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(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) An Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich study reveals that sound-evoked activity of neurons in the auditory system of the mouse increases the thickness of their myeli...

Nikon users looking for some budget glass will soon have a couple of new options. According to a detailed report by Nikon Rumors--complete with product shots, specs, MTF charts and more--Chinese gear maker Yongnuo will s...

Commentary: A new job opening offers up to $187,000 a year to a Planetary Protection Officer.

Wi-Fi hotspot maker Karma Mobility will this fall unveil a specialized version of its KarmaGo hotspot device that includes built-in security features, including support for private anonymous browsing through Tor, an inte...

The BBC has partnered with Microsoft to develop a new concept to sign into digital services, and ultimately control your TV viewing.Just as how we use our unique fingerprints to sign into our phones and authenticate paym...

National Geographic has announced the winners of its prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year photo contest for 2017. The grand prize winner is Mexican photographer Sergio Tapiro Velasco, who shot this incredible phot...

NASA scientists are keeping sharp eyes on Greenland's glaciers.

Even the United States Postal Service is gearing up for the rare solar eclipse craze with a stamp that changes when you touch it. Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has more.        

Ikea is getting into the domestic solar power generation and storage market in the UK, with new solar panel and home storage battery system products. The products include panels that integrated with existing roofing solu...

Gene Kranz, now 83, was in charge when an explosion aboard Apollo 13 nearly cost the lives of three astronauts. Since then, Apollo's mission control has decayed from neglect, but Kranz is making its restoration his final...

Snap shares fell 4% and closed at a record low on Tuesday at $13.10, but it wasn’t just because of the dreaded lockup expiration, which allowed some insiders to finally sell shares. Snap faced another devastating blow ...

A motley assortment of hackers walk into a room packed full of voting machines. You can guess what happened next.  In many ways, the 25th Annual DEF CON went down like those that preceded it. Over the weekend, 25,000 ha...

Residents spend over 2,000 hours, or over 80 days per person, just to file their taxes every year.

Hyperloop One recently crossed a major milestone, after it hurdled a vehicle through a vacuum-sealed tube at an eye-peeling 192 miles-per-hour. That's almost Formula One speed, and by God, it looks incredible. Too bad pe...

Following its June quarter earnings results, which beat Wall Street expectations for both revenue and iPhone sales, Apple's stock opened at an all-time high of $159.52 today. Apple also opened with a market cap of nearly...

There's a lot happening at Virgin's three space companies, even though they might not be making headlines the same way that other commercial spaceflight companies are. Virgin Galactic is focused on human spaceflight, and...

In an op-ed, the Apollo 11 moonwalker said the International Space Station, Space Launch System and Orion were "eating up every piece of the NASA budget" and preventing the agency from doing anything serious about human ...

There's no shortage of bitcoin in Philadelphia.

A new Senate bill is calling for baseline security standards for Internet of Things devices sold to the U.S. government.

Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman and heir apparent to the South Korean business empire, said he had little knowledge of a deal central to the allegations.

A toggle switch allows me to decide whether the 'old me' on Mars is preserved or destroyed after I teleport back home.

Air Force pilot Major Brian Shul reminisces about the infamous day he and his co-pilot flew the world's fastest jet across the western US