July 23, 2007Chimps on treadmills may help explain why human ancestors evolved into bipeds 10 million years ago.Images: Humans vs. chimps at the gymTAGS:leg, treadmill, energy, human, patch management, researcher
September 9, 2007Technologists and investors gather at the Singularity Summit to discuss what to do in the event that machines one day outthink humans.TAGS:human, Artificial Intelligence, San Francisco
April 10, 2007Start-up Anybots sees a day when robots will do many things that humans now do. For now, though, they're just working on staying upright.Photos: Meet Dexter and Monty, the AnybotsVideo: Humanoid robot trains to do the dirty workTAGS:robot, robotics, iRobot Roomba, human, work, researcher, video
June 5, 2006You may not eat figs on a daily basis today, but 11,000 years ago it was the hot new food--and may have been a first step toward modern agriculture.TAGS:human, crop, Middle East, food, professor