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At the beginning of Bee Movie, Jerry Seinfeld explains in a voiceover, "According to all known laws of aviation," bees should not be able to fly. But the bee flies anyway "because bees don't care what humans think is imp...

Researchers have learned another thing about spider silk, and as with past discoveries, it may lead to the development of new materials for use among humans. This time around, a group of researchers from Rice University ...

There's some discouraging news concerning the fight against climate change today, as scientists with the World Meteorological Organization's climate research arm are saying that the record high temperatures we've seen so...

Mobileye, a supplier of vision-based sensor chips for self-driving cars, has cited concern over the reputation of autonomous technologies following the ending of its supply deal with Tesla, likely due to the fatal crash ...

When Second Life patched in support for the Oculus Rift, Linden Lab was cautious to pitch its online world as a haven for virtual reality. "We're trying not to make too big of a deal out of it," Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altbe...

Apple has just announced a new major milestone for the company: it has sold its billionth iPhone. Company CEO Tim Cook made the announcement to Apple employees this morning, saying, "iPhone has become one of the most imp...

Did you know that beaked whales are a thing, and that they're more than just giant, weird-looking dolphin clones?

"Fewer iPhones than last year" is still a bunch of iPhones.

Cheating at Pokemon GO isn't especially difficult, as a rabble of Android and iOS developers will tell you this week. Today the quickest rising app on either app store is an app called "Poke Radar" which, as you'll soon ...

This is a surprise--Netflix's rejuvenation of dystopian British anthology series Black Mirror is a lot closer than we expected. We've heard about the tantalizing casting for a while, but now we know when we'll finally be...

You either love Gilmore Girls or you can't stand it, but those that are fans are very excited the show is coming back on Netflix. Now, some nine months after the show was first rumored to be revived, we have a release da...

Amazon Launchpad has added a new category specifically for successful Kickstarter products, making it easier to find crowdfunded gizmos and gadgets that were successfully brought to market. The products themselves aren't...

Okay, this isn't the biggest news you'll hear from Yahoo this week, but bear with us -- it's important if you still rely on Yahoo for your messaging needs. The internet pioneer has released its long-in-development redesi...

Suffice to say, if you're a member of the gamma-radiated family in Marvel's comics at the moment, now isn't exactly a happy time .

Sony has revealed the list of free games coming for PlayStation Plus subscribers next month. There are six games total, with the two PlayStation 4 offerings being comprised of Tricky Towers and Rebel Galaxy. There are a ...

You're plugging along with 3 percent battery and that Snorlax is one block away. Then, less than a minute later your phone is dead, the Snorlax is gone, and you are miserable. There are a two reasons for this. One: you'r...

Looking for a crowd-sourced gadget, but don't actually want to run the risk of backing a Kickstarter? Good news: Amazon just launched a hub for completed, successful Kickstarter products. The product category lives on Am...

If you happen to be in the market for 400 vintage boomboxes, then it's your lucky da. Craig Kenton, a New Zealander who's collected boomboxes for fifteen years is auctioning off his entire collection, and it's huge.

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Those of you who survived the roarin' 1990s will almost certainly remember Dolly the Sheep, who was created from a single adult cell that was combined with an egg cell that had been stripped of its DNA. In other words, D...

When climate change is in the news, it's usually because of a scary new temperature record or a mass coral die-off , or because an enormous chunk of Greenland disappeared and nobody noticed . But at the end of the day, t...

Scientists have discovered a microbe in the human nose that produces an antibiotic lethal to the MRSA superbug, among others. The discovery could lead to powerful new therapies to treat problematic bacterial infections, ...