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New York firm EyeLock is developing technology that could allow drivers to start their cars using their eyes. By scanning the owner's unique iris, EyeLock's system could dramatically cut down on vehicle theft. The post F...

We've added more images to the Olympus OMD EM5 Mk II along with high ISO photos. Check them out!

Legendary audio engineer Joseph Grado died on Friday at age 90. The second-generation Italian immigrant founded Grado Labs -- which is now known for its headphones -- but when Joseph Grado ran the company it was about on...

The Philippines is notably Asia's second-fastest growing economy after China, recording 6.1 per cent growth in 2014 following three quarters of decline

ESA's Rosetta orbiter is preparing to make a daring 6 km (3.7 miles) pass of one of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's most active regions - an area on the comet's larger lobe designated as Imhotep. As the comet moves clo...

One of my old professors used to say calculus is the language of the universe. Now, every so often, I'll watch trees in the wind, cars on the road, or clouds rolling by,...

Technically Incorrect: Because techies are patently absurd, Little Caesar's pizza chain offers them a poke in their techiness and a pie in their faces.

The tuna we're eating is becoming more mercury-laden every year, and it's most likely our own fault. That's according to new research out of the University of Michigan, which found that mercury levels in yellowfin tuna c...

We've been waiting a long time for the next Star Wars movie... but we've been waiting even longer for a sequel to Spaceballs, Mel Brooks' Star Wars spoof. But now, Brooks says he actually wants to make this happen, and h...

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Rod Drury, an entrepreneur in Auckland, New Zealand, regularly visits the United States. Sometimes there are multiple visits a day. "People here can't get Netflix, so they get a VPN that gives them a U.S. I.P. address, a...

DIY metal machines fight to the death. Real-life rock 'em sock 'em competition "BattleBots" to air on ABC after a 12-year hiatus.

Exactly five years to the day after Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft sped past Venus without entering orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will try again Dec. 7 to put the probe into orbit around the second planet fr...

The private spaceflight company SpaceX will attempt the ultimate space double-header today (Feb. 8) with the launch of a space weather observatory followed by an ambitious rocket landing attempt on a floating platform in...

SpaceX and a trio of government agencies said Feb. 7 they are ready for the launch of a space weather and Earth observation spacecraft, a flight that will also serve as another test of SpaceX's efforts to develop a reusa...

The Expedition 42 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) continues to delight us with stunning views of 'Our Beautiful Earth from Space.' Here's a collection of a few of the newest sunrises, auroras, landscape...

A groundswell of interest in large constellations of small satellites, some backed by financial heavyweights, has buoyed the hopes of aspiring small rocket makers. The post Small Rocket Startups Eye Mega-constellation Op...

Ron Garan used to be an astronaut. Now he helps people in remote African communities obtain fresh drinking water. Yet he still has his head back amongst the stars. How he came to this point is the subject of his...

Along a 900-kilometer (560-mile) stretch of Antarctica's Pacific Coast, 18 major volcanoes jut from the ice sheet....

Different rooms have their own temperature, humidity and light. So what's the forecast where you live? (full text available to subscribers)

Even if we never learn anything more about Beagle 2's fate, the little mutt may still have something to teach us, provided that people are willing to learn. The post Commentary | What We Can Learn From a Mars Mutt Named ...

In November of 2013, astronomers using the combined power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in Chile and NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes announced the discovery of a far-flun...