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AUSTIN — The international fight against Ebola is far from over. Just this week, new patients arrived in U.S. hospitals for treatment. But back in Africa where healthcare workers have battled hundreds of cases at a tim...

It took 200 astronauts 13 years to complete the International Space Station (ISS). Now, 4,500 people may be able to do the same in less than 50 days -- sort of. A fan-designed LEGO version of the station has passed the h...

Google Street View takes you on a virtual tour of the inside of Japan's newest high-speed train, the Hokuriku Shinkansen. An extension of the Nagano Shinkansen Line, the new train's name derives from the name of the regi...

We've already heard about how thermoelectric or piezoelectric clothing could be used to generate electricity for our mobile devices. Now, an international team of scientists has successfully used special fabric to serve ...

The State Department temporarily shut down Internet service on its unclassified computer network in an attempt to try to root out malware.

Adr1ft casts you as a lone astronaut in the wreckage of a space station whose time and resources are rapidly running out.

Designing a car that can break the world land speed record is a tricky balancing act. It has to be incredibly fast and lightweight, while also offering unparalleled protection on the track. Not only in case there's a con...

Virtual-reality fans have long awaited a consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset, but the company wants to be sure everything is perfect before release.

Charge your gravy boats come 9:26pm tonight It's the 14 March, which means only one thing to mathematical nerds in the good ol' US of A: Pi Day....

Happy Pi Day! Pi is one of the few mathematical constants that immediately conjures up thoughts of food. Pies in particular. My wife Linda, inspired by this important day, prepared a lemon angel meringue pie I can’t wa...

One of the greatest perks of freelancing is that it can be 'free' to start. Have a look at some of the best free online workspaces and tools available for freelancers

From a monster solar flare to a spectacular night launch, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for March 15, 2015.

Bitcoin may still be the fringe coinage of technophiles, but the idea behind the cryptocurrency is rapidly marching towards mainstream.

It's been a big week for chameleons. On Tuesday, scientists announced they'd worked out the secret to the cross-eyed lizard's color changing skin. A day later came the announcement that we'd replicated the skin artificia...

Check out these photos of the "Pi Day of the Century" event at the 2015 SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas.

Top sustainable-development guru Jeffrey Sachs can get world leaders on board for saving the planet, but is the optimism of his vision enough?

Math geeks everywhere celebrated the "Pi Day of the Century" with pies, countdowns and celebrations.

Enjoy this week's stories! ROBOTS: China's factories are building a robot nation Li Xuena, Wang Xinci & Zhang Boling | MarketWatch "'At first, robots replaced workers who had jobs that exposed them...

The beginning of a new era in solar technology with the Solar Impulse 2 and and amur tiger family portrait, spelunkers finding ancient coins and the eruption of a Chilean volcano -- just a few of our favorite photos in S...

A recently translated ancient Egyptian tax receipt shows a bill that is (literally) heavier than any American taxpayer will pay this year -- more than 220 lbs. (100 kilograms) of coins.

Will it rain this weekend? It's a simple question, but the best answer comes down to probability, says Ken Mylne of the UK Met Office (full text available to subscribers)

The latest edition of the world's favourite hobby computer is here and, to celebrate Pi Day, we have 50 to give away (full text available to subscribers)