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The image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope is created by an effect known as gravitational lensing.

The Obama Administration will create a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats and share data about possible attacks among government departments. The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will pool informatio...

The Nikon Coolpix S7000 is an ultra-lightweight 16-megapixel compact camera with 20x optical zoom, NFC and WiFi.

Humans have long dreamed of traveling to Mars, and several nations and private organizations are developing plans for crewed Mars missions in the coming decades. But a recent study looking at the risks for astronauts goi...

The ubiquitous presence of dark matter in the universe is today a central tenet in modern cosmology and astrophysics....

In love? Or just the opposite? Express how you feel with physics-inspired Valentines—and anti-Valentines—courtesy of symmetry. In the spirit of the approaching holiday, the staff of symmetry has created a set of phy...

We already knew that the Apple Watch, due to finally launch in April, will feature fitness applications. Now it may have its first health-related app as well. Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported that a ne...

A 20-minute fan documentary explores the operation of Jabba the Hutt, including a new interview with one of the puppeteers.

There is nothing quite so terrifying as being on a busy road in terrible weather conditions. It’s scary to have cars zipping past you when you can’t see five feet in front of you, and you never know if you’re sudde...

Here are 77 sample images and 5 videos taken with the new Olympus OM-D E-M5 II compact system camera at an official Olympus Press event in Prague, Czech Republic. The last 6 images in the gallery were taken using the new...

Researchers have paired a solar-powered catalyzing device with genetically engineered bacteria to convert water and carbon dioxide into liquid fuel.

The 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera, built at DOE's Fermilab and mounted on the 4-meter Victor Blanco Telescope in Chile, delivers some of the most detailed images of celestial objects. While about a third of the camera...

Of the 404 million iPhone users worldwide, just 15% are on the iPhone 6. The post Apple controlled 93% of phone industry profits in Q4 appeared first on AppleTell.

  Watch two tiny hamsters go on an adorable Italian-themed date for Valentine’s Day. If only they shared a single spaghetti noodle!    

In a new parody trailer for "50 Shades of Grey," it's not Lego minifigs getting down and dirty on camera. It's Christian Grey played by...Steve Buscemi? Caution: not safe for work.

The Verge would be lost without its incredible video team, who regularly lug hundreds of pounds of equipment to hell and back -- all in the name of art and making us look good. They're brilliant. They're also usually gho...

There are numerous solutions on the market for making hands-free calls, though they usually require jamming a small speaker in your ear. That's not always comfortable, especially since the vast majority of these devices ...

Imagine printing out molecules that can respond to their surroundings. A research project at the University of Washington merges custom chemistry and 3-D printing. Scientists created a bone-shaped plastic tab that turns ...

Google throws a lot of services at the wall, and unfortunately, Google Health never stuck. However, Mountain View is now taking another crack at the subject through its Knowledge Graph. To remind you, that's basically a ...

Are we alone in the universe? It's one of the most fundamental of questions, says Hazel Barton, an associate professor of biology at The University of Akron who joined to a panel of experts, convened by NASA, to help ans...

Apparently ground up bone powder from the skulls of martyrs was an ingredient in sought after medicines.

Knowing how cells exert force and sense mechanical feedback in their microenvironment is crucial to understanding how they activate a wide range of cellular functions, such as cell reproduction, differentiation and adhes...