A new 3D scanner and printer has halved the number of appointments patients undergoing facial reconstructive treatment need ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

A skull discovered in China, known as Yunxian 2, could reshape our understanding of human origins. The roughly million-year-old fossil was long classified as Homo erectus, but new analysis suggests it ...

These are the points at which diagnostic traits first appear in the fossil record. For this reason, these later dates are ...

NATICK, Mass. – Science is in motion at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, or DEVCOM SC. Researchers are using 4D scanning as a tool to better understand human ...

Forward-looking: Human fingers have one of the most sensitive tactile perceptions we know of. Inspired by this biological wonder, Chinese scientists are now envisioning a future were robotic "fingers" ...

In the intro to the HBO sci-fi series Westworld, a 3D printer churns out humanoid robots, delicately assembling the incredible complexities of the human form so that those robots can go on to—spoiler ...