When NBC announced that it was reviving Heroes as a 13-episode standalone “event miniseries” in 2015, the news was met with the expected reaction: mocking. Lots and lots of mocking. It is such a bad, out-of-nowhere idea that it’s hilarious to even th ...

Supercars are designed to push the limits, be it in performance or design sensibilities. But in a flat out race, speed is everything. That's what makes a new record set by the Hennessey Venom GT so impressive. The supercar — which runs between $ ...

Hiding in plain sight, the photograph skims across the skin of reality.

In 2008, launching a search engine seemed like a crazy idea. Here's how Gabriel Weinberg proved the critics wrong.

It's been clear for some time now: Aereo's fate will ultimately be decided by the US Supreme Court. Arguments are scheduled for this April. Notwithstanding the forthcoming argument at the high court, US District Judge Dale Kimball of Utah h ...

The last time that this many people came out to the Independence Square (the Maidan) in Kiev, nine years ago, protesters undid the election of Victor Yanukovich and brought to power a Western-friendly government. In the process, they scared the livin ...

Before the rise of digital content, life for creators was a lot more simple but a lot harder: If you wanted to tell stories in a visual medium, your only real option was to head to Los Angeles or New York and work your way up the traditional industry ...

A talking porcupine! Zooniversity's North American porcupine, "Teddy Bear," gets a cob of corn for a treat -- but, he doesn't like to share. Listen carefully to see what he has to complain about!

Spain is the first country in the world to draw a plurality of its power from wind energy for an entire year, according to new reports by the country’s energy regulator and wind energy advocacy group Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE). Wind accoun ...

Don’t we modern American parents need to learn to be calmer monkeys? Absolutely. In its diagnosis of the ills of modern parenting, the mindful parenting movement is spot on. In her new book Mindful Parenting, family psychologist Kristen Race writes i ...

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has been crashing AT&T’s party figuratively for the past year, but he did it for real tonight — showing up uninvited at his rival’s private Macklemore concert at the Rain nightclub at the Palms Las Vegas. But he wasn’t ab ...

Corporations are arguably more powerful today than ever before. But the economy isn’t dominated by a handful of megalithic conglomerates. it consists of hundreds or thousands of smaller, more specialized firms. Our cyberpunk future-present is dominat ...

A Chinese man who hacked three children to death and injured 13 others at a daycare center in southern China was sentenced to death on Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Wu Yechang was convicted of intentional homicide in the Guigang ...

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The coolest big data startups of 2013 include companies developing products based on Hadoop, machine learning, predictive analysis, SQL database and NoSQL database technology.

Did you see that latest startup's video? You know, the one with the animation and the bouncy tune? Don't remember exactly? It's not your fault. This year, we saw some innovative launch videos including HelloFlo's "Camp Gyno&q ...

Welcome to the New South China Mall, better known as the world’s largest “dead mall”. It was built in 2005 on farm land by a billionaire who made his fortune in the instant noodle industry.

There's a crushing monotony to stories on how the National Security Agency has been bending and breaking every rule to crack open your mail.

Chances are that you have never set foot inside the best grocery store in America: Aldi. And even if you are lucky enough to be in one of the 32 states where Aldi is, perhaps you were put-off by the cardboard boxes in lieu of shelves, or the row upon ...

The waters off the coast of Sweden contain more than 200,000 islands - popular with tourists during the summer, but largely deserted come winter. Residents and authorities are working to breathe life back into the islands, year-round.