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A new coronavirus variant has been found in multiple California outbreaks, but scientists aren't yet sure whether it's more transmissible than other strains.

Lara Croft, the tomb raider herself, may be the next bounty hunter pulled into the Fortnite universe, at least based on a recent leak. The claim is based on some recent code found in the game’s data files, though Epic ...

Researchers at Harvard University have recently devised a system based on Wi-Fi sensing that could enhance the collaboration between robots operating in unmapped environments. This system, presented in a paper pre-publis...

Reddit has been a source of stolen work for years, and the struggle to get copyrighted content removed makes creators wonder why it can't do better.

In the weeks since Trump-sympathizing rioters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol, platforms have scrambled to account for the ways right-wing zealots used their communication networks to strategize, coordinate or otherwise i...

G6PD deficiency affects about 400 million people worldwide and can pose serious health risks. Now, researchers think they've found the cause of the most severe cases, which could finally lead to treatments.

The commercial race to space just got a little more crowded. Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit, Virgin Galactic's sister company, has successfully launched a rocket into orbit for the first time. It also managed to successf...

On January 20, 2020, the first known case of covid-19 in the U.S. was reported--a man in his 30s who had traveled back to Washington State from Wuhan, China, where the first cases of the novel viral disease had been disc...

The Aston Martin brand, known for making the best-looking cars on the planet, is not usually associated with straight lines and wedge-shaped designs. But back in 1979, Aston Martin came up with the Bulldog prototype, a m...

Scientists have known for decades that cancer cells don’t metabolize sugar in the same way normal cells do. Scientists have been trying since that discovery in the 1920s to figure out why cancer cells use a method for ...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) In a review article published in Frontiers of Endocrinology, Brazilian researchers estimate a reduction of 35% in levels of physical activity and a rise of 28% in s...

The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down many facets of life last year, leading to a small reduction in methane emissions, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report. The organization primarily attributed an appro...

As the company predicted, Netflix has topped 200 million subscribers, reporting (PDF) 203.66 million paying customers worldwide. Netflix also noted that its original TV shows accounted for nine of the top ten most Google...

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There’ve been more different sorts of LEGO sets over the past several decades than I’m sure LEGO would like to admit. Lots of great success has been had, but not every concept is a winner. The latest is LEGO Super Ma...

Don't do it. Most people aren't going to experiment with navigating to root Windows 10 folders, but just in case anyone might be digging around in the software guts of their PC, it's best to stay away from inputting this...

I can't figure out who, exactly, Amazon's Halo Band is designed for. The screen-free band works in the background to track your activity and sleep, and it also has microphones to listen in on your conversations and analy...

SAVE $200: The Optoma UGH30 4K projector is one of the best 4K TV alternatives, and it's $200 off at Amazon as of Jan. 19. At-home projectors weren't always as high-quality as they are now. These days, they can rival som...

Hot on the heels of successfully snagging hunks of space rock in October, the scientists behind NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission are contemplating sending the spacecraft to study the asteroid Apophis.

Samsung has been rather quick with the Android 11 updates that were packaged with One UI 3.0, far better than its past performance. Of course, not all Galaxy phones are created equal and some less conventional phones mig...

A novel flexible, breathable magnetic skin allows people with quadriplegia to move around their environment with greater ease.