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Scooped, scalloped, creased, cut-up, and generally looking like it wants to chop you into little pieces, Bugatti's Vision Gran Turismo is enough to give you palpitations. While the astonishing hyper-car is intended for g...

TomTom has launched RoadDNA, a product aimed at bringing self-driving car tech to more potential developers. The system captures 3D roadside data from depth sensing cameras and compares it to a database of images, lettin...

Apple Music has been something of a polarizing product ever since Apple first unveiled it. Unarguably late to the game, the service is intended to eventually replace iTunes as we know it; consumers began moving away from...

Most touch game controls are about as precise as a drunken moose, but no one wants to carry a controller. The GameBeat case looks like a regular folding or wallet case, but on the inside is a square game controller with ...

The number of characters in the Star Wars universe is by no means small, but R2-D2 seems to have best captured the imagination of designers, and as a result we've seen the little droid reimagined as a variety of devices ...

Researchers have found molecular evidence of how a biochemical process controls the lengths of protective chromosome tips, a potentially significant step in ultimately understanding cancer growth and aging.

Apple has released preorder iPhone sales numbers for each of the last five years -- except for the iPhone 5s and 5c. The iPhone 5s, which was less than a rousing success, was not offered for pre-sale.

A freak set of weather events led to tropical storm Etau dumping record amounts of rainfall, but climate change may have played a part too

There are more powerful car chargers out there, and options with more USB ports, but if your primary concern is finding one with as low a profile as possible, you won't do better than this $6 option from Aukey. It's so s...

A senior molecular biology major knows MRSA as the infection that took his dad's leg. Now he is exacting revenge on the bacteria by unlocking the power of a new MRSA-killer: bacteriophage.

Large is a team assistant, accessible via Slack, that will take care of tasks such as scheduling an office cleaner or ordering ice cream.

The highways of California are about to get a wee bit more crowded, not with your run of the mill cars but with self-driving ones. California's Department of Motor Vehicles has just approved Honda's application for testi...

(Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University) Georgia Regents University is among 15 institutions in the nation to receive federal funding to help train the next generation of physician-scientists in obstetr...

Cyanogen CEO Kirk McMaster is known for not mincing words when it comes to trying to overthrow Google's iron hand over its own product. But now it seems that the startup's strategy for rivaling, if not ending, Google's m...

The Jeepers Creepers movie franchise is getting a third installment, it has been announced, with some of the original cast being slated to rejoin for the upcoming film. The movie will be called, most appropriately, Jeepe...

There are probably way too many ways to keep tabs your activity these days -- dedicated fitness trackers, smartwatches, and even your phone let you know how how healthy or lethargic you are. Motorola rolled its own fitne...

A new generation of meta-materials are emerging from a 17th century source.

The barrage has started. Volkswagen opened up the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show with a number of exciting plug-in vehicle concepts. The Audi entrant, one of the few we had hints of before the show started, is a "sporty" elec...

Google's self-driving cars effort is ongoing, and as part of it, the Internet retailer has nabbed TrueCar's president John Krafcik; he will be CEO of Google's self-driving car division starting tomorrow, September 15. Kr...

When you mix molten aluminum with a watermelon, you get something truly awesome . So what about other melons? Here the Backyard Scientist tries pouring molten aluminum into honey dew and cantaloupes to see what happens. ...

Mozilla may be a non-profit organization, but that doesn't of course mean it's not interested in raising some cash on the sides. Even if the court of public opinion says otherwise. Months after it launched its contentiou...

Your alarm clock now becomes a stylish lamp if you bring home the Aura Connected Alarm Clock by Withings. The purpose of this alarm clock is to help you fall asleep faster and wake up with a refreshed mind every morning....