The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California will hold rare formal hearings beginning Monday, October 27, to determine whether an indictment against Brian Justin Pickard and others for conspiracy to grow more than 1,000 marijuana plants violates the U.S. Constitution, and whether marijuana is misclassified by the federal government as a dangerous Schedule I drug with no medical value.

An FBI agent offered up confidential information about a political operative’s enemy in exchange for cash—and they both got caught. What were they thinking?

Radical theory proposes that interactions between classical worlds can explain some quantum phenomena.

These jalapeño popper recipes go beyond the sampler platter — enjoy these classic and unconventional takes all football season long.

Its that time of the year again...Halloween..so I decided to team up with Nick Santonastasso to help me pull this brutal prank...This is definitely one of my favorites.

Sixty years ago a football match ground to a halt when unidentified flying objects were spotted above a stadium in Florence.

The cosmos will cast an afternoon delight over the country on Thursday with a partial solar eclipse.

In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country house in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest.

In the 1990s, Willett Kempton, a professor at the University of Delaware, proposed in a paper that electric vehicles could help pay for themselves by selling power back to the grid. When no one jumped on the idea, he decided to develop the technology himself.

Eating a leaf off a plant may not kill it, but that doesn't mean the plant likes it. The newest study to examine the intelligence (or at least behavior) of plants finds that plants can tell when they're being eaten - and send out defenses to stop it from happening.

There is no feeling like when a highly anticipated game completely disappoints after it's released. Months or even years of buildup can lead to a game that's such a waste of time that you may end u...

We have added an ability to post feed based status updates to quickly share what's on your mind. A number of usability issues and visual glitches were also corrected.

If you're a developer selling a game on Steam, it's probably not the best idea in the world to tweet a death threat to the guy who owns Steam.

It's been almost a year since FX acquired the syndication rights to all of The Simpsons, marking the biggest off-network deal in television history. Back in August, the network celebrated the animated show's cable debut with a 12-day marathon on FXX, airing all 552 episodes in a row. Since then, FXX has regularly shown The Simpsons several times a day. But the cabler isn't stopping there. In fact, their biggest undertaking has yet to come...

Bee colonies in Brisbane are waging war for months on end, sending waves of workers who collide, grapple and die.

The GamerGate movement drew its last breath this morning (10/17/2014) as the progressive feminists got their message out to the mainstream liberal media, including the Washington Post, the New York...

A luxury train connecting the capitals of Hungary and Iran left Budapest for the first time on Wednesday, with 70 passengers set to cross the Balkans, the Bosphorus and Kurdistan on the way to Persia

Sort of wish the old games of my childhood would be remastered into this caliber of graphics. This artist has some amazing talent! Linked his Deviantart profile in sources.

This inflatable “Christmas tree” erected in Paris is making passers-by feel a little uncomfortable.

What does MDMA actually do to your brain?

Generation Y grew up in the shadow of a decade-long war and an economic crash both caused by authority figures’ filthy lies faulty assumptions, so it’s no surprise that skepticism of government and corporations is running high — but researchers are now warning that young people’s cynicism toward social institutions and even fellow citizens is at unsustainable levels.

Google Inc is preparing to test new technology that may provide the foundation for a wireless version of its high-speed "Fiber" Internet service, according to telecommunication experts who scrutinized the company's regulatory filings.

America is just not the clean-shaven, gun-buying, soda-drinking, Chef Boyardee-eating place it used to be

Riders aren't pleased with the company's "surge pricing". The ride-share company has received an F grade from the Better Business Bureau due to consumer complaints. The evaluation was done in March 2014, with the results having been recently announced.

Chinese researchers have discovered a virus, known as M1, which can kill cancer cells without harming normal cells, giving a new hope for the future research and development of the cancer treatment, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

Here are 24 easy costume ideas that will make you the most awesome person at your Halloween Party this year!

Makes/Yield: 8 servings - Prep Time: 20 min

Could a sea creature with unusual regenerative powers show humans how to do the same?

A team of Greek researchers has confirmed that bones found in a two-chambered royal tomb at Vergina, a town some 100 miles away from Amphipolis's mysterious burial mound, indeed belong to the Macedonian King Philip II, Alexander the Great's father.

Money can take all the serendipity out of life.