Researchers working in the relatively new field of "synthetic biology" aim to make biological parts as standardized as screws and nails. They're on the precipice of being able to do great things and perhaps change the nature of medical treatments and space travel.
The "How I Met Your Mother" cast had a legen - wait for it - dary visitor on set Thursday. Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney swung by the CBS sitcom to chat up the stars of the series.
A 70-year-old security worker for the exchange was hit by a truck while eating Chinese food outside and died on the sidewalk Thursday.
Burger King Worldwide, Best Buy, Logitech International, Silver Standard Resources, Hewlett-Packard, Salesforce.com, Nokia Corp and Barclays Plc. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.
A new video offers the clearest view yet of what the 2014 C7 Corvette will likely look like, as it takes all the information, photographs, renderings and rumors about the C7, and combines it into one short video complete with renderings based on an animation firm's hypotheses about its appearance.
Fans of “The Hunger Games” series have been eagerly awaiting details on the next film, and more casting information has emerged. It was reported back in the middle of July that Sam Claflin would play the role of Finnick Odair in the next installment, “Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”
Platinum rose to its highest level since early May on Wednesday and was set for its biggest weekly gain in 10 months as spreading labor unrest in top producer South Africa cast doubt over output for the year.
Is it us or did True Blood's penultimate episode "Sunset" seemed a bit subdued? Still, there were some riveting twists and turns that held us in abeyance until next week's finale.
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David Beckham’s chiseled pecks are on full display. The soccer phenom has a 10-foot-tall silver statue made in his likeness standing tall in the streets of New York City in order to promote his new underwear line for H&M.
Here’s a top 10 list of the best moments from the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Oscar Pistorius and Misty May-Treanor are just a few names included.
Anderson Cooper may not be getting married by Labor Day after all, as various sources reported, as pictures surface of his long-term boyfriend with another man.
Rihanna is just one more person who thinks bootylicious singer Beyonce can do no wrong. While the "Good Girl Gone Bad" Barbadian pop star thinks she's bad, she evidently thinks her mentor's wife is the baddest of them all.
While the London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony has yet to air, all the athletic competitions were completed Sunday by about 1 p.m. EDT, allowing for a final medal count. Read on to see which countries came out ahead this year.
It was the second-to-last day of the Olympics, and it was an eventful one.
The Dallas Cowboys defense might be in rebuilding mode.
The 2012 Olympics medal count of shame is a list curated by the Wall Street Journal during the London Games which shows that though Britain has done stunningly well when it comes to bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals, its athletes have also had by far the most last, second-to-last and third-to-last performances of any nation this year.
Thursday was another eventful day in London.
American gymnast McKayla Maroney has perhaps gained more notoriety than medals at the London Games. To her gold and silver medals, the most popular Internet meme online and a call from the president. Maroney can now add teaching one of George Bush’s daughters how to do the Dougie during a tour of London.
Claressa Shields and Marlen Esparza medaled at the 2012 London Olympics for the U.S.
Usain Bolt is set to make history at the 2012 Olympics. A gold medal in the men's 200m and the 4x100m race would give him six gold medals in the past two Games.
Ryan Lochte's sister is making a splash in the media by confusing the media into thinking she is one of her brother's flavors of the week. Shortly after completing his London Olympic duties, Lochte, along with his sister, Megan J. Torrini, and his stylist went out on the town to celebrate. On their way out of the club at which they were partying, photographers captured shots of Lochte with the two women as they piled into a van.
