Imagine a place where there are no elite or expensive private schools. And imagine a society where housing is affordable – a three-bedroom house, for example, costing one quarter of a similar property in Sydney. What would such a place be like when the two main drivers of financial stress and resultant inequality were removed?

Connected cookbooks? Alexa-enabled microwaves? None of this stuff will make you a better home cook.

President Donald Trump has ordered a substantial reduction in the staff of the National Security Council, according to five people familiar with the plans, as the White House confronts an impeachment inquiry touched off by a whistle-blower complaint related to the agency’s work.

Consumer Reports has updated its smartphone rankings with the new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. This year, the iPhone 11 Pro models are able to edge out competition from Samsung,…

Tools meant to reunite families are now being “used essentially to get families to put their members in jail.”

Australian researchers have found a new species of pterosaur in outback Queensland.

The EU's highest court ruled that website operators can't present users with “pre-checked” options to agree to cookies.

A pilot project at Rotterdam airport plans to capture CO2 from the air and turn it into jet fuel.

When it comes to mining space for water, the best target may not be the moon: Entrepreneurs' richest options are likely to be asteroids that are larger and closer to Earth. A recent study suggested that roughly 1,000 water-rich, or hydrated, asteroids near our planet are easier to reach than the lunar surface is. While most of these space rocks are only a few feet in size, more than 25 of them should be large enough to each provide significant water.

There’s a brand new 90-million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaurus now on display in England, but the real story is that it could have been on display nearly 170 years ago if not for religion.

A visual history of what became PC gaming's preferred way of buying, playing, and updating games.

A Missouri teen was ecstatic to purchase her first car. She had no idea that a beauty product would severely damage it.

Bruce Springsteen has never had a No. 1 hit on the pop charts.* He hasn't sold as many records as Billy Joel. He's arguably not as influential as Elvis or Chuck Berry. But the Boss, who turns 70 today, is almost certainly the most honored American rock star of all time. (Hey, Bob Dylan is more of a folk singer.)

Environmental activists get down and dirty on mass cleanup day

Looks like some game achievements on Steam just got a lot shinier. Following the new new-look Steam library beta’s arrival, which went live yesterday, some users have spotted something pretty dazzling – some rare achievements now glow gold.

New research shows how to read the signs of a wandering heart.

Hulu's "Seinfeld" deal expires in 2021, at which point the show will be available on Netflix in the US and around the world.

All watches should be banned from exam halls to discourage cheating, says an inquiry into the extent of malpractice in exams taken by pupils across the UK. Smart watches, connected to the internet, are already banned from use by students taking public exams. But the review, commissioned by exam boards, says it is becoming difficult to distinguish between hi-tech and traditional watches.

Americans haven't seen a full harvest moon on the supposedly unlucky day since 2000. This one will be teeny.