Once upon a time, the tech giant let shows linger on well past their best. Now series like Chambers are getting axed after a season. What is behind this lurch into ruthlessness?

Independent bookshops are thriving because they understand readers’ tastes better than an Amazon algorithm.

A Republican senator just took a swing at Silicon Valley by introducing a bill which could make tech giants like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube liable for the tide of harmful content they are currently struggling to hold back.

Starting in 2020, Nevada employers cannot refuse to hire a job applicant for failing a marijuana screening test, making it the first state to pass such a law. "It is unlawful for any employer in this State to fail or refuse to hire a prospective ...

If a dog has eyes that seem to be telling you something or demanding your attention, it could be evolution's way of manipulating your feelings. Researchers have found that dogs have evolved muscles around their eyes, which allow them to make exp ...

Loneliness is a “disease”, associated with an increased risk of death equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Strides have been made in understanding what form of loneliness is damaging (a lack of close relationships with other people, rather than ...

Police responded to a call for an aggressive dog running loose Saturday night in Kilgore. When the officer arrived, he thought he might be able to capture it by opening his car door and coaxing him into the back seat, which was caged in. The officer ...

Toxic chemicals, anthrax - even nuclear waste - could be unleashed by global warming

The Ancient Greeks modelled a form of education that, in variants, has endured for centuries. But with climate change and globalisation, the world has changed, and the role of education with it.

In April 1986, Reactor 4 of the Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin Atomic Power Station near the city of Chernobyl experiences a catastrophic core meltdown. The radioactive lava that formed was named Corium and it's still there.

The actor hasn’t stood still since Game of Thrones ended. There’s her short film, her work with refugees – and there’s always another tattoo… Lena Headey has been an actor for the better part of three decades, but the experience has not eased the dou ...

One very smart Chinese engineer Li KaiXiang had a very busy schedule with his long work hours and a relationship that required more attention than the young man could give so he came up with an uncanny solution using his software engineering skills.

When you think of animal fat, what comes to mind? Unsightly blobs of cellulite? Artery-clogging strips of gristle to be trimmed off your steak and tossed into the trash? Or a sophisticated substance that contains within it the secret to human intelli ...

With Donald Trump admitting he would accept foreign intelligence on his political opponents, late-night hosts had a fresh crop of material. On The Late Show, Colbert began: “Every night, I stand up here and make jokes about all of Donald Trump’s lies ...

The hours we spend scrolling through our smartphones appear to be changing our skulls. This may be the reason why some people — especially the younger crowd — are developing a weird, bony spike just above their necks.

For low-income buyers, new predatory lending techniques may make it easier to get behind the wheel, and harder to escape a debt trap.

Or at least he won’t let Congress do anything to stop it.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill passed by the Legislature Thursday, amid a "health crisis." The measure also eliminates other nonmedical exemptions for schoolchildren.

"In practice, we don't usually get any further than a sort of reference face, such as 'a European male.' That's not much use to a forensic investigator."

Antibiotic pollution can fuel drug resistance in microbes. A global survey of rivers finds unsafe levels of antibiotics in 16 percent of sites.