Here’s a simple truth: the internet has radically changed the world. Over the course of the past 20 years, the idea of networking all the world’s computers has gone from a research science pipe...

North Carolina artist Brad Spencer creates extraordinary sculptures out of a most ordinary medium—bricks. His work ranges from free-standing sculptures to relief sculptures. Some of his most striking works feature figures that appear to be seamlessly part of brick walls.

Egypt's government resigned on Monday, paving the way for army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy for president of a strategic U.S. ally gripped by political strife.

No one will ever match his talent as the “gatekeeper of scientific credibility”. We live in Carl Sagan’s universe–awesomely vast, deeply humbling. It’s a universe that, as Sagan reminded us again and again, isn’t about us. We’re a granular element. Our presence may even be ephemeral—a flash of luminescence in a great dark ocean.

These cross-stitch patterns are not for the faint of heart. Trust us when we tell you, these aren't the kinds of crafts you'd see in your grandmother's living room (unless, of course, you have a total badass for a grandma, in which case a congratulations are in order).

As is often the case with Tesla Motors, expectations for the electric car company’s battery factory are sky-high. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk recently noted that the soon-to-launch factory would produce more lithium-ion batteries than all other sources on earth combined. In fact, word that the factory will be powered by sun and wind helps Tesla toward its stated goal of changing the sustainability quotient of the auto industry and thus U.S. culture as a whole.

There are certain words that you would never want to hear coming from a healthcare provider. “Salvage chemotherapy” and “Hail Mary transplant” would rank high on that list for most of us.

Ray Kurzweil popularised the 'singularity' concept, when artificial intelligence overtakes human thinking. Now he is trying to make it a reality for Google. Carole Cadwalladr meets him

Formation of a debris disk after the tidal disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole

Feb. 20 would have been Kurt Cobain’s 47th birthday. Remember the Nirvana singer with 47 videos and photos from his life and career.

What can we expect in 1,000 years, 10,000 years, a million, 10 quadrillion? There may be trouble ahead...

J.K. Rowling said, “There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction,” and I couldn’t agree more.

It is the plane that could finally end the argument over who gets the window seat. A firm attempting to build a private supersonic jet has revealed a radical new design where the entire cabin wall is a screen that can be turned into a giant window. Live video from outside the plane can create a panoramic image - or the passengers of the $60m jet can opt to have their family snaps shown or even watch a movie on the walls.

Facebook has entered into an agreement to purchase WhatsApp, the massively popular messaging client, for $16 billion in cash and stock.

Coconut milk lends richness and exotic flavor to these creamy braised vegetables. It echoes the sweetness of both the root vegetables and squash, while taming the spicy red curry paste, pungent Asi...

New research shows that if you want to be good at math, you have to practice all different kinds of mathematics.

Increasing fluid intelligence has proven beneficial for people diagnosed with ADHD, and selling memory improvement is a big business. Are the claims overheated?

Thousands of nails with black thread wrapped around them create this work of art.

Last month, the American Astronomical Society's 223rd meeting featured the announcement of a few breakthroughs: Using the Kepler space observatory, researchers had discovered a planet roughly the...

The breakthrough comes after decades spent trying to achieve the elusive goal of fusion energy.

The species are in crisis. Elephant populations in some parts of Africa could be wiped out in as little as five years’ time. But today is also the day when world leaders, heads of state, and delegates from around 50 countries will descend on London for the world’s largest ever conference on the illegal wildlife trade with the aim of changing this.

Steve Wozniak, the outspoken co-founder of Apple, seems to be particularly concerned about suspected NSA spying on the cloud, reports Richard Neiva of CNET. Companies offering cloud based computing services have been under fire ever since it became common knowledge that the NSA infiltrated both Google and Yahoo services last October.

Bob Larson has performed more than 20,000 exorcisms over the past 30 years. Now, he’s using Skype to target Satan—and easy marks for his buck-raking ministry.

A massive attack that exploited a key vulnerability in the infrastructure of the internet is the "start of ugly things to come", it has been warned.

Evidence Facebook's revenue is based on fake likes.

A year ago a ruling went into effect by the Librarian of Congress that made it a crime to unlock your cellphone (changing the settings on the phone to be able to be used on a different phone carrier). When that ruling went into effect, there was public outcry across the technology community that such a basic technology was now illegal to use.

Nathan Sawaya was a corporate lawyer. Now he blows minds on a daily basis with his massive sculptures created entirely of Lego bricks. Here’s his wild story.

Survey Reveals Women Overwhelmingly Prefer Gadget-Handy Guys Over Gym Rats

Before you decide to trash your neighborhood coffee shop or local plumber on Yelp, take a look at how things ended for a Virginia homeowner who bashed her contractor on the popular review site.

An Italian artist known only as Dito Von has created Ditology, a project where portraits of famous people, real or fictional, are featured on human fingers…