Enlarge ImageThis is the view from ExoMars, long before it reaches Mars. ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS NASA isn't the only space agency with big Mars plans. The European Space Agency and Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, launched the ExoMars mission in March. The spacecraft is on its way to the Re...

Enlarge ImageHelp us visualize a story spa ing two worlds, and two universes even. NASA It's been a few months now since we launched our effort to crowdsource an original long-form story, the world's first MMOSFN (Massively Multiwriter Online Science Fiction Novel), aka #CrowdSciFi. Against all the ...

Enlarge ImageInky the Octopus, prior to his escape. National Aquarium of New Zealand There aren't a lot of eight-armed celebrities out there, but Inky the octopus is one now. Inky may be officially classified as a "common New Zealand octopus," but he's become a global star thanks to a brilliant jail...

Will the FBI ever find anything useful on a phone used in the San Be ardino shootings? James Martin/CNET The FBI reportedly hasn't found anything helpful to its investigation of the San Be ardino terror attack on an iPhone used by one of the shooters, a device that prompted a tense standoff between ...

A woman allegedly used Twitter-owned Periscope to broadcast a sexual assault live. CNET A woman has been indicted for allegedly live-streaming the rape of her friend. Marina Lonina, 18, and a 17-year-old friend were socializing with Raymond Gates, 29, on February 27 at a home in Columbus, Ohio, the ...

Women face a host of challenges in Silicon Valley. A pair of new reports suggests they're rising to them. More than half of women aged between 18 and 39 say their current positions offer good opportunities to advance their career, according to a survey of 1,500 women working in technology that was c...

RoadshowCar IndustryWhither, Apple Car?In late summer of 2015, it seemed like we couldn't get away from talk of the mystical, magical Apple Car. Reports were rife with speculation that the so-called Project Titan was speeding ahead, that Apple was hiring engineers by the hundreds and that the compan...

Enlarge ImageConcept that illustrates the spokes of the E-Sail. NASA/MFSC The edge of the solar system is a long way away. It took Voyager 1, the only human-made object to travel beyond the edge of the solar system (a barrier called the heliopause), 35 years to get there. New Horizons is expected to...

Enlarge Image Wa er Bros. While the Twittersphere might be ablaze after its first look at "Doctor Strange" on Tuesday, I'm still stuck on the "Suicide Squad" trailer from earlier this week. Try as I might, I can't shake this nagging feeling that it's advertising a movie we're just not go a get.I con...

Matthew Keys was convicted of helping hackers break into the Los Angeles Times web site to alter a story in 2010. Matthew Keys A former Reuters editor convicted of conspiring with hackers to deface the Los Angeles Times website in 2010 was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison. Matthew Keys, wh...

This year marks the 10th a iversary of the Angry Video Game Nerd, a character created by filmmaker James Rolfe who's considered to be one of the grand daddies of the web's video game comedy community. That's right. The age of 10 is considered elderly by Inte et standards. Rolfe shot 139 episodes of ...

Republican Sen. Richard Burr, pictured above, released a draft of the Compliance and Court Orders Act in the US Senate on Wednesday, along with Democratic Sen. Dia e Feinstein. Ron Sachs/CNP/AdMedia/Corbis You've heard of giving up some of your privacy for the sake of national security. How about op...

We love the ambition of Stephen Hawking's Starshot Project, which believes it can send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri within two decades -- a far cry from the 30,000 years it would take currently with standard space flight technology. Also, researchers at Dartmouth University are showing off a "s...

More than 140 young scientists from 30 US states got to tout their research Wednesday into everything from cancer to building the city of the future. And what a platform they had: President Obama's final science fair, an a ual White House celebration of young people pursuing science that began in 20...

If you haven't started watching "Game of Thrones" by now, you're way behind the pack. The sixth season of the popular, and very bloody, HBO series premieres on April 24. A lot of people have watched every episode multiple times, and they have some strong opinions about characters and alliances. It's...

Marvel "He's my friend." "So was I." Consequences are a major theme in "Captain America: Civil War." Our heroes are finally being held accountable for the damage caused in the first two Avengers films. The Hulk and Thor have gone missing, and Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), Steve Rogers (Chris Evan...

Enlarge ImageZuckerberg said the speech he gave Tuesday may have had a political bent, but it wasn't about a specific person. Trump's campaign seems to disagree. James Martin/CNET Donald Trump's campaign doesn't appreciate Mark Zuckerberg's comments. Facebook's CEO kicked off the company's F8 develo...

On the day that Kobe Bryant will play his final NBA game, 2K Sports a ounced that the Lakers superstar and 18-time All-Star will grace the cover of a special version of NBA 2K17 called the "Legend Edition."This version of the professional basketball game will include all ma er of Kobe-themed digital...

RoadshowCar IndustryAndroid creator Andy Rubin's new firm invests big in autonomous startupEnlarge ImageIn the event of an accident, Nauto's system will take pictures of both the interior and exterior, along with automatically notifying relevant parties. Nauto Andy Rubin helped found Android, Inc., ...

Meet the world's newest professional athletes: drone pilots. Inte ational Drone Racing Association Just a few years ago, drones were mostly used to fly over hostile territory and spy on it. More than occasionally, the remote-controlled aircraft would take out a target with laser-guided missiles.Now,...