In a referendum marked by a large turnout, Newtown residents have voted to build a new school.

The microgravity environment of the ISS poses many challenges to the human body -- some more expected than others -- but one that many people might not know

Automatic license plate readers are the most widespread location tracking technology you’ve probably never heard of. Mounted on patrol cars or stationary objects like bridges, they snap photos of every passing car, recording their plate numbers, time ...

As we prepare to enter a world of wearable, camera-equipped computers, do we want to live under a system that might ensure justice for all, yet privacy for none?

Lenin Carballido won the election in the town of San Agustin Amatengo after posting pictures of himself alongside slogans like "United for Development". However, police say Mr Carballido's family produced a death certificate in his nam ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, as the world began to warm, a swath of the North Pacific Ocean came to life. During a brief pulse of biological productivity 14,000 years ago, this stretch of the sea teemed with phytoplankton, amoeba-like foraminifera ...

An Indianapolis high school student, who was bullied relentlessly for being gay and expelled for trying to defend himself against 6 attackers, has won a $65,000 settlement in a suit against the negligent school. School officials had blamed him for be ...

Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is surprising, in more ways than you might expect.

This is the PIP, a thumbprint-sized widget that claims to monitor your stress level. Currently raising funds on Kickstarter, the device is another entry in the quantified self movement, letting you...

CARACAS — A Venezuelan government minister on Wednesday urged citizens to shut Facebook accounts to avoid being unwitting informants for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, referring to recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.

US allies Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile have joined other Latin American nations in demanding answers from Washington over spying allegations.

Sam Mendes has changed his mind. The “Skyfall” director, who previously stated in multiple interviews that he would not be involved in the next James Bond flick, has signed on to direct the 24th Bond film, which is set to be released in November 2015 ...

How a new technology that figures out just how your mind works is about to make us all a whole lot smarter.

These images show just how the other half live, and how architecture really is pushing the boundaries on home living. Sixty of the planet's most spectacular homes have been pulled together for a Collection in magazine Architecture Now!

There is debate over whether pepper spray can cause death—but little over whether, and how, it causes pain.

Toxoplasma gondii, the protozoan parasite found in cats everywhere that may or may not be controlling your brain at this very instant, is out to get the children.

A week ago, an Eve spy disbanded a major alliance from the inside and made off with up to 400 billion ISK. Meticulous planning, months of deception and the advice of GoonSwarm’s finest espionage experts all contributed to what seemed like the crime o ...

Players earn a single point for each eight-hour trip, making a Desert Bus high score perhaps the most costly in gaming…

The humble Reddit image dump has grown into a massive community in its own right. Reddit needs Imgur. But does Imgur need Reddit?

Caitlin Dickson and Eliza Shapiro report on how the organization is getting funding for Snowden and more.