By now, you’ve likely come to terms with the fact that escape from Jeff Bezos is impossible. You may have weaned yourself off that sweet sweet next day delivery, procuring all your worldly needs from a boutique array of small local shops, but if you ...

Xenobots are less than 1 millimeter long and are made of 500-1,000 living cells. Using their own cellular energy, they can live up to 10 days.

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was criticized by scientists after he claimed that teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg should not criticize American fossil fuel investments until she studies economics in college.

Bulgarian prosecutors have charged three Russians with the attempted murder of t...

People who swear like a sailor are more honest and more intelligent, studies show.

The world needs to prepare for a surge in refugees with potentially millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday.

One in six women suffer post-traumatic stress for months after losing a baby, research suggests.

Self-compassion might help temper the link between psychological distress and suicide risk among U.S. military veterans

Rent control is back in style. Despite real-world failed examples and bipartisan criticism from economists, it’s being revived in places and by people who thrive on emotion-based politics. New York, California and Oregon have all passed recent bills ...

Nintendo and Playstation in one console? The collaboration between the two video game giants almost happened and the prototype of the "Nintendo Playstation" is now going up for auction this March.

And the Bay Area’s ten largest cities combined sport three empty homes for every two persons without one.

Fires in the country have burned more than 8 million hectares and killed at least 24 people.

More than 50 organisations have asked Google to take action against Android vendors who pre-install "exploitative" apps aka bloatware on their devices. In an open letter submitted to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the group of organisations that ...

For years, scientists poured their hearts into work to develop vaccines. And, for years, they saw promising work smash up against unscalable walls.

Scientists generally agree that the best strategy for finding extraterrestrial life is to look for a world that has conditions similar to Earth’s, including atmospheric oxygen that could be produced by organisms running photosynthesis. But current in ...

When college students post about feelings of depression on Facebook, their friends are unlikely to encourage them to seek help, a small study suggests. In fact, in this study, none of the 33 participating students said their friends told them they sh ...

Suicide is now their second-leading cause of death.

Alex Trebek said that he will take 30 seconds at the end of the show to say his goodbyes, and he even revealed the speech he has rehearsed in his head.

Streaming services are starting to look a lot like cable packages.