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SATA has been the hard drive connection standard of choice for over a decade, but the limitations associated with it are becoming a problem for high-performance solid state drives. Drive makers are now looking to PCI Exp...

A nanoparticle that has a couple of unique -- and important -- properties has been designed by scientists. Spherical in shape and silver in composition, it is encased in a shell coated with a peptide that enables it to t...

In a nutshell: more fun and more practical than you might expect, despite the high upfront cost. The right-hand drive model of the Tesla Model S has just arrived in the UK and it instantly transforms the story of electri...

Levels of a small molecule found only in humans and in other primates are lower in the brains of depressed individuals, according to researchers. This discovery may hold a key to improving treatment options for those who...

We originally covered Hyper's "iStick" back in May, since then the Kickstarter past it's original goal of $100,000 in just 3 hours and is currently racing towards $1,000,000 with only 8 days left. With so much interest i...

A new study suggests that sleeping well retains and boosts memory in a person. Deep sleep is, in fact, essential for the formation of memory.

Global warming has disturbed Japanese war graves, with rising Pacific ocean levels blamed for the gruesome resurfacing of 26 skeletons as attention again turns to the cost of rising temperatures. …

On the morning of October 17, 2012, a cadre of federal agents and sheriff’s deputies in Gainesville, Florida, went to the home of a suspected fossil smuggler named Eric Prokopi and arrested him. As I reported in The Ne...

Enough about Apple -- what do you think of Apple?

New genomic research reveals that two common gene variants that lead to longer telomeres, the caps on chromosome ends thought by many scientists to confer health by protecting cells from aging, also significantly increas...

What was your favorite space news story of the last week?

A Maryland dad likely won't see any charges after he struck a local teacher with a baseball bat. Police say the dad saw a series of texts on Thursday between the 42-year-old teacher and his daughter, a 15-year-old studen...

It's a tough time for a camera company to sell anyone a point-and-shoot camera, let alone one for $799Smartphones are stealing away the low end and affordable mirrorless cameras are eating away at the high end. Canon, a ...

Within the past Martian day on Friday, June 6, NASA's rover Curiosity captured a stunning new panorama of towering Mount Sharp and the treacherous sand dunes below which she must safely traverse before reaching the mount...

In his new e-book, Robert X. Cringely recounts the fall of an empire some thought would last forever.

A new user-generated curation network wants to help you organize the Internet. Milq, which officially launched in April, seeks to sort through the immense quantity of media on the web by harnessing the collective knowled...

What are the advantages of running OS X Yosemite besides cosmetic changes? Why should I switch from an iPhone to Android? What handheld vacuum cleaner can I get for under $100? Should I upgrade my 7 year old desktop comp...

It was the summer of 1984, and it just so happened there WAS something strange in our neighborhood. The feelings of dread in our basements and/or attics, the strange noises in the night, the spooks and spectres and ghost...

If you’re in the market for some new gear, be it bodies or glass, this weekend and the coming week hold some enticing deals. Both Sony and Zeiss are getting in on the action, so take a look below and see if either are ...

'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' airs its final episode tonight (June 8). Take a look back at the landmark follow-up science series to Carl Sagan's iconic 1980 'Cosmos.'

Review of Svante Pääbo's Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes

Disruption always rankles the incumbents. Makes sense. The incumbents are fighting for their livelihood. Responding to Virginia's all-out ban, Uber sent the letter in the main post out to their Virginia customers yesterd...