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Laid end to end, the bricks used in the construction would stretch for almost 200 miles.

A massive forelimb claw isn't even the weirdest body part of a chameleon-like reptile that lived 200 million years ago.

Here's a guide to all those facts you wanted to know about Election Day.

Apple's encryption keeps it from accessing your iMessages and sharing them with law enforcement, but the company still keeps some digital breadcrumbs. For instance, Apple could share a list of your contacts' phone number...

Introducing the Tilt iPad Pro 9.7" Case and Stand which has been expertly designed and crafted to protect and serve. Securely holding your tablet, this system is made with unique felted wood and coated suede, both of whi...

Using a mere 2,000 atoms of cesium, Professor Julien Laurat and his team at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris have created the world's smallest mirror. According to postdoctoral fellow Neil Corzo, who is als...

Once unthinkable, 1 terabit attacks may soon be the new normal.

Five of the biggest tech companies have launched a collaboration to help the public understand the benefits of artificial intelligence. The New York Times reported in early September that Google, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM...

Despite the dream of the self-driving car, most autonomous vehicles still have a steering wheel, giving passengers the option to take control at a moments notice. Komatsu's latest dump truck is a bit different -- it does...

Perennial snake oil salesman Dr. Oz has found a new way to take your make money: a wearable. The press release promises the iBeat Life Monitor is "lifesaving" smartwatch that "empowers people to live longer lives." The b...

When you're scraping the bottom of the barrel for motivation, even simple things like cleaning the house can seem overwhelming. This mental trick can turn a quick tidying session into a full on cleaning frenzy.

 HP was recently caught in the act using a “security update” to prevent its printers from operating with a number of recycled and third-party ink cartridges. After much outcry the company has relented and is issuing...

 A polling station in Nashua, New Hampshire. Photo by Mark Buckawicki via Wikimedia Commons A law prohibiting New Hampshire voters from taking self-portraits with their ballots has been deemed unfair. Taking self-portra...

Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman describes the structure of quasicrystals, the discovery of which won him the scorn of colleagues in the 1980s and then the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011. This Nature... --

The FCC has voted to strengthen the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, which sends warnings about missing children, natural disasters and other dangerous events directly to citizens' cell phones. The new rules allow gover...

IEEE has approved the 802.3bz standard: 2.5Gbps over Cat 5e, 5Gbps over Cat 6.

Plenty of strange and scary creatures lurk in the dark, cold depths of the ocean ...

On September 30th, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta probe will cap off its 12-year career surveying Comet 67P (aka Churyumov-Gerasimenko) by slowly descending to its surface. There the spacecraft will join its l...

Waze Rider, the ride-sharing version of the popular Google-owned navigation app, is now open to the general public in the Bay Area. After several months in private beta, the Wall Street Journal reports that Google is rea...

There are more optical illusions on the internet than stars in the sky, but not only does this seemingly impossible object exist in real life, YouTube's Shopbuilt channel shows you how to build your own--without having t...

Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors NV may be purchased by Qualcomm, according to sources, who say the deal may go through in the next 2 to 3 months. The acquisition, if it happens, would be the largest semiconductor in...

On the first Sunday of each month, you can't drive a car in Paris -- unless it's electric. That's a trend that might just catch on elsewhere, judging by the fact that rival Tesla has pre-sold over 300,000 Model 3 EVs. So...