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There are over 250,000 rivers in the U.S., some subtly serene, others tremendously tumultuous. But in this visualization you can see them all--and the color shows which way their waters flow.

The surface of Venus is not anything close to habitable, since its average surface temperature is around 864 degrees Fahrenheit. But what if we never bothered trying to walk on Venus and instead built a floating city in ...

The Pirate Bay is a big part of torrenting and file-sharing history, but that doesn't mean its absence will have an effect on torrenting and file-sharing in general. Here's why the shutdown of The Pirate Bay did nothing.

A compact and wireless Hi-Fi system for your devices which makes your music sound like never before. Why should you enjoy a music system only when it is turned on? Introducing the Mystic Box, a stylish, compact and energ...

(University of Cambridge) An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine -- the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight -- has been successfully tested in the UK, an important early step towards cleaner, low...

Star Citizen's new trailer claims all the footage is taken from the in-game engine, no pre-renderings, but it is so amazing, so detailed and beautiful, so impossibly complex, that I just can't believe it. If it is really...

After being accused of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, Pyongyang's meager Internet access was shut down, raising speculation about what happened. Web access appeared to be restored hours later.

A lawyer representing Sony Pictures asked Twitter to suspend the account of a user who posted more than 50 internal company documents released by hackers.

What if you had x-ray vision like Superman? Or if those funny-looking glasses they advertised in comic books in the 60s actually worked?* Then with those our Sun might look something like this, lighting up with brilliant...

When it comes to the household, there are a lot of things people believe because they heard them someone else. This video looks at some of the most popular old wives' tales from around the castle and clarifies what's rea...

A series of 3D-printed garments is inspired by space travel, symbiosis and the medieval astronomers of the Middle East.

The Cobi connected bicycle system aims to bring connected car smarts and safety into the bike lane.

A Kansas man has died from the newly-identified Bourbon virus, likely carried by a tick. Are you in danger of infection?

Some Nikon D750 may be afflicted with a dark band problem creating ugly lens flare issues.

Apple has automatically pushed an update to its desktop computers meant to fix a vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol (NTP) which keeps the clocks of Internet-connected devices in sync with each other. The vulnerab...

CNN Money has named Apple's Tim Cook as the best CEO of 2014. Citing a rise in the value of the company's stock by 40 percent during the year, a share price near an all-time high, and very successful launches of both the...

The relatively lightly built skeletons of modern humans developed late in evolutionary history, and may have been the result of a shift away from a nomadic lifestyle to a more settled one, according to a new study.

Apple has issued its first ever automatic security update for Macs computers, fixing a security flaw that the company felt was too dangerous to wait for users to patch. "The update is seamless," Apple spokesperson Bill E...

If I had a Portal gun like these guys, I don't think using it for basketball trick shots would have been on the top of my to do list. But after watching this video, I may have to change my mind.

Russia on Tuesday successfully test-launched its newest heavy-class Angara rocket, which has been developed with a view to launching manned spacecraft, the defence ministry said.

Apple pushed out a critical security update for Mac users today, and if your Mac is running Yosemite, Mavericks, or Mountain Lion, you’ll want to install it immediately. OS X NTP Security Update was released to users v...

The Fujifilm XF50-140mm f2.8 is the lens we've all been waiting for.