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Monster Cable's CES press conference never fails to raise eyebrows. There is a long line of celebrities standing at the back of the stage. Noel Lee, the CEO of Monster Cable, wheels around in front of them on a Segway wi...

After a short holiday break, Mars Rover Curiosity is on the move and looking to smash some rocks. Mars Rover Curiosity is back on the move. After a brief holiday break during which the immobile rover simply imaged its su...

In space, loose clouds of gas generate spontaneous laser emissions all the time. Now, physicists are for the first time creating lasers from gas clouds here on Earth--lasers unlike any gas-based laser we've ever seen. As...

A new look at twin-star systems hints that life might thrive in more places than we thought, as long as it can adapt to wild climates

The space agency wants new tenants or owners for its now-obsolete shuttle equipment. Click to launch the photo gallery The space shuttles are all nestled in their retirement homes, but NASA still has plenty of equipment,...

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A new metamaterial is the first with a refractive index near zero, allowing light waves to propagate ultrafast over nano-distances

Truth got stranger than fiction in low Earth orbit when the crew of the starship Enterprise exchanged messages with the crew of the International Space Station

The Singularity Hub Membership Program launched nearly one year ago, and in that time, it has grown to include hundreds of members hungry for more news and perspective about technology trends. It's been a busy year here ...

You should discuss with your doctor or pharmacist whether ingesting grapefruit could cause an unintentional drug overdose. Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice affects how the body metabolizes certain drugs, an...

If sea level rises significantly due to global warming, chilled seas caused by melting icebergs might temporarily cool the planet's surface

Australia is baking in record-breaking heat, threatening to unleash the worst firestorms since 2009

Repeated miscarriages may be due to abnormal signals that make the uterus receptive to an embryo for too long

China and India have different ambitions in space, but missions from both countries will help us better understand the cosmos. Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and f...

It may look like a Turner, but this dramatic image is actually a snapshot of the Tibesti mountains that straddle Chad and Libya taken from space

Western schoolchildren are routinely outperformed by their Asian peers, but worrying about it is pointless, says MacGregor Campbell