Black Friday, which happened just two days ago, is a day full of great deals, ones that are bringing millions out to shop; but at the same time, it is also fueling a new weave of throwaway culture. On Black Friday, companies typically make record sales.

The new Edge browser, built on the same open source code as Google Chrome, contains a new Tracking Prevention feature that blocks third-party trackers and, at the Strict setting, many ads. My tests show that one in four items blocked are from Google.

This truth becomes even more true when you become an expert in a field.

Yes, there are pros and cons of this new reproductive technology. But there are many other issues about maternal and child health we need to tackle first.

Somewhere, Bob Iger is having a really bad morning. Just hours after the highly anticipated Disney+ streaming service went live, many users have experienced technical problems that are preventing them from accessing the platform’s substantial library. Some subscribers have been able to log in and select titles to watch, only to be met with an endless loading screen. Others, however, are receiving various error messages that prompt them to “please exit the app and try again.”

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A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere.

Recently, the U.K. Met Office announced a revision to the Hadley Center historical analysis of sea surface temperatures (SST), suggesting that the oceans have warmed about 0.1 degree Celsius more than previously thought.

The keyboard has become a political battleground.

A new study reports that men and women around the globe put kindness at the top of the list when ranking characteristics they would value most in a hypothetical "ideal long-term partner." These findings (Thomas et al., 2019) were published on September 8 in the Journal of Personality.

The placebo effect is a curious phenomenon. A wealth of literature has shown that inert treatments can not only produce medical benefits like pain relief, but also have cognitive effects like boosting creativity and learning. And while many of those studies involve misleading people into thinking that they are receiving an effective intervention, a new study in Scientific Reports shows that this deception is not always necessary. Researchers have found that taking a placebo can reduce people’s...

A dozen leaders of a California-based church lured homeless people into group homes and forced them to panhandle, according to an indictment.

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If you think your compass has been directing you true north, you are wrong. At some point over the next two weeks compasses at Greenwich will point true north for the first time in about 360 years. And for some parts of the UK, this may not happen for another 20 years.

New research shows social anxiety treatment can help even if it takes longer.

After decadeslong careers in landscape architecture and sculpture, centenarian finds art in words