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What do you do if your research project calls for equipment that you don't have access to or can't afford on your own? Well, you can either beg your school for it, weep to your professor about the difficulty of the proje...

The world's most sophisticated battery technology, from Sakti3, will make its debut in a Dyson vacuum cleaner if all goes according to plan.

Tax day is nearing in the United States, and people are scrambling to file their returns before the April 15 deadline. While this is never fun, people can take solace in a new finding: A recently translated ancient Egypt...

February was Earth's second-warmest such month on record, finishing up as the second-warmest winter and warmest 12-month period on record, according to preliminary NASA data. Both of these milestones signal the continued...

An unconventional research method allows for a new look at geologic features on Earth, revealing that some of the things we see on Mars and other planets may not be what they seem.

An upswell of acquisition activity and shifts in company culture is changing how Silicon Valley looks at design. And its reshaping the tech industry, a computer scientist predicts at SXSW.

Public internet access in Cuba usually comes at a steep price -- a local may have to use a week's wages just to spend an hour emailing their family overseas. However, they now have a much, much more reasonable option. Th...

AUSTIN, Texas — SXSW attendees have a new tool to encourage greater diversity in panels and events. Gender Avenger, an organization seeking to raise awareness about gender diversity, has created an app called GA Tally,...

The latest tool in HTC's quest to pump you up is Fun Fit, a fitness tracking app that turns you and your Facebook friends into zany animal avatars. It stores all the usual exercise information, like your number of steps,...

Will pioneering work to alter genes in human germ cells or early embryos allow us to make superbabies, and is it ethical? New Scientist explores the issues

Cyanogen's Lollipop version of its OS for commercial partners should be delivered as an over-the-air update within weeks.

Focus is turning out to be a casualty of the connected era. These glasses might just help you reclaim a little.

Israel Military Industries' CombatGuard is an armored 4x4 that can scale slopes up to 70 degrees. The vehicle also boasts three feet of ground clearance and can seat up to eight passengers. The post Move over, Humvee: IM...

 Governments around the world are facing significant political turmoil and enormous economic stress as they struggle with an alarming and unprecedented array of public policy crises today. And – whether it’s the des...

Cooperating with wolves could have given humans the edge over Neanderthals when we entered Europe, says palaeoanthropologist Pat Shipman (full text available to subscribers)

Would you pay for YouTube? If a new report is accurate, you might soon have to think critically about that. Google is cited by sources as being interested in a video-on-demand (VOD) subscription model for YouTube. The mo...

Cyclone Pam, which tore across Vanuatu, killing eight people, has been explicitly linked to climate change by the country's president and climate scientists

The wheels that will hopefully power the Bloodhound SSC car to speeds of over 1,000mph are now in production, with four of the finest aluminium alloy wheels being carved to extremely precise shape.

Could genetic information that is left on cigarette butts, chewed gum and fingernail clippings be harnessed for nefarious purposes?

Security and privacy are becoming more and more important as we transmit much more than just words via email. Yahoo is developing two new technologies to protect your data and create security solutions. Soon, any sensiti...

A 17-million-year-old beaked whale fossil is helping researchers solve a puzzle about the likely birthplace of humanity in East Africa, a new study finds.

You've managed to forge a path as a reliable director of big-budget films, but in the process you've forgotten what made you a significant creative force in the first place The post Dear Kenneth Branagh, You Can Do Bette...