Virtual currency: It is mathematically elegant, increasingly popular and highly controversial. Bitcoin’s success is putting it under growing strain.

Computing technique reconstructs 3D images from single photons reflected from dimly lit object.

Even while Coke sales are declining, the soft drink giant is still putting its advertising on hold to focus on a more important cause. Coca-Cola announced last week that the company is suspending its brand advertising in the Philippines so that it can donate its entire ad budget to typhoon relief efforts.

A team of European astronomers has discovered a second planetary system, the closest parallel to our own solar system yet found. It includes seven exoplanet

There’s a black hole in a galaxy 22 million light-years away that’s incredibly bright and energetic. Astronomers naturally assumed it was a supermassive black hole. But new observations show it’s actually quite tiny — throwing many conceptions of what we thought we knew about these things completely out the window.

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This beautiful open-faced pastry, with scarlet cranberries nestled among golden apple slices, is a gorgeous finale for a holiday meal. Because the fruit filling has been simmered before it goes into the oven, the galette bakes quickly and evenly. This recipe makes 2 galettes—each one will serve 5 or 6 people.

For many people, bitcoin seems like something from the day after tomorrow. For Lawrence Blankenship, it’s already a thing of the past.A software engineer from Springfield, Mo., Mr. Blankenship is putting his money on PeerCoin, one of the biggest of the virtual currencies that are being promoted as alternatives to bitcoin.

Arguably the most notable characteristic of the iPhone 5s is the TouchID fingerprint sensor, which lets you unlock your phone and authorize app purchases simply by resting a pre-authenticated fingertip on the home button. It turns out, however, that Apple might've had plans for the technology that go far beyond just that.

Any cat owner will tell you that although they are sometimes kept as pets, felines are beholden to no one.

The Bitcoin community is gearing up for a holiday shopping spree by hosting its own Black Friday event.

Microsoft's anti-Google Scroogled campaign is showing no signs of slowing down. Its latest target is Google's Chromebook. Microsoft has enlisted the stars of..

When PlayStation 3 was first released by electronics giant Sony in 2006, it was sold at a loss with the hope of making money back on individual games. That’s pretty close to what Sony is doing again with the PS4, although it’s not as extreme. At least that’s the conclusion drawn by the research firm IHS, which will later today release the findings of a teardown analysis of the PS4 and the combined cost of the components used to build it.

Engineer immune cells to recognise tumour cells they would otherwise overlook and they call a halt to cancers we thought were incurable

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The Richards family used more than 31 miles' worth of LED lights to decorate their home.

Here, we put a new spin on the classic pot roast by incorporating Asian-inspired flavors and ingredients like daikon and mirin. This recipe serves a crowd, so it’s great for a warming, family-style meal during the holiday season.

Florida now restricts beer sales to containers of 32 ounces or less, or 128 ounces or more — but nothing in between. But, brewers are now pushing to change these distribution laws.

Philip Morris will make a rival to its core product, which looks headed for a long decline.

The FDA has written a letter to Anne Wojcicki, founder of $99 DNA testing service 23AndMe, insisting it "immediately discontinue marketing the [Personal Genome Service] until such time as it receives FDA marketing authorization for the device."

Japan is the world's 7th largest beer producer, and beer and beer-like beverages accounted for 67% of Japan's 9 billion liters of alcohol consumption in 2006. Here's a short review of some of the beer Japan's favorite craft brewer has brewed.

The TV business is having its worst year ever. Audience ratings have collapsed: Aside from a brief respite during the Olympics, there has been only negative ratings growth on broadcast and cable TV since September 2011, according to Citi Research.

There’s no more relaxing recipe to make than a warm pot of soup. Actually, we’re getting hungry just imaging the comforting smell drifting through the kitchen! We’ve already shown you ways to cook up a healthy pot, but right now, we’re craving something a bit heartier. So whether you’re trying to ward off the chills or simply after a satisfying slurp, these 16 winter soups are sure to hit the spot.

Teddy Roosevelt didn’t fear assassins. Though his predecessor in the Presidency, William McKinley, was killed by anarchist Leon Czolgosz’s bullet, Teddy shook off security. If an assassin was cowardly enough to attack from behind, he would simply “go down into the darkness;” if the attack came from the front, President Neo planned to simply dodge the bullet. After all, as Roosevelt biographer Edmund Morris recounts

It lived about 100 million years ago, weighed four tons and likely was at the very top of its prehistoric food chain. Researchers from Chicago's Field Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University announced Friday the discovery of Siats meekerorum, a dinosaur that stretched more than 30 feet long, in eastern Utah.

While studying brain scans to search for patterns that correlated with psychopathic behavior, James Fallon found that his own brain fit the profile.

What's it like to grow up in a world where no-one has brothers or sisters? Are siblings really that important? Researchers have been asking those questions for years - and China, with its famous one-child policy, has been a good place to look for an answer.

The American intelligence service - NSA - infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal sensitive information. Documents provided by former NSA-employee Edward Snowden and seen by this newspaper, prove this.

True to its name, this combines the cerebral, contemplative machinations of a centuries-old board game with the timeless spectacle of two dudes beating each other silly.

Construction of the Flatiron Building, located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. It was originally named the Fuller Building because it was built by the George A. Fuller Construction Company for its headquarters.