hearing impaired by removing background noise from the sounds transmitted by hearing aids.

This car has no engine, no transmission, no differential

The car is all electric and has no emissions. "You can use wind power or solar power, and contribute toward reducing our dependency on fossil oils," says engineer Junmin Wang

NASA’s MAVEN mission, to launch today, will seek a lost Mars

The video is an artist's concept showing the transition from an ancient, habitable Mars capable of supporting liquid water on its surface to the cold desert world of today.

How do we balance needs of energy, water, and climate?

A new MIT study underscores the need to examine trade-offs before choosing energy technologies.

Comet ISON has an outburst!

"We have no idea ... what ISON will do in the next couple of weeks! We simply urge everyone who can to get out and observe it while they can."

Your brain sees things you don’t

Our brains process visual input that we never consciously perceive. A study challenges currently accepted models about how the brain processes visual information.

Video: Home at the shore

A thanks to those working on the Jersey shore to restore damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. This video shows the beauty that's still there.

Video: Zombie coral reefs

What corals are, and how some species of coral can seemingly come back... from the dead!

Babies’ weak immune systems may benefit them

Newborns' immune systems may be deliberately suppressed to help them make friends with microbes.

Incredible images and video of Super Typhoon Haiyan

Death toll is rising as reports trickle in from storm-damaged areas. Video and images here of Super Typhoon Haiyan.