The Department of Homeland Security has had to stop deploying the new detectors because the U.S. has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

SAS, the giant private company that specializes in business intelligence software, is facing new rivals, as well as free alternatives to some of its products.

Which is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free?

A group of start-up marketers see value in getting regular people to send a sentence or two of text to their friends and admirers.

Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics.

Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics.

Customers buying Sony and Barnes & Noble's electronic reading device now will receive them next year.

A reporter test-drove a Chevrolet Volt to see how it performed after its electric power supply was depleted.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.

The new recommendations, released Monday by an influential group, reverse longstanding guidelines.

The successful operation of the Large Hadron Collider marked the resumption of the world’s biggest and most expensive physics experiment.

Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei’s corpse in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, a Florence museum said Friday.

Evidence of Asian carp, a fish that some fear could destroy the ecosystem of Lake Michigan, has been found beyond a barrier intended to keep the fish out.

The effort had been seen by opponents as a possible new front in the national debate over the matter.

Dr. Crewe, a University of Chicago physicist, developed the high-resolution electron microscope that captured the first image of an individual atom.

In an age when everyone is following everything, is it ever possible to disappear? On Aug. 13, one man drove out of San Francisco determined to stay hidden in plain sight and test this possibility.

While on the run, Evan Ratliff snapped a self-portrait each day to document his constantly evolving appearance.

After Evan Ratliff was captured, Wired asked the most active hunters to send in their stories. Why were they drawn to the hunt, what did they do and what did they learn?

With a week remaining in the hunt for Evan Ratliff, Wired decided to up the stakes with of five challenges hidden in New York Times crossword puzzles.

BigDeal, a new venture-backed "entertainment auction" site, takes on Swoopo.com by saying there is no way to lose.