Chewing gum has already been shown to boost cognitive function and suppress appetite. Now scientists have provided another reason to do it. According to new research in PLoS ONE, gum traps harmful bacteria that can cause dental cavities. When you spi ...

For those of us who share uncommon names, a kinship (and competition) is born online. By my count, there are six Kevin Zawackis in this world. Myself, the reporter; a heart doctor; a snowboarder somewhere near the Rocky Mountains; and one each in Mar ...

Delve into the world of esports - which has a massive following but is not mainstream - and see if you think it is really a sport.

As journalists worldwide reacted with universal revulsion at the massacre of some of their own by Islamic jihadists in Paris, Al Jazeera English editor and executive producer Salah-Aldeen Khadr sent out a staff-wide e-mail. “Please accept this note i ...

Russia has listed transsexual and transgender people among those who will no longer qualify for driving licences. Fetishism, exhibitionism and voyeurism are also included as "mental disorders" now barring people from driving. The government ...

There was a time when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria appeared unstoppable. In September and October, as the jihadist group captured territory through a major offensive in Iraq’s Anbar province, culminating in the fall of the town of Hit on Octob ...

Music legend joins forces with West on “Only One,” leaving many social media users to ask, “Paul who?” Paul McCartney opened up about his new chart-topping Kanye West collaboration on Friday, but he isn’t the only one tweeting about “Only One.” “For ...

Is your New Year’s resolution to save money? Here. Comcast just raised their modem rental fees from $8 to $10, because apparently charging you too much for a modem costs more than it used to.

Israel's supreme court has ordered Israeli authorities to demolish one of the oldest and most contentious Jewish settlement outposts in the West Bank. The court on Thursday said the hilltop outpost of Amona must be evacuated within two years. Th ...

So far in 2014, Bitcoin has lost more value than the Russian ruble. Wolfers is absolutely right that Bitcoin is a poor store of value. And people who prefer the currency as a hedge against the inflationary tendencies of the dollar are deeply confused ...

With less than a month left until the trial of Ross Ulbricht begins, the Daily Dot has obtained a list of the 250 pieces of evidence that will be used by prosecutors in an attempt to prove the alleged Silk Road mastermind's guilt. In many cases, ...

After killing a man at an Ohio Walmart, police interrogated his girlfriend, accusing her of lying, threatening her with jail time and suggesting she could be on drugs, according to a video posted on The Guardian's website. The man, John Crawford ...

Discovery had refused to say how much Rosolie was actually consumed. Apparently the only thing worse than promising a man will be eaten alive by an anaconda is for a man to not be eaten alive by an anaconda. Many viewers felt Discovery had pledged ad ...

Whistleblowers speak out because they feel they have to, often at great personal cost. But years later, do they think it was worth it?

Slow news day? Fuck you. You actually got paid to write this? This is news? Die, cunt. Yes, tiny bits of sweet wisdom like that are presumably what Joel McHale serves to highlight in Comments Section, a pilot he is currently producing as part of his ...

British art institution Tate has teamed up with the game's cartographers to create virtual 3-D worlds inspired by great artworks.

Study says even secondhand hookah smoke can give bystanders a dose of the chemical, which is linked to cancer.

At least four Israelis have been killed and eight injured as two men armed with a pistol, knives and axes attacked a West Jerusalem synagogue, police say.

Inside the high-level, complicated deals -- and the rise of a virtually unchecked surveillance power

When Nvidia announced the Android-based Shield console, it came with a simple promise: the experience you'd expect on a full-sized gaming machine, shrunk to a 5-inch screen and either powered by the Shield itself or streamed from a home PC. The ...