Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko was a plumber for a day, replacing a pump on the International Space Station's sole toilet on Wednesday, with apparent success. Kononenko, a member of the three-person crew on ...

From the mind that brought you the Segway, comes the latest in letting machines do basic bodily functions for you. A recent patent application, titled "APPARATUS FOR TREATING OBESIT BY EXTRACTING FOOD ...