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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.

Square armed sofa and couches can be a good place to stock your remotes and magazines when you accessorize them with the Couchmaid Organizer by Soffitta. This slides beautifully over the arm of your couch and becomes a h...

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.

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...

Craig Hockenberry of the Iconfactory spent some time with WatchKit, the developer environment for working with Apple Watch elements. He wrote up his impressions on it, and some of the non-programming sections were just a...

A tapeworm which lived in the brain of a man for four years has been removed, and the genetic code sequenced. What did researchers find?

Gluten-free diets are becoming increasingly popular, but a new report from Consumer Reports suggests health benefits may be minimal.

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.

(Phys.org) --Scientists have produced a new version of what is perhaps NASA's best view of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa. The mosaic of color images was obtained in the late 1990s by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. This ...

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...

Swiss company looking to create an edible product that could mimic the effects of exercise. Product could "trigger" the body's metabolism and provide the same benefits of physical exercise, they believe.

Silicon Valley investor Adam Draper is refocusing his accelerator program solely on bitcoin, in hopes of taking the currency mainstream.

OK, so the robot apocalypse probably won't happen any time soon, but the new robot sentries guarding Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus seem like something straight out of a futuristic sci-fi movie. According to ExtremeTe...

jfruh writes:Computing devices have been gobbling up more and more memory, but storage tech has been hitting its limits, creating a bottleneck. Now researchers in Spain and Scotland have reported a breakthrough in workin...

Collaborating with co-workers using Office Online is about to get a bit easier: Microsoft is bringing chat to the web versions of Word and PowerPoint. Sorry, Excel users: it seems you can't yet chat while working on spre...

While the Saab 35 Draken may be the coolest, most futuristic combat jet ever made, when it comes to bombers that title goes to the XB-70 Valkyrie, a gigantic supersonic strategic nuclear bomber that never entered service...

Philips' line of wake-up lights have been incredibly popular among our readers, and it's no wonder why; they can change your life .

There is nothing quite like looking your very best when it comes to being dressed to the nines for a particularly important occasion, such as a birthday celebration or a wedding anniversary. Having said that, some of us ...

Once upon a time, Sony decided that its now-iconic logo was due for a redesign. The year was 1981, and Sony was on the cusp of a revolution -- the first Walkman was released just 18 months earlier. What better time to re...