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The Burj Khalifa in Dubai currently holds the title of world's tallest building, but its architects are now looking to overtake it with a new project in Saudi Arabia. Known as the Jeddah Tower, or Kingdom Tower, the buil...

Worried about cracking your smartphone screen? A folding smartphone could be coming to the rescue one day.

The giant footprints of long-necked sauropods were found on rocky coast of the Isle of Skye this past April.

The laws of physics may well prevent the human brain from evolving into an ever more powerful thinking machine --

Researchers found that BRCA1 gene helps restore broken DNA strands in lab mice bred to develop Alzheimer's disease. Mutated BRCA1 gene increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers.

For some creatives, Christmas may have come early as Adobe unleashes a flood of announcements and updates to many of its apps, most of which have already been prefigured at its MAX 2015 conference last October. Among the...

ShiftWear are sneakers that feature colored e-paper displays at the sides, and wearers can change what is displayed using a mobile app. The sneakers are currently the subject of an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

Let's face the facts – the first time you saw the Death Star in a Star Wars film, you must have been overwhelmed by a sense of awe and wonder. Imagine the amount of energy required to run a battle station that is as la...

A new version of quantum theory sweeps away the bizarre paradoxes of the microscopic world. The cost? Quantum information exists only in your imagination --

Scientists who tried very hard to find distinct differences between male and female brains say they can't do it.

Several world leaders say fighting global warming requires 'big fat price' on carbon pollution

He's one of Australia's most outspoken politicians, but conservative South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi has decided to go radio silent on social media. On Tuesday, Bernardi mysteriously deleted all his tweets but lef...

Amazon, Verizon and News Corp. are among 73 companies joining a White House climate change initiative on Tuesday, adding to an unprecedented show of support from American businesses for a global agreement. The announceme...

Twitter has created several new emojis in conjunction with the COP21 climate change talks in Paris. The emojis can be activated by using the appropriate hashtags #COP21, @GoCOP21, #ActionDay, and #ClimateChange. The post...

Wow. This is truly spectacular. Here's footage from UP Aerospace, which captured a multistage rocket separating in space like we've never seen before. You can see it release and then separate from each other in stunning ...

Omikenshi Co. is the number two rayon manufacturer in Japan, and they're using their textile production process to create flour from inedible tree pulp and the bitter konjac plant. The resulting flour has a better taste ...

Good VR doesn't come cheap, as evidenced by Nokia's Ozo 360-degree video camera. Meanwhile, Swatch's next smartwatch has mobile payments, and Blocks lets you build your own smartwatch.

At Autodesk University 2015, Lenovo took the wraps off a trio of new machines, the most notable of which is its latest business-grade Yoga machine, the Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga. The company describes its newest Yoga as a...

When it comes to deciding on a baby name, you could go with a family name. Or, like several couples did in 2015, you could look to your cellphone photography habit for inspiration. According to BabyCenter, some of the ho...

Guest author Gal Nachum is an entrepreneur, 5X founder and startup mentor.  There's more than one way to skin a cat, and there are many ways to classify a startup. For a classification framework to be useful, it needs t...

The European Space Agency is postponing the launch of probe that will test technology for a future mission to measure gravitational waves.

Video: Mashable Studios There may or may not be a shrink-ray involved. Everyone's heard of a credit score, but what goes into your personal number may surprise you. Watch as Kal Penn walks you through how to put up a hig...