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If AirPods are the crude results of capitalism's machinery, then what do counterfeit AirPods say about us?

Self-driving startup Pronto is finding its way after founder Anthony Levandowski's indictment.

In anticipation of the final Android Q rollout, Google surprised the world a few days ago with a massive branding makeover. Dessert names have been abandoned in favor of numbers, and Android Q shall be known as Android 1...

Intellithings has announced availability and HomeKit support for its RoomMe smart home presence device that helps improve the automation of connected devices.

It would be grand, indeed, if there was one universal stain remover that worked on any and every stain you could create. Alas, there is not and there probably won't ever be one, either. Although Science and, like, Procte...

A change in the rhetoric about space is being accelerated in response to damaging media coverage about the Air Force suppressing speech. SpaceNews.com

Scientists have discovered that a receptor on the surface of brain cells plays a key role in regulating how both animals and people respond to stress. The research suggests that the receptor may represent an important bi...

Further spelunking into a beta version of Apple's upcoming iOS 13 reveals what appears to be a new Apple Watch operating mode designed to keep students on task in the classroom, as well as a number of new watch face comp...

ESA said Sept. 2 it maneuvered one of its Earth science satellites to avoid a potential collision with a SpaceX Starlink satellite, the first time the agency said it's had to maneuver to avoid a satellite associated with...

Two years after Firefox Quantum's release, Mozilla devs said they fixed Firefox's battery-draining problem.

From dark mode to a new gesture navigation system, Android 10 changing the Android experience. Here are all the features in Google's latest version.

DNA changes throughout a person's life can significantly increase their susceptibility to heart conditions and other age-related diseases, research suggests.

New research reveals a new role for the enzyme telomerase, which scientists thought was turned off in most normal adult cells, except in cancerous tumors where it promotes unlimited cell division. The researchers discove...

Excess phosphorus from fertilized cropland frequently finds its way into nearby rivers and lakes, resulting in a boom of aquatic plant growth, plunging oxygen levels in the water, fish die-offs and other harmful effects....

Charles II, the last of the Spanish Hapsburgs. Generations of inbreeding left him infertile, in addition to numerous additional health problems. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Inbreeding, or mating between two closely-relat...

A new study links changes in the gene for the protein focal adhesion kinase, or FAK, to ovarian cancer's ability to survive chemotherapy.

Scientists have found evidence suggesting that resistance to the 'hunger hormone' ghrelin in the brain is linked to the cognitive impairments and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The findings, based ...

With warming temperatures, average snowfall frequency is estimated to decline across the Pacific Northwest by 2100 -- and at a faster rate if greenhouse emissions are not reduced, according to a new study.

(Credit: l i g h t p o e t/Shutterstock) Prominent scientists can be guiding beacons for an entire field. Their work can define research for years to come, and sets a precedent for successive generations. The life of an ...

A new study looking at incidence of disease data nationwide from 2000 to 2016 found a shift in obesity-associated cancers (OACs) to younger individuals. Typically, these cancers are diagnosed at higher rates among people...

States that require prescribers to register with and use prescription drug monitoring programs in most clinical circumstances saw notably fewer opioid prescriptions and reduced opioid-related hospital use by Medicaid pat...