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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bluegrass musician and a pediatric surgeon were among 23 of the world's most creative and original thinkers to be awarded no-strings-attached $500,000 "genius" grants this year, a U.S. charitable o...

Cash awards dwarf all other scientific award monies, notably that given to Nobel Prize winners.

A female cow's privates aren't so private anymore with Anemon, a system that senses when she is in heat and texts an alert to the farmer. [Read more]

In a popular YouTube video, the beaming little ballerina dances an entire four-minute routine seemingly perfectly, matching the steps of the professional Australian ballet dancer whose image is seen in the video's lower ...

Did you ever make fortune tellers or create origami animals? If so, you should give your paper folding skills a challenge by making a Hexaflexagon. A hexaflexagon is a geometric figure that can be folded in different way...

The premiere of the Smithsonian Channel's documentary on a papyrus.

He’s no “Pretender”: Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl fueled speculation by telling crowds at the Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 29 in New York City that he didn’t know when the Foo Fighters ...

The Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Allston, Massachusetts, became the target of an Internet prank last month, when it was picked by 4chan trolls to win a contest to host a concert headlined by singer-songwriter-Kenne...

I think our pride becomes a problem because our natural tendency is to side with people that think like us, act like us and agree with us. At the same time we push away people who disagree with us, challenge us, question...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former Penn State graduate assistant who complained he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a young boy on...

DALLAS -- Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens and his fourth wife, Madeleine, are filing for divorce. Pickens spokesman Jay Rosser said Tuesday that the separation...

POTUS is poised to take on an array of issues in his first presidential debate against opponent Mitt Romney Wednesday night, but there's one topic...

Before Tom Selleck became a TV star known for "Magnum P.I." and "Blue Bloods," he was known for smelling really good, thanks to a career...

MIAMI — Only hours before getting his second chance in the big leagues, Adam Greenberg admitted he was nervous. Not about facing one of baseball's...

Bow Wow has been ordered to pay child support for his 1-year-old daughter, but we've learned he withheld critical financial information from the judge....

Reports of the demise of the music-sharing blogosphere have been greatly exaggerated. To be sure, the abrupt disappearance of beloved sites is upsetting, but the reality is that far more blogs that reach the end of the l...

John Furlong, the former CEO of the Vancouver Olympics, released a new statement Tuesday to counter a "significantly inaccurate and libelous story" that includes allegations...

A Ukrainian League match between Chornomorets Odessa and Metalist Kharkiv on Saturday was briefly interrupted by a crazed fan running on the field and attacking...

Somebody fire the glass installer. Junior hockey player Taylor Cox from the AJHL's New Jersey Titans, found himself in the stands after his goal celebration...

While online social exchanges have the potential to turn into friendships, business contacts and partnerships, for those who don't know how to strategically play the "Social A-Game" it is possible to risk our reputation,...

Bouncing back from a string of epic bad luck, the comedian shares other good news, too