A man with complete colour blindness has had a device embedded into his brain that allows him to hear colour as sound. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled ...

In a groundbreaking fusion of nature and technology, researchers at the University of Queensland have developed remote-controlled beetles equipped with tiny, removable backpacks that could drastically ...

A little over a year ago, a good friend of mine casually mentioned over sushi that he can't wait to have magnets installed in his fingertips. He said he wants to pick up silverware just by touching it ...

It’s a question many find ridiculous. “Cyborg,” after all, conjures up a sci-fi humanoid-robot that exists in a far distant dystopia, long after global warming has smoldered our cities to the ground, ...

For the past 20 years, self-declared "cyborg artist" Neil Harbisson has provoked debate with his "eyeborg" - a surgically attached antenna. Harbisson, who grew up in Barcelona, is colour blind, having ...

Imagine: You’re trapped under rubble after an earthquake. Rescue could be hours away. Then, you hear dozens of cockroaches scuttling toward you in the dark. Do you scream, or do you celebrate? If ...