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MACAU -- There will be a new face in Chris Algieri's corner Saturday night when he challenges Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight championship at the Venetian Macao. Jacob "Stitch"...

A growing body of evidence suggests that the passionate debate over public issues ranging from climate change to evolution has little to do with the facts.

Think soccer is a dull game when it's low scoring? Try this sketch on for size. The comedy nerds at YouTube channel Studio C are behind this imaginary penalty shootout between the Yale Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar...

Barbie apparently fails as a computer engineer as Mattel removes 'Barbie: I can be a Computer Engineer' book from all sales outlets.

Europe wants Google to split off its eponymous search engine. The European Parliament is gearing up to demand a breakup of the tech giant amid growing concerns about its dominance...

In today’s edition of Comics Relief: Is Comic-Con staying or going from San Diego? And is Nightcrawler the latest mutant to fail at sustaining an ongoing solo series? Plus a whole lot more. But first off, Image Comics ...

It is a well-known phenomenon that a cat falling upside down has the ability to turn its body mid-air so that it lands on its feet. Nobody had attempted to analyze the the "falling cat" movement mathematically until 1969...

Cherry tomatoes and lettuce could be cultivated on the ISS as researchers investigate ways to feed space travellers in the future.

 Want to make a giant 3D-printed spider robot? A humanoid help-mate? A robotic scorpion with a powerful, electrified tail? Makerclub can probably help. Created as a place for makers to come together and discuss 3D print...

The kid dangling and destroying the competition above is Aito Iguchi, an 11-year-old who plays for Japan's Saitama Junior Warriors. Truthers out there are dismissing his skills, arguing that Japan doesn't develop quality...

Opposition group vows to boycott first election since a 2011 uprising was crushed by the Gulf nation's Sunni rulers.

Polish town opposes Winnie-the-Pooh for dubious gender, immodest clothing

St. Louis County prosecutor's office says Ferguson grand jury is still in session

Talks on Iran's nuclear programme enter their final weekend, but there is no sign yet of a breakthrough as Monday's deadline looms.

"What bothers us the most is that that we don't know what will happen or when, but we know something is coming."

Some European legislators, with German government backing, are preparing a draft resolution calling for the breakup of Google, adding pressure on the EU's new competition chief to proceed forcefully.

The European parliament is thinking about making a ruling that Google split off its search engine from other parts of its business, according to a report today in the Financial Times.  But we were wondering: how can Eur...

Ferguson protesters -- along with actress Laverne Cox, Ebola doctors and nurses, selfie queen Kim Kardashian and numerous others -- are in the running for Time magazine's Person of the Year. The publication is inviting r...

While protestors were filling the streets of Hong Kong, there was another kind of gridlock flooding the city's independent media sites. A new report from Forbes says the protests saw the largest denial-of-service attacks...

Police officials: Al-Shabab militants hijack bus in northern Kenya, kill 28 non-Muslims

New York Times says Obama has given hushed green light for Pentagon to continue Afghanistan mission for at least a year.

Herbalife "inflated" its profits over the past 12 months by as much as 22 percent by using outdated exchange rates on sales to Venezuela, a new report claims. The maker...