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We conducted a poll to see how many of our users were aware of the lack of clean water around the world.

SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill celebrates after his flight secured the Ansari XPRIZE in 2004. Credit: Wikimedia Commons There are some probl…

After three years of competition, 25 teams have been selected to go on to the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, held this summer in Pamona, California.

Got a trip coming up to an exotic destination? Imagine how awesome it would be to understand at least a little of the local language.

A revolutionary form of carbon-capture technology could help combat climate change by drastically reducing atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

Smaller wind turbines, like the Wind Tree, could allow for small-scale wind power operations to be built within urban environments.

Operation Blue Sky and the San Antonio Mx Challenge are two incentive challenges that are helping to make social change happen.

When older sports meet newer generations, the challenge is to keep them current.

In a series of clinical studies, graphene oxide was used to kill cancer stem cells, a breakthrough that may result in new cancer treatments.

A close-up of wearable computer researcher Steve Mann using a "scratchable input" on his hand. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Is Steve Mann a cyborg? The University of Toronto researcher says the term is not an accurate one to describe the wearable computers he uses and researches, but it presents some interesting questions. Mann has been criticized for wearing computers that can record video and perform other functions that we are more used to seeing humans do than other people. And as bionics become more advanced, we are now implanting computers in our bodies instead to supplement or even enhance our native capabilities. Cochlear implants (which are electronic devices) are now regularly used to give the sense of sound to somebody who previously couldn't hear. And a few weeks ago, Minnesota's Allen Zderad received a bionic eye that allowed the 68-year-old, who had a degenerative eye disease for 20 years, to see his wife for the first time in 10 years. So there are definite medical uses for some devices, but how far should we go?