Cosmic Log: How quakes measure up

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How did Chile's killer earthquake compare with Haiti's? How much shorter will each day be in the quake's wake? The answers are more complex than the raw numbers suggest.

Could the Tumbleweed Rover dominate Mars?

  Before Mars can become the next great frontier for human exploration, we need to send more robotic missions to gather as much information as possible about our planetary neighbor.

10 great geek cakes

From lip-smacking gadgets to chest-bursting aliens, these infamous Internet cakes are irrefutable proof that you can have your cake and eat it too.

Cure for info overload: News from friends

You're predictable! So says your cell phone

Humans are unpredictable, movers and shakers — or so we might think. Yet new research that used cell phones to track people reveals the patterns of our movements and where we can be found, day or night, are predictable as much as 93 percent of the time, no matter how far we travel.

Love is a ‘Battlefield’

  It is slick, fast, diverse, and just plain fun. Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck gives “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” a 9 out of 10.

‘Skinput’ turns body into touchscreen interface

Touchscreens may be popular both in science fiction and real life as the symbol of next-gen technology, but an innovation called Skinput suggests the true interface of the future might be us.