The general wisdom is that innovation leads to automation, which leads to fewer workers. Not so.

At Google, a blind engineer is a pioneer in customizing technologies that were not designed with blind users in mind.

A hybrid boat engine is one part of a multimillion-dollar government-led effort to address rising energy costs.

True invention requires the meeting of minds from myriad perspectives, even if the innovators don’t always realize it.

An emerging field called collective intelligence could create an Orwellian future on a level Big Brother could only dream of.

Amar Bhidé, a professor at the Columbia Business School, says “midlevel innovation” is often overlooked in arguments on technology and research.

The falling cost of supercomputer systems has allowed a broader range of corporations and institutions to buy them for everything from processing movie graphics to searching for oil.

Successful people say inspiration isn’t all luck. Equally important is having an open mind, especially in tumultuous times.

The discovery of a new material called black silicon offers a lesson in government financing of science and technology.

There is an increase in beauty marketing that employs science buzzwords whose meaning may be lost on consumers.