Researchers have apparently discovered the remains of a World War II-era German U-boat and the skeletons of its crew off the coast of Indonesia. Experts say it's an unprecedented find that could provide insight into how the war was fought in the ...

A new child pornography bust reported by CBS Sacramento is raising questions about Google's access to consumer data. The story began when federal agents raided a home in Woodland, California, on evidence that the resident was in possession of ch ...

These world travelers are among the largest flying birds, weighing up to 25 pounds (11 kilograms), and with a wingspan of 11 feet (3 meters). But hefting such huge bodies off the ground takes a lot of energy. If albatrosses flew simply by flapping th ...

I sit in an interesting chair in the financial services industry. Our clients largely fall into the top 1%, have a net worth of $5,000,000 or above, and — if working — make over $300,000 per year. My observations on the sources of their wealth and co ...

You can't buy a battery for the new Renault Zoe. Instead, you have to rent it. And if you stop making payments, the battery's DRM will prevent you from recharging it. It's part of a larger product strategy through which the Zoe collect ...

How the dynamics of human conversation gave shape to a word that knows no boundaries.

With Italy’s unemployment at an all-time high of 12.5% and youth unemployment at a dismal 40.4%, young Italians might well think that now would be a good time to go back to school. They might well be wrong. A college or advanced degree may actually p ...

The FBI added five names to its “Cyber’s Most Wanted” list this week.

Study reveals how ballet dancers' brains adapt to suppress dizziness during spins, and researchers say the findings could help lead to treatment for chronic dizziness.

Nerds once made a "tangy" breakfast cereal!

Pacific Rim was the summer's hottest film about robots punching monsters. How can you possibly mess that up?

The moving —and utterly brutal—film 12 Years a Slave tells the real story of Soloman Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free African-American man living in Saratoga who is kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. Director Steve McQueen and screenwriter Jo ...

It was an innocuous e-mail, one of millions sent every day by spouses with updates on the situation at home. But this one was of particular interest to the National Security Agency and contained clues that put the sender’s husband in the crosshairs o ...

There was a huge controversy last year surrounding publication of a paper in Science about the bird flu virus. The paper basically described how bird flu can be made more virulent. The same drama is now being played out once again, only this time it ...

A pictorial play in three acts. Act I: Blame Obama! Act II: Blame the GOP! Act III: Either way, Americans are getting screwed.

The study, released to Mashable, reports that roughly one in three Millennials watches less TV than online videos, or no TV at all. At the same time, 50% of surveyed 18- to 34-year-olds report watching video online at least once a day.

When Americans aren't fretting over being undereducated, we're usually fretting about being overeducated. Every so often, writers and academics start sounding the alarm about a coming glut of college graduates who will end up doomed to a li ...

People have paid a great deal of attention this past week to how the government shutdown has disappointed national-park visitors, closed monuments, and made it impossible to enter the Smithsonian museums. But what about the services that provide nece ...

Nearly 1 in 10 young Americans between ages 14 and 21 acknowledges having perpetrated an act of sexual violence at least once, and 4% of a nationally representative sample of American kids reported attempting or completing rape, a new study finds.

Water droplets that form on a superhydrophobic surface carry an electric charge with them when they "jump," researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found. The discovery could lead to increased power plant efficiency in ...