The question of just how an ancient civilization—without the help of modern technology—moved the 2.5 ton stones that made up their famed pyramids has long plagued Egyptologists and mechanical engineers alike. But now, a team from the University of Am ...

Several luminaries from sports and show business, Oprah Winfrey among them, signaled interest on Wednesday in buying the Los Angeles Clippers as the NBA set a first meeting to weigh removing Donald Sterling as owner over racist remarks attributed to ...

Lab tests have identified human immune system components that appear to block the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Infections have risen sharply in recent weeks, not just in the Middle East, but in Malaysia and the Philippines, wit ...

At least 12 Nepalese guides preparing routes up Mount Everest for commercial climbers have been killed by an avalanche in the deadliest mountaineering accident ever on the world's highest peak, officials and rescuers have said. The men were amon ...

A flyer demanding that Jews in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk register with its pro-Russian government is “fake,” a Jewish advocacy group with direct contacts in the region tells the Daily Dot. “It’s a fake flyer,” says Lesley Weiss, deputy director o ...

It feels like the term “trolling” has lost its true meaning lately. People use it to just describe anyone who doesn’t agree with them online. A true troll is someone who infiltrates a group, acting as one of its own. The troll pretends to start genui ...

Ukraine's ousted president has accused the CIA of being behind the new Ukrainian government's decision to deploy armed forces to quash an increasingly brazen pro-Russian insurgency. Speaking late Sunday on Russian state television, Viktor Y ...

Lengthy pieces of writing are increasingly found on the very internet that pessimists blame for turning us into skim readers

A kids' TV star is liberals' most effective spokesman against right-wing science skeptics

Taking personalized medicine to an extreme, a device with artificial arteries analyzes blood flow to help doctors know exactly how well drugs like aspirin work to prevent heart attacks.

Adult film company Malibu Media has sometimes been called a "porn troll," or "copyright troll," because it has sued hundreds of people for allegedly illegal downloads of pornographic movies that it owns. Malibu is believed to have ...

Some residents in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk have launched a tongue-in-cheek campaign to join the UK, because the city was founded by an industrialist from Wales, it appears.

Across the world, people who work as system administrators keep computer networks in order – and this has turned them into unwitting targets of the National Security Agency for simply doing their jobs. According to a secret document provided by NSA w ...

Another day, another round of troubling surveillance news. In a twist, though, today's nugget has less to do with the US or the NSA but rather, France's central intelligence agency, the DGSE. According to a leak by Edward Snowden to the Fre ...

Anesthesia may have lingering side effects on the brain, even years after an operation

Apparently Apple has found a need to add a category in the app store specifically for selfie sharing. The selfie is a favorite for posting on such social media sites as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Many people like the filters that apps like Inst ...

On a Saturday morning in late August, about a dozen university students, professors, and middle-aged Beijing locals stand by a row of apartments in northwestern Beijing. Once an outskirt of the city known for its natural springs and reed-filled ponds ...

OK, admit it: You might want to see some of your Facebook friends naked. Unfortunately, this impulse has led a reported 2 million Facebook users to click an ad and flood their computers with sexy, sexy malware.

The strength of the European Union’s bite has matched the sound of its bark. On March 5, the Council of the European Union froze the assets of 18 former high-level officials, including fugitive ex-President Viktor Yanukovych.

The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi featured a particularly captivating image: an aerial view of the coastal Olympic village, with the stadiums set like jewels among sparkling avenues, set off by the flash of fireworks in the night s ...