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The display beams 3-D objects a centimeter above or below. Handheld holograms aren't here yet, but these little prototypes offer glimpse of what that future might look like. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Labs have made ...

Earlier today, computer systems at five major South Korean banks and TV networks crashed simultaneously. Experts immediately suspected that it was a cyber attack from North Korea, which has a famously tense relationship ...

Macaws, Amazon parrots, cockatiels, parakeets, and cockatoos are the most popular pet parrots.

The visionary architecture of Lebbeus Woods is more potent than science fiction because it comes with blueprints and models

He never got used to the graying person that greeted him in mirror every morning decades later. But even though his condition left him incapable of remembering new facts and new people, including his own aged self, the A...

No crashes or injuries reported so far, but the issues could cause one. Cars are growing more and reliant on software for their basic functions, which, as cool as it is (see: the Tesla Model S), occasionally means bugs i...

The plunging price of organic LED screens combined with cunning use of depth-sensing Kinect cameras heralds a quantum leap in interactive advertising

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No glasses required and no viewing angle constraints for a new display developed by Hewlett-Packard

An Oregon startup wants to sell you peace of mind by messing with drones. Our guess? This is only the beginning of what could be a very lucrative market. Tired of skies filled with robots? Okay, that hasn't happened yet,...

An inadvertent computer error leads to a string of offensive T-shirts, including "Keep Calm and Rape A Lot", but you can bank on one thing for sure: this will happen again and again, in one form or the other. Why? Becaus...

Could a large American retail store produce as much energy as it consumes? Walgreens is going all 'green' to find out. The company recently announced a plan to erect a 'net-zero' energy store to replace an older one loca...

Why? Because it looks awesome, that's why. We're not entirely sure who the mad geniuses behind this little experiment are, but kudos to them. It really is fun to watch a quadrotor drone in a Faraday cage fly through the ...

It's well known that talking on your cell phone compromises your ability to perform simple tasks like walking and driving. Now it turns out cell phones impact cognition in bystanders as well: listening to another person ...

A damning government report on Shell's Arctic drilling programme set to result in stricter regulations on polar oil and gas exploration

Mathematician Pierre Deligne has won the 2013 Abel prize for a breakthrough in algebraic geometry – a method of solving equations using shapes

The UK government has been advised to allow new IVF techniques that will prevent mitochondrial disease and create babies with genes from three parents (full text available to subscribers)

Mitochondrial transplants do raise ethical concerns but they are no reason to halt human trials

Analysing a database of 12.9 million tweets during the Arab Spring has revealed how to find out the best people to follow in a crisis

A frog that incubates its babies in its stomach and gives birth through its mouth has been extinct since 1983. Now it is on the brink of resurrection

Giant squid from around the world are virtually genetically identical, suggesting that their young are dispersed thousands of kilometres by currents

Or, how to look like you're innovating while actually doing everything to keep the status quo. The New York Times reports that ABC is working on a streaming video app for mobile devices, one that will allow you to watch ...