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Ahead of our full review, here are 56 sample images and a movie taken with the new Nikon Coolpix P610 compact camera. The Nikon Coolpix P610 is a 16 megapixel superzoom camera featuring a massive 60x zoom lens equivalent...

Ok, universe, we understand that you can't get enough "Uptown Funk" remixes. Middle school teacher Kelli Hauser thought she'd get her students pumped up for their State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) ...

LOS ANGELES — Do you know how fast you were raising money? In just over 24 hours, comedy group Broken Lizard raised the $2 million it needed to hit the gas on Super Troopers 2, a sequel to the 2001 cult classic about a...

  Apple has bought a boring database company you’ve never heard of called FoundationDB. While not as sexy as buying Beats, the acquisition is good news for Apple’s increasingly important cloud services. The Virginia...

A control switch has been discovered for the unfolded protein response (UPR), a cellular stress relief mechanism drawing major scientific interest because of its role in cancer, diabetes, inflammatory disorders and sever...

A new, inflatable addition to the International Space Station is ready for its close-up. NASA officials viewed Bigelow Aerospace's Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) at the company's facility in Las Vegas on March...

This frightening and nauseating video was taken early this week on board a vessel taking part in the around-the-world Volvo Ocean race, as it encountered rough weather in the tumultuous Southern Ocean. The MAPFRE team's ...

It's almost a rite of passage in physics and astronomy. Scientists spend years scrounging up money to build a fantastic new instrument. Then, when the long-awaited device finally approaches completion, the panic begins: ...

Before autonomous smart cars hit the roads, we're going to be seeing regular cars upgraded with the smarter technologies that will eventually make self-driving vehicles possible. In the UK Ford is introducing what it cal...

It is virtually impossible to dislike the new Macbook. As usual, Apple has produced a laptop that is stupidly thin, yet packed full of great specs. And the best thing of all? You could get your hands on the new machine j...

Paul Johnson's seven-minute TIE Fighter is a dialog-free short movie that details a dogfight in space between Star Wars' Imperial and Rebel forces. Influenced by the 1994 PC game of the same name and put together by John...

The first pair of lawsuits challenging the FCC's new net neutrality rules have been filed, and more are expected to come.

Ebola field doctors' need for an "Ebola-proof" tablet is finally filled. Hose it down with de-contaminating bleach, and all of the data will still be safe as its virus-free exterior. Here's something you probably never c...

Researchers at Stanford University have come up with a new way to make chips and solar panels using gallium arsenide, a semiconductor that beats silicon in several important areas but is typically too expensive for wides...

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For baseball fans, the start of this year's season isn't simply a fresh start for their teams. It also means loosening belts a notch to make room for artery-clogging ballpark snacks like nachos on a stick, which are no l...

Major spoiler warnings for a 60-year-old trilogy ahead, proceed at your own risk. Rejoice, for today is Tolkien Reading Day, an annual celebration held on March 25 to commemorate the downfall of the original Dark Lord, S...

What happens when a rogue test email gets sent to thousands of people? If you're in Berkeley, Calif., you have a community picnic, of course.

Instead of flushing millions down the toilet, humans could be mining their poop for gold. That's at least what some researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) think. They're looking for ways to squeeze metals lik...

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The social network is bringing a new type of video to users of its website and its platform for virtual reality.

[From GadgeTell] Unveiled less than a month ago, the newest budget-minded mid ranger with Windows Phone 8.1 pre-loaded is just about ready for global takeoff in 5 and 5.7-inch configurations.