INVISIBILITY devices, long the realm of science fiction and fantasy, have moved closer after scientists engineered a material that can bend visible light around objects.
The breakthrough could lead to rendering anything from people to large objects
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65. A family member found him unrespon
Emotiv's elegant, lightweight EPOC headset is a piece of cutting-edge technology that grants Yoda-like telepathic powers, allowing players of computer games to move items on screen with merely their thoughts. Due for release by year's end, th
Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry is claiming to have sunk a Georgian missile boat that was trying to attack Russian navy ships in the Black Sea. "Georgian missile patrol boats today made two attempts to attack Russian military ship
A senior U.S. military official says the Americans have begun flying Georgian troops home from Iraq after they requested help with transportation. Georgia has called its 2,000 troops home from Iraq to help in the fighting against Russia
Iraq's foreign minister insisted Sunday that any security deal with the United States must contain a "very clear timeline" for the departure of U.S. troops. But Zebari made clear that the Iraqis would not accept a deal that lacks a time
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says there's a lot of truth to President George Bush's comment that Wall Street "got drunk and now it's got a hangover," and it will aid understanding of the current economic climate.
And they should fear us. This is a deep Lesson of the Paul Campaign - that the revolution is perhaps more real than any of us give it credit for. It’s a lesson clearly lost not only on mainstream politicos but even to some degree on Ron Paul, his top
Few American exports have proved as popular as credit cards. In just a generation, they have gone from a totem of Western affluence to an everyday accessory in Brazil, Mexico, India, China, South Korea and elsewhere. More than two-thirds of the world
The president of a school safety consulting firm said districts which are considering arming its police officers with Tasers, have to take a conservative approach to their deployment and develop a comprehensive policy. But an attorney for the America
Drug companies are quietly pushing through price hikes of 100% — or even more than 1,000% — for a very small but growing number of prescription drugs, helping to drive up costs for insurers, patients and government programs.
The video shows undercover Deputy Brian Tollison pulling over a truck driven by a drug suspect and beating the teenage driver while what appears to be a back-up deputy held down him down.
The Transportation Security Administration may allow airports to ban firearms from terminals, parking lots, roads and other airport areas where many states currently allow carry. "Any decisions we make could affect every other airport in the cou
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan qualified Friday for a November showdown with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, collecting the signatures needed to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Congress. "We're very excited," said Sheehan
A one euro coin has turned up in Spain bearing the face of cartoon couch potato Homer Simpson instead of that of the country's king, a sweetshop owner told Reuters on Friday.
On Labor Day, September 1, about 2380 individual members of the Republican Party will congregate in St. Paul, Minnesota to choose an individual to be their nominee for President of the United States. This is no small matter and who they nominate as
The fighting that began when Georgian forces tried to retake the capital of the South Ossetia, Tskinvali, appeared to be developing into the worst clashes between Russia and a foreign military since the 1980s war with Afghanistan.
A Chinese man stabbed the in-laws of the US Olympic men's volleyball coach, killing one and injuring the other. Attacked two American tourists on the opening day of the Olympic Games, killing one of them before committing suicide.
A number of readers are sending in links to a video from the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference last month, in which Lawrence Lessig recounts a conversation over dinner with Richard Clarke, the former government counter-terrorism czar.
“The frightening thing is they say they are taking no options off the table, even nuclear first strike,” Paul said. Paul believes from talking with his contacts in and around Congress that a strike on Iran has already been green-lighted.
A freshman U.S. representative on Thursday became the first Tennessee congressman to lose a primary since 1966 after a bruising campaign in which he was accused of selling out to "Big Oil."
[Couldn't afford Disneyland this summer.] Authorities say a grandmother was arrested for driving around the parking lot of a Marathon grocery store with her 3-year-old grandchild sitting on the roof of the car.
"Please, sir, maintain the decorum of these proceedings so we can move forward to an amicable separation. I give you my personal assurance on the safety and well-being of all Federal personnel we have detained for immediate repatriation to the r
Karen Fletcher will be sentenced under a plea bargain for having written fictional stories about sex with children. Prosecutors have already indicted writer Frank McCoy for similar writings, depicting the stories in question as "child pornograph
When U.S. officials appeal to the Iranian people over the heads of its regime, they like to assume that Tehran's defiance on the nuclear issue reflects only the extremist position of an unrepresentative revolutionary leadership. Plainly, they hav
The Seattle-based bank reported a $3 billion second-quarter loss last month -- the biggest quarterly loss in its history -- as it increased its loss reserves to more than $8 billion to cover souring loans in its mortgage portfolio.
"The administration's own Department of Energy says the effects of drilling now wouldn't even be felt until 2030," Stewart objected. "Unless we could somehow whittle that figure down?"