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It seems like in every TV show cast, there's a character with an addiction problem. Don Draper is an alcoholic. Sherlock's vices are morphine and cocaine. Some shows are even centered on it. (What would Breaking Bad be w...

I will start off by saying I am partial to SanDisk memory cards, but I recently found a great write up on their website that is pretty much universal, explaining the difference between SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. I wanted...

Price: $229 Pelty represents a technological revolution in the high-quality audio speakers' market: it is the first Bluetooth speaker literally POWERED BY FIRE! Yes, that’s true! Pelty works transforming the thermal en...

NASA just completed a test of an early prototype--maybe just an early, early precursor--space rover that may be flown to explore the Jupiter moon Europa. What's cool is that the rover is designed to float on the undersid...

Amazon is pitching its first smartphone as a fully-fledged rival to market big hitters from the likes of HTC, Samsung and LG, but it's also taking a slightly different approach to that of its rivals. While LG's G3 handse...

 CloudPhysics has a vision for the data center: It wants to give sysadmins clarity and insight into possible issues that create bottlenecks in a virtualized environment, offer solutions when they happen, and help preven...

When confined in a water droplet, B. subtilis bacteria collectively and spontaneously form a swirling vortex, with some bacteria moving in one direction and others moving the opposite way, observations and computer model...

The popularity of ornamental plants imported to the United States from China is accompanied by concerns about the potential to introduce pathogens into the market. Dracaena, a genus consisting of approximately 40 differe...

Interacting with Google has always meant making something happen on a screen–getting a search result, sending an email, adding a calendar event. But this fall, giving Google a command will have immediate consequences i...

EMBARGOED until 00:01 BST, Tuesday 24 June 2014 British cosmologists are puzzled: they predict that the Universe should not have lasted for more than a second. This startling conclusion is the result of combining the lat...

A new messaging app, called Yo, has created a sensation in Silicon Valley. It is being hailed as the next big thing. The amazing breakthrough? Sending the word "Yo" to a contact with just one click. This app received jus...

When it comes to security, mobile threats are on the rise, according to the June 2014 McAfee Labs Threat Report released today. New mobile malware has increased for five straight quarters, with a total mobile malware gro...

New Zealand's Government CIO is kicking off a further effort to deliver "Everything as a Service".

If you're looking for a cheap, efficient stove you can take camping, William Abernathy at Make can show you how to make one out of an aluminum can.

Nest is opening up its API for developers at long last starting with integrations from Chamberlain, LIFX, Whirlpool and more. Check out its ideas and see where it needs to go.

One of the longest longitudinal studies of cognition in multiple sclerosis has been completed, and its results published. These results provide insight into the natural evolution of cognitive changes over time, an import...

Researchers merged two powerful areas of research to enable an unprecedented chemical reaction that neither could broadly achieve on its own. The resulting bond formation could provide an excellent shortcut for chemists ...

There are new clues about malfunctions in brain cells that contribute to intellectual disability and possibly other developmental brain disorders. A CSHL team has discovered how defects in an X-linked mental retardation ...

Biomedical engineers are designing and testing a biomaterial that regenerates damaged skeletal muscle. Living cells secrete fibrous proteins and polysaccharide gels called extracellular matrix, which support cell surviva...

A fighter plane taking off from a strike carrier is a dramatic sight - not the least because of the woosh and plume of steam as the catapult blasts the aircraft into the air. In a few years, such launches may still be dr...

 At NUI Central’s Kinect for Windows Hackathon, a projector on the ceiling creates an image of sand and shrubbery on the ground. The terrain is supposed to be Afghanistan. After walking around on the small projected s...

What happened to the the female protagonists in Disney's Frozen, Cinderella, Mulan and The Princess and the Frog after the animated films ended? YouTube singer Jon Cozart, the dude behind the viral "After Ever After" mus...