WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope, has stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant, European and U.S. officials said.
PASADENA, Calif., April 29 (UPI) -- NASA says the Cassini spacecraft has sent back the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.
MADISON, Wis., April 29 (UPI) -- North America, while not known as a plant diversity hot spot, in fact has nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants grown in the United States, scientists say.
KINGSTON, Ontario, April 29 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've developed a smartphone that can change its shape to give users a silent but visible cue of incoming call, text or email.
EAST LANSING, Mich., April 29 (UPI) -- Americans who believe scientists on global warming are more likely to support government action on emissions regardless of party affiliation, a study says.
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- Volcanic eruptions that deviate from normal patterns of pre-event unrest can still help improve forecasts of volcanic activity, U.S. researchers say.
SEOUL, April 29 (UPI) -- South Korea's LG Electronics says it is taking orders for the world's first curved-screen television to be available to the public.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Messaging apps for smartphones have overtaken traditional text messaging for the first time, Swiss research firm Informa reports.
Every jump in technology brings with it adjustments society must make and rules it must develop if the new paradigm is to be considered acceptable, and Google Glass -- a wearable computer that can record video surreptitiously -- presents just such a paradigm shift.
The use of unmanned aircraft to carry out targeted killings is attractive because few U.S. lives are at risk, but increased use of unmanned aircraft to carry out targeted killing because few U.S. lives are at risk could lead U.S. decision-makers down a slippery slope.
HELGOLAND, Germany, April 27 (UPI) -- German scientists say they hope to replenish the lobster population off the German island of Helgoland with the help of offshore wind farms.
CHICAGO, April 27 (UPI) -- A 3-hour outage at the Chicago Board Options Exchange may have been caused by attempts to upgrade technology, The Wall Street Journal reported.
LONDON, April 27 (UPI) -- Unmanned, armed aircraft used by coalition forces in Afghanistan for the first time are being operated remotely from Britain, defense officials say.
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 27 (UPI) -- A filing with U.S. regulators reveals Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook, exercised $2.3 billion in options in 2012.
WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- Bill Gates is among four top U.S. tech executives to join a lobbying effort co-founded by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, the group says.
PASADENA, Calif., April 26 (UPI) -- NASA says its Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has provided evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn's rings.
WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- Sea surface temperatures on the continental shelf off the U.S. Northeast and Canada have reached their highest levels in 150 years, researchers say.
LOS ANGELES, April 26 (UPI) -- Many Americans are breathing cleaner air but some are living in cities with higher levels of pollution than they had a decade ago, researchers said.
DALLAS, April 26 (UPI) -- AT&T says it has begun taking orders for its new home automation system in 15 cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco and New York.
BEIJING, April 26 (UPI) -- China says a high-definition observation satellite launched Friday will improve its capabilities in disaster relief, resources and environment monitoring.
LOS ANGELES, April 26 (UPI) -- Worldwide sales of smartphones in the first quarter of 2013 have surpassed those of feature phones for the first time, a report says.
TORONTO, April 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian group is using robots to teach elementary school students hands-on skills it says will serve them well in an increasingly technological world.
BEIJING, April 26 (UPI) -- A Chinese government drive to curtail the use of pirated software by government institutions as well as corporations has been successful, officials say.
Kentucky Derby winning jockey Joel Rosario, and his mount Orb, both enjoy a quick bath after winning the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 2013. UPI/Mark Abraham
