When it comes to math, MRIs may be better than IQs — and even past math scores — at showing whether a tutor can help a child master everything from trapezoids to trigonometry.

Nine years after he placed the first telephone call, Alexander Graham Bell tried another experiment: he recorded his voice on a wax-covered cardboard disc on April 15, 1885, and gave it an audio signature: “Hear my voice — Alexander Graham Bell.”

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Taiwan's largest wireless provider, on Tuesday launched mobile satellite services in cooperation with a Middle East-based operator that can turn Apple Inc.'s iPhone into a satellite phone.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space.

The roving coral grouper, a predator fish of the tropical reef, uses sign language to advise fellow hunters of hiding prey, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Global shipments of large-sized panels will show a temporary correction in April after peaking in March, according to a local flat screen research institute.

Yahoo on Monday released an iPhone app that weaves in story-summarizing software bought from a London schoolboy last month for a sum reported to be around US$30 million.

HTC Corp. said Tuesday that its business will remain intact in the near term despite a court ruling that may force it to abandon the microphone technology used in the Taiwanese smartphone maker's new flagship HTC One phone.

Taipei Medical University (TMU) Chairman Lee Tsu-der (李祖德) yesterday announced the founding of Swissray Global Healthcare Holding Limited (Swissray) in Taiwan, in collaboration with the government's policy of “One Alliance for one Medical Device.”

PC makers Acer and Asus are actively positioning themselves within the growing PC market, and are rolling out low-priced tablets and notebooks for the rest of 2013, according to a local news source.