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Pluto really pops in false color A new, huge map of the dwarf planet from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft shows the yellows, reds, blues and oranges of Pluto in incredible detail. See also: Pluto has mysterious 'dragon sc...

High speed photography techniques have the ability to capture some pretty incredible stuff. We've seen "compressed ultrafast photography" used to track light before and NASA is showing off new pictures of shockwaves take...

Instagram recently surpassed 400 million users, which is 80 million more than Twitter. Much of this growth has taken place in the last nine months alone, when 100 million newcomers joined the platform. The post Surpassin...

For years Mike Rowe has been traveling across the country to meet people whose laborious, often thankless work keeps the world moving forward. And across different shows and different television networks, what has remain...

It'll be a while before all-in-one virtual reality headsets hit shelves, but in the meantime, you can have a DIY experience with Samsung's Gear VR.

Rubber is everywhere. Narrow your focus to just your car -- it's everywhere in there, too. In addition to being the primary material in your tires, it is also found all over the place as dampeners, shock absorbers, and s...

New data from the CDC show there is no correlation between fast food intake and poverty status. Children from higher-income families in fact appear to be more reliant on restaurant fast food than poor kids.

As Google Drive attracts more paying customers, Google rolls out new enhanced security features to lure more businesses and organizations to its service.

Pebble's first circular dial smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round, is now available for $249.99. The round dial and the thinness gives it an edge over the Pebble Time Steel.

Apple has identified 25 apps on its stores that had used a rogue version of its Xcode development tool, and advised users to update the affected apps to fix the issue on their devices. Figuring in the list are the WeChat...

Pao won't have to pay nearly $276,000 in legal fees as the venture capital firm holds firm on not seeking repayment if she opted not to appeal.

The GOP presidential candidate announced his boycott on Twitter after Fox cancelled Trump's guest appearance on The O'Reilly Factor. The two have sparred since Trump's hostile statements against Fox News anchor Megyn Kel...

The whole point of having a passcode associated with your iPhone's lockscreen is to prevent unwanted access to your phone's contents. In fact Apple kind of doubled security when they introduced Touch ID. Unfortunately it...

iCloud bug affects users who are restoring backups to new devices.

Feeling sluggish? Doughy? Increasingly short-winded? Well, my flabby friend, it's time for you to stop putting off the inevitable and get back in shape. You're not trying to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1980, but w...

"IT'S FOR GAMES" has been the oft-quoted cry of VR headset makers and gamers when talking about virtual reality, but the opportunity for movies is unquestionably huge. Today, Oculus VR released a Netflix app for the Gear...

Anyone who has ever gone fishing knows that you don't always catch what you're trying to catch. In industrial fishing, that problem is called "bycatch," and it can have grave consequences.

Joining the same ranks as Uber and Lyft, GrubHub and a couple other companies have been hit with lawsuits challenging worker status. It's the latest legal matter challenging the sharing economy and its habit of labeling ...

The iPhone 6s doesn't just bring a rose gold finish and 3D Touch display, it also introduces the biggest iPhone camera update in some time. 12-megapixels and 4K video recording, not to mention clever features like captur...

If you’ve ever cooked with cast iron, you know you have to be very careful with "cleaning" it. You don’t want to put soap on it, put it in the dishwasher, or scrub it with steel wool, as the whole idea is to have it ...

Data is a splendid thing. And Netflix being Netflix, the streaming service knows exactly what people are watching and when they stop watching. During a set period of time earlier this year, Netflix used that data to figu...

My graphic design students love to design posters using the classic eye chart composition, and they frequently ask "What typeface should I use for this?" Not having a definitive answer has always been frustrating, so I d...