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There's a galaxy not too far from our own that astronomers were very sure was shaped like an X, but a new, clearer radio telescope image shows that the galaxy is more like a stretched-out blob.

Facebook is apparently planning on launching a new "news" tab in the coming months in order to deliver news directly from well-known publishers.This idea

Russia's state communications watchdog has asked Google to stop advertising "illegal mass events" on its YouTube video platform, it said on Sunday.

While solar and wind power are rapidly becoming cost-competitive with fossil fuels in areas with lots of sun and wind, they still can't provide the 24/7 power we've become used to. At present, that's not big a problem be...

Security researcher Truman Kain debuted the Surveillance Detection Scout at the Defcon hacking conference. The mod for the Tesla Model S can send out alerts if someone keeps appearing on the car's built-in cameras.

Welcome to the early solar system. Just after the planets formed more than 4.5 billion years ago, our cosmic neighborhood was a chaotic place. Waves of comets, asteroids and even proto-planets streamed toward the inner s...

It was only a matter of time.

A 3D dashboard display that doesn’t demand special glasses could make your next car a lot safer and more intuitive to drive, big-name automotive supplier Bosch is promising. The company has been showing off its new dig...

Astronomers aren't done with major black hole discoveries this year. The Max Planck Institute's Kianusch Mehrgan and colleagues have found the largest black hole ever observed at the center of Holm 15A, a galaxy about 70...

Apple is reportedly planning to release an iPhone Pro among its 2019 iPhones. The information comes from a reliable leaker of Apple information, but it remains unclear which specific model will be carrying the name.

The US military normally embraces technology whenever possible. This time, however, it's taking a conspicuous step back. The Navy will ditch touchscreens on destroyers within the next 18 to 24 months, reverting instead t...

Photo: The Walt Disney Company Disney's CGI remake of its 1994 film The Lion King has crossed $1.3 billion at the international box office, officially beating out Frozen's $1.27 billion to become the top-grossing animate...

The study is the first to put antibiotic biosynthesis and resistance into an evolutionary context. The findings will help to guide the future discovery of new antibiotics and antibiotic alternatives which are medicines t...

Both general and abdominal obesity were strongly associated with mortality among Mexican adults. Each 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI above 25 kg/m2 was associated with a 30 percent increase in mortality. These findings refute p...

A multi-institutional team reveals a previously unknown gut-brain connection that helps explain how those extra servings lead to weight gain.

In a finding that could shed light on tissue formation, wound healing and cancer spread, a new study shows that human cells follow the same rules as non-living particles to form fractal-like branching structures.

A large cohort study has revealed a common osteoporosis drug significantly decreases premature mortality risk, likely related to a reduction in bone loss.

Hookah waterpipe use has grown in popularity in recent years -- 1 in 5 college students in the U.S. and Europe have tried it -- but the practice could be more dangerous than other forms of smoking, according to a first-o...

Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia among the elderly, is characterized by plaques and tangles in the brain, with most efforts at finding a cure focused on these abnormal structures. But a research tea...

A research team has mapped the molecular structure of an aggressive protein aggregate that causes acceleration of Alzheimer's disease.

Many of the vulnerabilities relied on using iMessage to own the rest of the phone, Google's Project Zero said.

Sara Lautman illustrates a humorous series of possible origins for some super-localized red scratches.