The “Big Three” U.S. auto companies are begging the government for money. But what have they been doing recently to prepare for the future? Developing more energy efficient cars? Feh! They’re engineering cars that are easier for aging boomers to drive.

As a lot of us are learning these days, Bond is back. And while the new movie is raking in the big bucks with Agent 007 battling bad guys over H2O, we wondered: how realistic is this Bond film’s villain?

The secret to saving lives in developing countries could be in your own kitchen drawer. A simple handheld egg-beater makes an excellent substitute for expensive, electric-powered centrifuges, reports the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal Lab on a Chip.

Scientists want you to help them catch earthquakes. Rather, they want your computer to do it. As you’ll see in this ScienCentral News video, scientists hope to use the down time on people’s computers to help get a better profile on earthquakes as they happen.

It’s pain you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy, let alone our veterans. But now, a cool, high-tech virtual reality game gives soldiers an escape during excruciating wound treatment. This ScienCentral News video explains how this game can make the unbearable treatment fun.

New research shows corn is the core of all fast food. Information published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show that the overwhelming majority of fast food is based on a single source: corn.

Not to be insensitive, but considering how good he was at spinning yarns about the dangers of biotechnology, you’d think he could have written a better ending for himself than: destroyed by a group of rogue cells.

How will science and technology fare under the new democratic administration and Congress?
Science policy wonks are starting to weigh in on what the 2008 election results mean for U.S. S&T.

Solar power cells are still flat, rigid and ugly, 50 years in the making, but that’s about to change, based on new research. Not only might cells be more lightweight, flexible and transparent, their uses could be expanded to things like solar fabrics or power-generating windows. This ScienCentral News video explains what this research means for the future of solar power cells.

Physics is fun - or at least it is for physicists. But to make it fun enough for a big budget IMAX film, Hollywood moviemakers had to talk some scientists into pushing the limits of their own expertise.