Footwear companies face big costs in potential new tariffs on more Chinese imports. Almost all shoes sold in the U.S. are made overseas. Only about 200 factories remain. One man tried to change that.

Bacteria was here long before us, it’ll be here long after us, and it never stops serving up secrets about how it affects us. A new study just revealed another big one concealed by bacteria living in the dirt beneath us that may bring us closer to th ...

New research in mice uncovers a previously unknown "pathway toward healthy aging." A circulating protein from the blood of young mice led to health improvements and visible signs of rejuvenation when researchers gave it to aging mice.

After 20 years of serving the nerds of the internet with a wide variety of geek-related merchandise, ThinkGeek will officially close down its website and will migrate its operations over to its parent company GameStop’s website instead. In the meanti ...

A citizen's forum on Saturday arranged the marriage of two frogs in Udupi in an attempt to appease the rain gods. Locals believe that this ritual called the "Mandooka Parinaya" will bring rain and they will get respite from the scorchi ...

GameStop Corp. tumbled as much as 36% to a 16-year low after posting a steeper-than-expected slide in sales and halting its dividend, signaling that the troubled retailer is out of step with accelerating trends in video games. The latest shortfall fo ...

The protocol uses EEG to control virtual avatars and robotic exoskeleton walkers while the patient wears a “tactile shirt” that offers sensory feedback.

The Walking Dead's future could be affected if AMC moves forward with leaving filming Georgia behind due to a restrictive new abortion law in the state.

Milestone comes just two years after Britain marked its first full day without using the fossil fuel.

Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, the space company founded by late billionaire and Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, is closing operations, cutting short ambitious plans to challenge traditional aerospace companies in a new “space race,” four pe ...

There’s no shortage of choices for streaming video services—with Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia all planning launches in the coming year. But consumers may already feel they have too many subscriptions. That’s according to Hub Research, ...

In the United States, the falling cost of renewable energy means the economic case for investing in renewables is stronger than ever before. Across the country, from South Carolina to Nevada, states are taking new measures to harness wind and solar p ...

The Donald Trump presidency, marked by cruelty, corruption, and disdain for the rule of law, has been disastrous for our democracy. If there is one silver lining, it is this: Trump’s abuses have exposed weaknesses in our laws and institutions that we ...

Fully electric “flying vehicles” could join Paris’ transport network “within five years”, according to the French capital's public operator RATP.

“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” is coming to an end. Variety has learned exclusively that the syndicated game show has been canceled. To date, it has aired nearly 3,000 episodes, includ…

Thousands of protesters gathered across France and in over 30 cities around the world to march against the activities of Bayer-Monsanto and others agrochemical giants on Saturday, while Monsanto lost its third lawsuit in the US.

A University of Bristol academic has succeeded where countless cryptographers, linguistics scholars and computer programs have failed—by cracking the code of the 'world's most mysterious text', the Voynich manuscript.

Updated Intuit, the biz behind America's most popular tax-filing software, was sued this week for seemingly hiding a free version of its product from search engines. The class-action lawsuit [PDF] from TurboTax users from across the United State ...

Bird populations across the French countryside have fallen by a third over the last decade and a half, researchers have said. Dozens of species have seen their numbers decline, in some cases by two-thirds, the scientists said in a pair of studies – ...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 against Apple in a case involving its signature electronic marketplace, the App Store, allowing iPhone users to move forward with an antitrust suit against the company. The iPhone users argued that Apple’s 30% co ...