A static universe better explains the properties of the cosmos than the Big Bang and avoids the nagging problems of dark matter and dark energy, according to a new cosmology The idea that the universe began in an event called the Big Bang some 13 billion years ago has a special place in science and in our society.

A prototype uses kidney cells to help it perform vital functions.

HTML5 is changing the look of Web video, but can it edge out Flash? At the end of August, the band Arcade Fire launched an online experiment with Google that allowed fans to build a personalized music video to accompany the new song “We Used to Wait.” But the video was more than a normal video: it was a collection of video windows within the Web browser that provided, among other images, aerial and street-level footage of any address a user provided (via Google Maps).

A unique particle physics detector will be attached to the space station to study the universe and its origins. In an effort to uncover some of the universe’s greatest mysteries, an international team of researchers has developed the largest space-based particle physics detector

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oracle Corp has offered its new co-president, former Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, a hiring package with a bonus of up to $10 million and options potentially worth tens of millions more.

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co has begun testing applications that allow subscribers to its OnStar vehicle communication system to update their Facebook status verbally and to receive text messages audibly.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com is offering free shipping and other perks on baby items such as diapers to attract new consumers to its growing subscription service in a burgeoning market.

(Reuters) – Sony Pictures Entertainment, a division of Sony Corp, will partner with Marvel Entertainment to animate characters such as Iron Man, X-Men and Blade in Japan and broadcast them worldwide, the Nikkei business daily reported.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc unveiled a set of enhancements to its Internet search engine on Wednesday that predict search queries as users type, promising to speed up the time it takes to find information online.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China Mobile shares fell the most in a year after Vodafone sold its stake in the company for $6.5 billion, nearly double what it paid, but analysts expect the stake sale to have no major impact on the Chinese firm.