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Willing Davidson interviews Rion Amilcar Scott about "Shape-Ups at Delilah's," his short story from the October 7, 2019, issue of The New Yorker.

Despite what the inventors of the world want you to believe, not everything in your home needs to be intelligent, automated, and motorized--except your garbage cans. The inventor of the SmartCan wants to ensure you'll ne...

SpaceX will soon have a whole fleet of shiny silver Starship prototypes, if all goes according to plan.

U.S. digital money transfer platform PayPal Holdings Inc has obtained Beijing's approval to buy a controlling stake in a domestic payments firm, which would make PayPal the first foreign firm to enter China's payment ser...

Antitrust investigators with the House Judiciary Committee are looking into Google's plans to add Domain Name System over Transport Layer Security (DNS over TLS) to its Chrome browser, the Wall Street Journal reported on...

The Brisbane Festival is an annual three-week arts extravaganza in Queensland's capital, traditionally ending with some military flyovers before a lot of fireworks are set off in an event called Sunsuper Riverfire. This ...

Toy photographer Benedek Lampert recently teamed up with LEGO Hungary to recreate some of the most iconic photographs from the Apollo 11 mission in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. The resulting images ...

Challenge yourself to put up the fastest time in the Combine limited-time mode.

Hand washing is an essential and important part of not getting sick, or making others sick. And most of us suck at it. If you only wash your hands for a few seconds, or if you sort of wave them under the faucet and then ...

Even when you think you're doing everything right financially, things can still go wrong. Job loss, divorce, and illness can all wreak havoc on your finances, as can car accidents, natural disasters, and--well, you get t...

The possible existence of Planet Nine and its impact on distant objects in the solar system has fascinated researchers for some time. But a new study suggests that the theoretical object, may not be a giant planet hiding...

Our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man has swung back to Marvel, keeping Tom Holland's incarnation of the hero alive. A new deal between movie studios Sony and Disney agreed to keep Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Univ...

Submit a project. Rack up points by completing quests. Post weekly updates. This is tech culture distilled into a game--with real consequences.

Hurricane Lorenzo has set records as it blasts its way through the central Atlantic, becoming a category 5 hurricane on Saturday night before weakening back down to category 3 status by Sunday evening, CNN reported.

People who received omega-3 fish oil supplements in randomized clinical trials had lower risks of heart attack and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) events compared with those who were given placebo.

Early life stress from racial discrimination puts African Americans at greater risk for accelerated aging, a marker for premature development of serious health problems and perhaps a shorter life expectancy, according to...

A triple drug combination has been used to extend the lifespan of fruit flies by 48 percent in a new study.

Common herbs, including lavender, fennel and chamomile, have a long history of use as folk medicines used to lower blood pressure. In a new study, researchers explain the molecular mechanisms that make them work.

Spray the flame-retardant goo on vegetation, and it'll protect the plants from igniting for months.

Apple has released iOS 13.1.2 and iPadOS 13.1.2, in yet another rapid release of software updates to the iPadOS 13 and iOS 13 system software releases. This new version comes just days after releasing iPadOS & iOS 13.1.1...

Dave Hamilton and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss some hints for iMessage in iOS 13, and we start talking Catalina prep.

Parents using multiple kitchen appliances and utensils to prevent their child with celiac disease from being exposed to gluten may be able to eliminate some cumbersome steps. A new preliminary study found no significant ...