A European financial watchdog will issue a stern warning Friday about the risks associated with unregulated Internet currencies like Bitcoin.

Cereal Milk is definitely one of the top cult foods of the last few years, and we couldn't help but jump on the bandwagon. We love Christina Tosi for her amazing concoction but wanted to take it one step further. Introducing our new spin on cookies and milk, Cookie Milk! And if you live in SF, keep reading for our special ode to Humphrey Slocombe's Secret Breakfast.

Video explores what happens when a stream of water is exposed to an audio speaker producing a loud 24hz sine wave.

New York University professor Yann LeCun has spent the last 30 years exploring artificial intelligence, designing “deep learning” computing systems that process information in ways not unlike the human brain. And now he’s bringing this work to Facebook.

Yesterday we brought this incredible story of some insane guys in Detroit going skiing in their city’s abandoned buildings. Today we’ve got a video that shows humans aren’t the only ones who can improvise on the winter sports.

Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the instructions contained in DNA and interpret mutations to make sense of health and disease.

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may be showing us its insides. Data from the Hubble space telescope suggests that enormous jets of water more than 200 kilometers tall (roughly twice as high as Earth’s atmosphere) may be spurting intermittently from the moon’s surface.

You can whip one of these up in a matter of minutes. They’re so easy to make and they work really well. First find yourself some scissors and a beverage can and then start the above video. This is an inexpensive way to be prepared in the event of a power outage as these stoves give off a lot of heat and have the ability to cook large meals.

A luscious cream cheese spread with earthy rosemary and sweet dried cranberries.

Ever heard of North Sentinel Island? Probably not …even though it's one of the most unusual places on Earth. What makes it so odd? The people - they've been there a long time, completely cut off from the rest of the world.

When the so-called badBIOS virus was found in October, transmitting itself by audio broadcasts at inaudible frequencies, it seemed incredible - and now we have proof-of-concept.

They are the grey eminences of aviation. They are doing what they have to do without any ado. We hardly notice them when we take a flight from A to B. However, cargo aircraft can be as interesting and special as fighter planes or passenger aircraft. We are going to prove this.

Many foodies look down on garlic powder as a stale, cheap substitute for the real thing. It's a shortcut for lazy cooks, goes this reasoning, but not something a serious chef would consider. I get the principle behind the sentiment—fresh is better than preserved, as a rule of thumb. But...

The phone call came from a charming woman with a bright, engaging voice to the cell phone of a TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer. She wanted to offer a deal on health insurance, but something was fishy.

We pride ourselves -- okay, maybe just I pride myself on being able to find the most random things on the Internet. This skill inspired one of our favorite ongoing series on the site, The BritList. Well, what better time than the holidays to get seriously random on the gift front? For all those white elephant, yankee swap, and dirty Santa holiday parties, have we got the gift guide for you.

Negative reactions to Google Glass have been making headlines lately. Earlier this year, Seattle entrepreneur Dave Meinert preemptively banned people from wearing Glass at his 5 Point Café before the technology was even released. Recently he made headlines again after a manager at another one of his restaurants, Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge, ejected Nick Starr for refusing to remove his Google Glass while inside.

In the latest episode of Mental Floss, host John Green shares “26 Interesting Facts About Beer” from the Sunking Brewery in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have catapulted life to Mars and the moons of Jupiter, US researchers say.

After seizing control of a large section of Independence Square, authorities began an attempt to retake City Hall, setting off fierce clashes with protesters.

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a robot hand that has a 100% winning rate playing rock-paper-scissors

A new study found that non drinkers are more likely to die early than those who drink moderately.

Snapchat has filed for a temporary restraining order against Reggie Brown, the man who claims to have invented the idea for disappearing messages...

And, you think your ISP treats you like crap? Look at these high price, data caps, absurd policies, and incompetence service tales.

As hardy perennials go, there is little to beat that science hacks' favourite: the hard-wiring of male and female brains. For more than 30 years, I have seen a stream of tales about gender differences in brain structure under headlines that assure me that from birth men are innately more rational and better at map-reading than women, who are emotional, empathetic multi-taskers, useless at telling jokes. I am from Mars, apparently, while the ladies in my life are from Venus.

Take note, Twitter: Not every tech company has a happy ending after a ballyhooed IPO. Just look at Demand Media, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based firm some thought would revolutionize content production. Not long after the company went public in January 2011, its market capitalization soared to more than $2 billion, sending the then-5-year-old firm’s value briefly past that of the New York Times Co.

Pour yourself a tall glass of ice-cold eggnog, then use the rest of the carton's contents in just about any of these 30 festive recipes! Prefer things totally homemade? Try out this terrific, from-scratch 'nog recipe. In the mood for shots? We have you covered there, too — with boozy eggnog pudding shots, that is.

Microsoft may get its mojo back, smartphones will get cheap, and we’re about to enter the Year of Encryption. A look at what to expect in telecom and computing for the coming year.

Scary. Insane. Ridiculous. Invasive. Wrong. The Washington Post reports that the FBI has had the ability to secretly activate a computer's camera "without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording" for years now. What in the hell is going on? What kind of world do we live in?

Famed film director Zhang Yimou is facing a 1 billion yuan ($164 million) lawsuit for violating China's one-child policy, according to a report published today in China Daily. Zhang last week admitted to fathering three children with his wife and one child with his ex-wife, following speculation that he had fathered up to seven children with several women.

A shark after many years of being a shark