As a rule, high-ranking public-health officials try to avoid apocalyptic descriptors. So it was worrying to hear Thomas Frieden and Sally Davies warn of a coming health “nightmare” and a “catastrophic threat” within a few days of each other in March.

Now that some of the initial giddiness has worn off, the realities of what Chromecast — Google's little web-to-TV stick — can and cannot do has set in. 

Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has always exuded unwavering confidence in public interviews, behind closed doors he’s apparently being much more candid. The Verge reports that Microsoft held an in-house town hall event this week where Ballmer a ...

The feat will help to reveal how more complex false memories, such as of sexual abuse or alien abduction, can arise in people

A dying Sam Simon takes a big swipe at environmental groups while announcing plans to give away everything

Researchers might be able to stop the biochemical death process under certain circumstances.

In a new summer film, everyone’s favorite genetic anomaly will lose the reason he has been able to snikt! though skirmishes, scuffs, and scrapes for the last century and a half—superhuman healing abilities. The mutation that makes Wolverine worthy of ...

Google are reportedly under pressue to slow down the rollout of their driverless car technology, expected in 2017

Here's what's holding back 3D printing, the technology that's supposed to revolutionize manufacturing and countless other industries: patents. In February 2014, key patents that currently prevent competition in the market for the most ...

The FBI will examine hair sample evidence from more than 2,000 cases dating as far back as 1985. McClatchy reports that under the initiative the bureau will investigate cases in which hair samples...

Plain packaging on tobacco products is associated with lower smoking appeal, greater support for the policy and a higher urgency to quit among adult smokers, a new study has found.Since last year, cigarettes.

It's a full-on rout for Microsoft today. The stock is off 11.2% after last night's earnings. It's been steadily breaking down all day.

Scientists in Granada, Spain, have patented a new biomaterial that facilitates generating bone tissue—artificial bones in other words—from umbilical cord stem cells . The material, consisting of an activated carbon cloth support for cells that differ ...

Predictive signals in the brain are responsible for our experiences of inner speech, says Dr Mark Scott...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-biggest maker of personal-computer processors, fell the most in nine months after forecasting a drop in third-quarter gross margin, even as it predicted higher sales.

Is it better to be visible or invisible in the water? It all depends on whether you're scuba diving or surfing. Researchers have now developed two different types of wetsuits that can be used to deter sharks, preventing attacks in the water.

There was a time not that long ago when it was easy to tell the difference between viruses and the rest of life. Most obviously, viruses were tiny and genetically simple. The influenza virus, for example, measures about 100 nanometers across, and has ...