12 animals who've made calls on sporting events — some surprisingly successful, some... a little less so.

Early figures suggest parts of England have had their wettest January since records began more than 100 years ago.

We have a released a series of updates and new functionality at the end of this month that we would like to introduce in our 4.4 release. Apparently a little bit more than can fit in the title, so please check out our blog post to see whats new!

Polar bears have shifted to a diet of more land-based food in response to climate change and melting sea ice in the Arctic, new research finds. The results suggest that polar bears, at least in the western Hudson Bay area, may be slightly more flexible in the face of climate change than previously thought.

Everybody talks about social media successes. And that's fine. But as Thomas Edison said about his attempts to create the lightbulb, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

Memes bubble up from the swamps of the internet every day, to be shared on Reddit message boards and Facebook walls alike. But how do people react to becoming the unwitting stars of shareable content? Some embrace their internet stardom, by trading off their minor celebrity. Others write thoughtful pieces exploring the pitfalls of online notoriety.

For the researcher plagued from time to time by what Norman Mailer called the Swiss cheese effect (i.e., you reach for something in your head and find a hole), the Internet is invaluable. A question pops up, and you tap the computer for the answer.

The Facebook CEO talks about the people who influenced him most.

In the age of social media, doctors, patients, and ethicists face new dilemmas over organ transplants.

Two IPOs announced on the same day have radically different business models and track records. Will Hilton or Twitter shine brightest? Here's a comparison...

How many of the Yelp reviews you read would you guess are forged by the companies being reviewed? MarketWatch reports that 20% of Yelp reviews are fraudulent, typically written by freelance writers...

Once the most popular social network for college students and teens, Facebook has become more like a public forum for moms, dads and grandparents to embarrass their family members. If you're wondering why "the kids" prefer Instagram, Tumblr and SnapChat over Facebook, it might be because of status updates like these.

4chan's overlord, Christopher Poole (a.k.a. moot), has been financing and running 4chan for 10 years. What is next?

New research reveals the more we interact with the social network, the less satisfied we tend to feel

Almost one-third of Americans visit Facebook every day during work hours.