Harnessing the piezoelectric effect, researchers at Cornell propose a wind-power generator that has more in common with rustling leaves than airplane rotors. Videos after the jump.

G. K. Chesterton: "The simplest truth about man is that he is a very strange being; almost in the sense of being a stranger on the earth."

Opera on the radio, Paul Feyerabend's scientific relativism, and Soviet mistrust of scientists and intellectuals: today's hits in the history of science and technology

Iron girders, gay Paris, and the crackle of radio transmissions: today's hit in the history of science and technology.

Moons of Uranus, a trans-Pacific solo flight, and the health dangers of smoking: today's hits in the history of science and technology.

By slowing down your music, this app helps you keep below the speed limit. Whether it makes driving safer or not, it's a reminder that augmented reality is about more than images.

Don't say, "too bad it's not an iPhone app." I mean, it's free! It's fun! It's on the World Wide Web! News of the death of which has been greatly exaggerated.

Batteries are not included because they are not needed. The Bone Horn Stand is an unpowered phonograph-inspired iPhone case and stand which amplifies your device’s sound up to 12 decibels, simply by channeling the audio through the horn. The silicon-based amp slips over your iPhone like any other case, but gives it an audio boost and a dash of old-timey ...

Apple hosted a special music event today at the YBCA Theater in San Francisco. Steve Jobs took the stage at around 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, dressed in the traditional Apple CEO regalia. So what did Dear Leader unveil today at the “special event?” Let’s recap, shall we?:

Google has taken on quite the challenge. They want to catalog the world’s entire collection of tomes using their Google Books application. Every single one. But before they can do that, they need to know what they’re dealing with. And that’s where their engineers come into play. Using Google’s official definition of a book, the company estimates that there are ...