Approximately 145 million: That's the number of specimens—including plants, animals, minerals, and human artifacts—curators ...

DVD collections used to feel permanent. You bought a movie once, placed it on the shelf, and expected it to work forever. But a lot of people are now discovering the opposite. Discs get scratched. DVD ...

Driving through the Dutch countryside near the town of Hilversum, I have an overwhelming feeling that the surrounding water will wash out the road, given that my car is almost level with it. So it’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Plenty of people chronicle their lives in pictures and videos. But changing times have also led to changing formats. Film? Forget it. VHS tapes? Who even owns a VCR anymore?! If ...

This article was written by Eric J. Topol, MD, a professor of genomics at the Scripps Research Institute. Topol's new book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine (Basic Books), was released February 1, ...

The industry is focused on managing cost and maximizing efficiency, so why do some operators resist adopting technology, asks ...