Watch: Google Doodle's Moog Synthesizer Tribute
Music interactive honors Robert Moog on what would have been his 78th birthday.

Ancient Plant Revived After 30,000 Years
The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells...

News Summary: Hewlett-Packard to cut 27,000 jobs

THE CUTS: Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 27,000 jobs. The reductions will affect about 8 percent of HP's nearly 350,000 employees by the time the overhaul is completed in October 2014.

News Summary: No Google infringement, says jury
THE VERDICT: A federal jury says Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices.

How consumer-electronics makers are faring
A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:

In the future, your skin could solve your heart problem
There may come a time when doctors can patch up your damaged heart not with fancy futuristic materials, but with your own skin. A paper recently published in the European Heart Journal details the work of a team of Israeli scientists who took … Continue reading →