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With just months left in office, President Obama has finally gotten around to ditching his once-beloved BlackBerry. However, the device he's replaced it with may surprise you. The post Obama has finally ditched his Black...

Latest New Horizons images of Pluto are the mission's highest resolution captures --

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A lot of people turn to the internet before they pay their doctors a visit. Researchers are looking to take advantage of this tendency to determine if web searches can be used to facilitate early cancer detection.

The use of recreational marijuana could already be legal in Canada as soon as next year, with its leaders pursuing legislation soon. Legalizing marijuana in Canada could open up a big market for U.S. traders, too.

A simple, inexpensive and non-invasive breath test may be key to determining the return of lung cancer after surgery, a new study has found. See how it can be a game changer in lung cancer diagnosis.

Researchers have found a link between economic hard times and the likelihood of children becoming fat and obese. How did the recent Great Depression affect children's weight?

The United States and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered into an agreement to cooperate in aeronautics research, and the exploration and use of airspace and outer space for peaceful purposes, working together in the...

A goodnight kiss turned out fatal for 20-year-old Myriam Ducré-Lemay. Her boyfriend just ate a peanut butter sandwich not knowing of her food allergy.

How many times have you been messaging a group of people and you try to answer a question or respond to something, but someone else writes something unrelated before you can reply? Your message and the one you're trying ...

Solar Impulse 2 isn't the only Sun-powered aircraft reaching a milestone this week. Luminati Aerospace has conducted a public test flight of its prototype solar aircraft, the VO-Substrata, that represents a stepping ston...

SpaceX chief Elon Musk shed light on his new plan to send an unmanned spaceship to Mars as early as 2018, as part of his quest to some day colonize the Red Planet.

WhatsApp now has the ability to quote messages you want to reply to, which sounds especially useful for group chats with friends or family. Only problem is, it's unclear if everyone already has access to it. It first cam...

EA's got the rights to make Star Wars games, and it's making a lot of them. At its E3 2016 press conference today, the huge games publisher took to detailing numerous projects it's working on. (Aside from fresh content f...

In this week's episode, Ben and Karen redesign a mouse and keyboard to make a science-fiction movie prop -- a process that involves reused scrap salvaged from the Salvage Wars, a 3D printer and a laser cutter. We also ge...

Photographer Jason Futrill has already spent three months of this year exploring Australia for various tourism marketing campaigns and social media channels. Based in Tasmania, Jason recently completed an eight-day road-...

Accidental deaths are now more common than ever before across the United States. What is driving this increase in fatalities?

The beauty industry has long relied on creating a sense of mystery, magic even, around its creams, powders and potions. But now it has something else up its sleeve: high technology.

Auto giants are racing to invest in car- and ride-sharing services, lured by the prospect of fat profits yet to be tapped from a billion cars on the world's roads.

Along with more 4K options and HDR support, Nvidia's Shield family receives a condensed version of the Plex app. It'll include the media server.

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) In a randomized Phase III study of the drug inotuzumab ozogamicin, a statistically significant percentage of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) whose disea...

Twitter issued a statement saying its servers were not hacked but suggested ways users can keep their accounts safe after the data breach.