O’Reilly Media founder Tim O’Reilly says he’s trying to prevent a “disaster.” On the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, O’Reilly explained how the title of his new book, “WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us,” can be rea ...

The remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit Ireland's west coast as a post-tropical storm on Monday, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain, and the threat of storm surge and flooding. Met Éireann, Ireland's National Meteorological Service, ex ...

Fraudulent research and faked peer reviews have led to a humiliating setback for China’s goal of becoming a global leader in scientific research.

A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a neighbor's golden retriever. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Lakeville Police said officers charged Mark J. Vasseur, 61 with the malicious killing and injury of a domesticated animal ...

Before the Las Vegas massacre began, a wounded Mandalay Bay hotel security guard called hotel officials to warn them about a gunman on the 32nd floor, an investigator told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday. But police did not arrive at the room where ...

The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race for human attention has created a world of perpetual ...

After discussing Iran and North Korea with U.S. military leaders on Thursday, President Donald Trump posed for a photo with them before dinner and declared the moment “the calm before the storm.” “You guys know what this represents?” Trump said after ...

Scientists in Canada have found preliminary evidence that a psychedelic drink known as ayahuasca can help people overcome eating disorders. “I was a psychologist working in eating disorders and colleagues and I were witnessing first-hand the drop-out ...

When Jose Betances saved up to buy his first new car his father made it clear to him it was more than just a set of wheels. "I know that there's a certain amount of maintenance and follow up with the car, something as simple as an oil chang ...

Fish appear to be individuals with complex personalities, according to new research. Researchers tested the idea that Trinidadian guppies all had a fairly standard response to potential dangers. The theory went that they had a “simple spectrum” of re ...

Eman Ahmed, the world’s heaviest woman passed away on Monday in Abu Dhabi, just a week after she turned 37. She was in the news earlier this year for undergoing a weight-loss surgery in Mumbai. Representatives of the Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi wh ...

Organizers have stripped Miss Turkey 2017 of her crown over a social media posting that was deemed insulting to the memory of the 250 people killed while opposing last year's failed military coup. Miss Turkey organizers said the 18-year-old Itir ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has the cash for lavish caviar lunches — but he isn’t putting any toward his country’s mountain of Big Apple parking tickets. North Korea’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations owes New York City more than $156,000 ...

Another monster storm is hurtling closer to the United States, this time threatening Florida, where officials announced mandatory evacuations Tuesday in advance of what forecasters say could be the most powerful hurricane to strike the Atlantic coast ...

A Shadow of War developer who died of cancer has been immortalised as an orc slayer in the game. Monolith executive producer Michael Forgey, who died from a brain tumour last year aged just 43-years-old, appears in Shadow of War as DLC character Fort ...

There are decent Republican people. There are Republican voters and politicians and writers who promote principles of public decency. But there aren't enough of those individuals to have prevented the Republican Party, as a national institution, ...

The U.S. and Japan will call for an international embargo on oil exports to North Korea in response to Tuesday's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, as the allies seek to strike at the lifeblood of Pyongyang's weapons programs. The ba ...

A Christopher Columbus monument in Baltimore was vandalized overnight on Monday by protesters rallying against “hate-filled monuments,” the Baltimore Brew reported. Protesters smashed a hole in the monument, rendering its inscription, “Sacred to the ...

The exponential rise in antibiotic-resistant microbes is a major public health threat worldwide. Moreover, with approval times for new antibiotics taking more than a decade in most cases, finding a viable treatment among previously approved compounds ...

President Rodrigo Duterte signed on August 3 a new law providing free education for over a million students in public tertiary and vocational schools nationwide. Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the announcement in an August 4 ...