Google’s prototype language translator, Conversation Mode now lets you communicate with locals in any part of the world.

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia.

Researchers are developing sensory devices to be installed in cars that would keep them from starting if the drivers have had too many drinks.
The new technology would require a passive set of sensors permanently installed in the vehicles or touch-sensitive contact points on a key fob or starter button would immediately register the level of alcohol in the bloodstream.

One of the long-standing mysteries in solar physics is why the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, is millions of degrees hotter than its surface.

Humans began to wear clothing 170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to migrate out of Africa successfully, a new study has claimed.
The evidence comes from seemingly very unfashionable lice, since US scientists tracked when head lice evolved into clothing or body lice 170,000 years ago, used DNA sequencing for their calculations.

Nasa said Thursday it had again postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery, already pushed back to February, to an undetermined date to allow more time for repairs.

"The decision was made on Friday to allow the teams additional time and delay the next launch opportunity out of the early February launch window," the space agency said in a statement on its website.

US President Barack Obama will Friday tap expertise polished in the Clinton-era economic boom years with the expected choice of policy veteran Gene Sperling for a top White House job.

The expected move will be the latest step in a staff shuffle that has seen Mr Obama refresh his economic and political teams to meet a strong challenge from resurgent Republicans as he prepares to build a 2012 reelection campaign.

Palaeontologists have discovered a chicken-sized prehistoric bird which they say used its club-like wings as a weapon during a fight.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday met William Daley, a top candidate to serve as his new chief of staff, as a major White House staff reshuffle gathered pace.

The US ambassador to Libya is in Washington discussing how he can return to Tripoli and do his job amid fallout from leaked US diplomatic cables, a senior US official said Wednesday.

The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, also said there were other countries where a US ambassador's work was affected by the leaked documents and Washington is evaluating whether "changes" may be needed.