Scientists have developed a new computer modeling technique which can predict wildfire behavior when it interacts with other weather factors.

Wedging White Castle burgers into his mouth has admittedly never been a problem for a 290-pound stockbroker from New York. Trying to wedge himself into a seat at his local White Castle, however, has him mad enough to sue.

As technology improves, the gadgets get better and better. The theme this year seems to be getting the most out of the pre-existing WiFi in your home, and integrating with your smartphone in creative and ingenious ways. Check out some of the clever t ...

The Walking Dead edition of the Monopoly board game by Hasbro has been unleashed. This time you’ll want to get sent to jail for safety. It is available to purchase online from ThinkGeek.

Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is introducing legislation today that would put streaming videos services on similar legal footing to traditional cable services, potentially prohibiting anticompetitive practices. Under the legislation, online video pr ...

Meteorite hunters risk prison and even death to find money from the sky, in the form of rare space rocks that are older than the Earth itself.

The 3.5mm jack on your iPhone is lovingly referred to as the "headphone jack," because that's what the overwhelming majority of us use it for. But the diminutive port has other uses as well, and there are some pretty crazy things you c ...

More than 140,000 web users have signed an online petition to kick CNN out of China after it published a commentary questioning whether a vehicle deliberately crashed into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square that killed five and injured 40 counted as a terror ...

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A Somali-born man who escaped from special police surveillance by disguising himself in a burqa has exposed shortcomings in the way Britain handles some terrorism suspects, prompting an embarrassed government to announce a review.

An "archaic" tradition has killed over a million small cetaceans in the past 70 years.

Cecilia Abadie said she was ticketed by a police officer for wearing Google Glass while driving through the sunny West Coast state. The exact line as written on the ticket said: "Driving with Monitor visible to Driver (Google Glass)."

There's a good chance you're already well-acquainted with most of the launch titles for the PlayStation 4 by now, but Sony has today made things official and confirmed the complete list of titles that'll be available on day one.

Corey Thuen was a developer at the Idaho National Laboratory who helped to develop a network-visualization tool called Sophia. Then Battelle Energy, the company that manages the INL, rejected the notion of open-sourcing Sophia, and instead licensed i ...

New drugs could extend cancer patients’ lives—by days. At a cost of thousands and thousands of dollars. Prompting some doctors to refuse to use them.

Studies suggest we are becoming disconnected from wildlife, and losing the benefits. So how can we get back to nature this autumn? According to a RSPB report published last week, four in five 8-12 year old children in the UK are no longer connected w ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without pain relief. We depend on these drugs to an unspeakable degree, yet few of us know what’s available or how they even work. Here’s a quick primer on painkillers and why they’re so good at easing the pa ...

Side-by-side photos show the terrible damage in the Tri-State area right after Hurricane Sandy — and then one year later.

Apple may have announced a new bevy of hardware this week, but the real surprise was a series of aggressive moves to take on Microsoft on the software side. Free alternatives to Microsoft’s Office suite will ship with iOS and Mac hardware, and OS X u ...

A new Obamacare ad campaign wants all you young bucks to know that even the sickest bros sometimes get sick. The campaign group Thanks Obamacare released several of its "Got Insurance" ads targeted at Colorado residents, encouraging young m ...