The top 1 percent of the US wealth distribution has increased its net worth by 650 percent since 1989, while the bottom 50 percent saw its wealth grow by a much more modest 170 percent during the same period.

In the latest example of deepfake technology, researchers have shown off new software that uses machine learning to let users edit the text transcript of a video to add, delete, or change the words coming right out of somebody’s mouth.

The hagfish is a slime-emitting ocean-dweller that's remained unchanged for 300 million years--and it shows. It has a skull (but no spine), velvet smooth skin, and a terrifying pit of a mouth that's lined with rows of razor-sharp teeth.

Meet the space-weather forecaster leading the charge to help us understand solar flares and geomagnetic storms before it’s too late.

In some cryptic messaging, Microsoft hints at a next-gen Xbox console reveal for its press conference, which is scheduled for Sunday, June 9.

We rank the top 25 female football players who are set to take over at the Women's World Cup 2019 in France. Simply, they are the best of the best.

Learn more about Depression and anxiety might affect susceptibility to certain allergies, according to new study

Oakland on Tuesday became the second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms after a string of speakers testified that psychedelics helped them overcome depression, drug addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s undercover interview with GOP former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin never actually made it into the final cut of his satirical Showtime series “Who Is America?” And the British comedian has finally revealed the awkward reason. “Just like her candidacy for vice president, she wasn’t good enough to make the show,” Baron Cohen said in the latest episode of The Daily Beast’s “The Last Laugh” podcast.

When you think about a cryptocurrency you might imagine a network of powerful machines solving mathematical challenges in order to get a reward in return. While this is capable of pegging the security of the network to the cost of running machines, it is prone to block re-organisations through rapid introduction of new machines or by the creation of specific chips (ASIC/FPGA).

David Milch’s short-lived and long-lamented HBO western “Deadwood” gets a belated series finale this Friday night, some 13 years after being unexpectedly canceled just before production was to begin on the show’s fourth season.

A plastic bag ban comes into force in Tanzania on Saturday, as Africa leads efforts to stem the tide of plastic blighting the farthest reaches of the globe, and depths of the ocean. Tanzania is banning the importation, production, sale and use of plastic bags, becoming the 34th African country to implement such restrictions, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).

A woman came to after she spent 27 years in a coma following a car accident.

Amazon has removed more than a dozen books that unscientifically claim a homemade bleach, chlorine dioxide, can cure conditions ranging from malaria to childhood autism. The books include directions for making and ingesting the concoction, which doctors and federal regulators have warned is dangerous.

The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There’s big money in esports, they say. You’ve heard the stories. Teenaged gamers flown overseas to sunny mansions with live-in chefs. The erection of $50 million arenas for Enders Game-esque sci-fi battles. League of Legends pros pulling down seven-figure salaries. Yet there’s a reason why these narratives are provocative enough to attract lip-licking headlines in business news and have ac...

1966 Ford Ranger II concept truck with a futuristic look created with a streamlined windshield, high-intensity head lights of rectangular design and Clearwater Aqua finish. Syd Mead created a design for a convertible Ford pickup, similar to the modern Chevrolet SSR.

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Some of the leading scientists in the U.K. have written an open letter to the country's 100 wealthiest families, asking for an "extraordinary increase" in their funding for environmental causes, a week after research shows that climate change will make them poorer.

The UK should make measles vaccinations compulsory before children start school, according to an analysis of international measles data

How the Romans introduced liquefied iron into the streets at Pompeii remains a mystery.