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Physicists have long predicted that what came into being billions of years ago will inevitably be snuffed out. One day, the universe will collapse, folding in on itself like the sand in an hourglass, squeezing all materi...

In collaboration with the University of Basel, an international team of researchers has observed a strong energy loss caused by frictional effects in the vicinity of charge density waves. This may have practical signific...

A hand-held spectrometer pioneered by Toronto-based TellSpec that can determine exactly what is in the user's food and display it on his or her smartphone. The idea for the device came from co-founder Isabel Hoffman's da...

The U.S. and China produce more total e-waste than any other country, according to a new map that tracks e-waste around the world.

Earth's greatest killer, intelligent reptiles and why James Bond likes shaken martinis are just a few of the cool stories we found for you this week.

People get fired for all sorts of reasons. Here are 10 that might surprise you.

These genius shopping apps makes shopping with a mobile phone easier than ever.

New research suggests that shoppers are less likely to buy products with ads featuring black people or people with tattoos.

When the soccer video game FIFA 14 went on sale this past fall, it boasted a ball that, at long last, could sail smartly through the air. In earlier versions of the popular game, the ball sometimes... --