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A Los Angeles auction house has sold a slice of cake from Princess Diana's wedding to Prince Charles for $1,375 The 33-year-old slice of cake was sold online by Nate D. Sanders Auctions. It is still in its original white...

It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday with this Rebecca Black news The singer who gave us the inescapable viral hit "Friday" in 2011 and its fitting calendar-inspired followup "Saturday" in 2013 will be venturing...

While secondhand smoke from e-cigarettes is safer than that of traditional cigarettes by some measures, they emit worrisome levels of toxic metals, a study finds. Toxic chromium and nickel found in the smoke of the e-dev...

A few weeks ago, our pals over at io9 showed the Milo Manara cover illustration for Spider-Woman #1 in all its as(s)tounding opposite-of-majesty . Now, a Redditor did a 3D rendering to show just how ridiculous that pose ...

Scientific American reports, based on a study published today in Nature, that ZMapp, the drug that has been used to treat seven patients during the current Ebola epidemic in West Africa, can completely protect monkeys ag...

With the Uber-Lyft squabble already hitting critical mass, the recent revelations that Uber was engaging in much more than simple trolling were a bit shocking. Now Lyft is pointing out that those tactics have a serious e...

Gmail is an effective tool that helps us keep in touch with the world Oh, Gmail, I still remember when I first heard of you. I was still a young lad at the time, but I remember hoping for an invitation to join the servic...

Dave MacLean from the Center of Geographic Sciences has put together a pretty awesome resource for space photography lovers. He’s created an interactive map that lets you browse through over 650 photographs taken by IS...

The US dollar is the currency of choice in Ecuador, something that could eventually be second-best to a digital currency issued by the nation's Central Bank. Ecuador's government says this is a first for cryptocurrencies...

I've gathered 45 different Bitcoin "faucets"-websites that pay out free Bitcoins just for loading up a page full of ads-and tested them to make sure they actually pay out. I started off with eight sites, but this update ...

In your body, the bacteria cells outnumber the human cells, and in recent years, researchers have begun to pay more attention to these microbes and their impact on our health.

Ride-sharing service Uber is facing a number of global challenges. But the company aims to head some off by dropping prices in London and launching a new service in Korea, despite government angst over the app.

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How many Americans are shopping, watching TV or working at any given moment of the day? A new interactive chart, built by e-commerce company Retale using survey data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, answers that ques...

You can't put a price on childhood memories, which explains why most of your favorite toys and gadgets from childhood aren't worth squat. Now, you can still make a nice profit off unopened, exceedingly well-maintained or...

Title: Study Counters Critics of Plainer Cigarette PackagingCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/29/2014 9:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/29/2014 12:00:00 AM

During the worst week yet in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa -- the virus has now spread from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to Nigeria and Senegal as of Friday -- GlaxoSmithKline plc announced Thursday that it will ...

You know what can teach you Braille and piano a lot more quickly than traditional means? Vibrating gloves, or gloves with haptic feedback, if you will. In fact, IEEE Spectrum senior editor David Schneider was so intrigue...

Batteries will soon get the energy boost from sugar that we do.

A federal judge has lifted a stay on his order that Microsoft comply with a US federal search warrant for data residing on Microsoft servers in Ireland.

There is no science in race.

It turns out that James Cameron is far from the only wealthy individual who likes exploring the oceans. For the past 18 years, a company called DeepFlight has specialized in creating high-end, recreational submarines for...