OpenROV has already raised $537,000 for its underwater drone, Trident.

Air passengers across the U.S. benefit from the use of driver’s licenses as authoritative identification when travelling domestically but that looks set to soon change. U.S. citizens from New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana and New Hampshire or ...

Nurses working six-hour days at a Swedish care home are reportedly more energetic, less stressed, and able to spend more time with the residents, who in turn feel more comfortable and relaxed.

Physicians have cured 12 adult patients of sickle cell disease using a unique procedure for stem cell transplantation from healthy, tissue-matched siblings. The new technique eliminates the need for chemotherapy to prepare the patient to receive the ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in eight weeks, suggesting the labor market continued to strengthen despite the recent tightening in financial market conditions. Initial cla ...

Nanoparticles disguised as human platelets could greatly enhance the healing power of drug treatments for cardiovascular disease and systemic bacterial infections. These platelet-mimicking nanoparticles, developed by engineers at the University of Ca ...

FCC defends net neutrality rules against lawsuit filed by broadband industry.

It's more golf cart than VW Golf, but this self-driving two-seater “pod” represents the cutting edge of the emerging British autonomous vehicle industry. The first electric Lutz Pathfinder, which is smaller than a Smart car, launched in Milton ...

The U.S. space agency announced that it's launching a 4K TV channel in November that will stream ultra-high definition footage from the International Space Station. The footage will provide an unprecedented look at what it's like to live an ...

A large and sometimes violent vigilante movement is spreading on Facebook in Peru.

Researchers have created a prosthetic hand that people can actually feel through, for the first time ever.

The directors of the FBI, CIA, and NSA put on an elaborate display of public relations on Friday in a thinly veiled attempt to con the American public into giving up their basic rights so the country’s police industrial complex can do its job more ea ...

In the first surgical operation of its kind, a cancer patient has been fitted with a 3D-printed titanium sternum and ribs.

Elon Musk is clearly in the 2016 race for Supervillain of the Universe, because on the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," he suggested there were two ways to make Mars hospitable for humans and one option is to drop thermonuclear bombs on it ...

In an interview with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Surveillance, Galloway proffered that Mayer is “the most overpaid CEO in history” and that the reason she has kept her job as the struggling company’s CEO is because she recently announced that is pregnant ...

When men signed up for a free account, they would immediately be shown profiles of what internal documents call “Angels,” or fake women whose details and photos had been batch-generated using specially designed software. To bring the fake women to li ...

Scientists Donald Ingber and Dan Dongeun Huh at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (Whew, that was a mouthful!) have developed microchip-like devices called O...

Jowan Oesterlund is technically a cyborg. With two NFCs implanted in his body, he's able to interact with his business security system with a wave of the wrist.

After a years-long search, an Air Force veteran has found the young mystery girl he rescued during Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. stocks rose more than 1 percent to near session highs on Wednesday afternoon as technology stocks led a rebound from Tuesday's steep losses and as China's move to again support its financial markets eased investor concerns.