Science

Facebook's suicide prevention tools connect friends, test privacy
When social networks open up spaces for suicide prevention with untrained peer support, they walk the line between invasion of privacy and supporting those who need help.
Are humans really headed to Mars anytime soon?
Public passion is all well and good, but it will take more than big talk to get to Mars by 2025, space specialists say.
Clues to autism, schizophrenia emerge from cerebellum research
Scientists once thought the cerebellum's role was limited to balance and coordinating physical movements. Now there's growing evidence that it also plays a role in thinking and emotions.
Study: Nearly one-third of Americans are hiding information online
While Americans are deeply divided over whether government surveillance is serving the public interest, one-third of those surveyed are taking steps to hide personal information online.
A man's incomplete brain reveals cerebellum's role in thought, emotion
Since his birth 33 years ago, Jonathan Keleher has been living without a cerebellum, a structure which usually contains about half the brain's neurons. But that hasn't kept him from living on his own.
Super fast Internet and a digital divide in Kansas City
Kansas City has some of the Internet best service anywhere. But, four years after Google Fiber landed in Kansas City, people are still trying to figure just what do with all that speed.
Apple's watch launches in uncertain marketplace
CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil the company's newest device and make the case for why a watch is a must-have gadget at a San Francisco event later Monday.
FDA approves first of new type of generic drugs
These "biosimilar" drugs closely mimic existing drugs but are made from living cells, blood components and tissue. In some cases, they could cut drugs costs.
NASA probe reaches orbit around dwarf planet
It's the end of an odyssey to explore an odd, in-between world.