Studies show that the government permits some dissent online—but strikes down hard on calls for collective action.

If you're one of the estimated 15 million people who bought Grand Theft Auto V and have been playing it since it came out last week, you've probably spent a lot of time killing gang members, plotting jewelry-store heists, and rendezvousing ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed Thursday on the need for a positive response by Iran in renewed nuclear talks, a US official said.

College is the ultimate gateway drug, and experimenting with intoxicants could wind up being your second major. Here are case-by-case instructions on how to interact with intoxicants—from alcohol to acid—without ruining your night/weekend/college exp ...

Wearable sensors can tell more and more about what happens inside us

Iconic movie car, or at least one of its versions, was discovered in a Long Island storage facility and auctioned in London.

Voter-ID laws have the left apoplectic, are usually unnecessary, and can hurt some voters. But not all laws are the same, and the risk has been exaggerated.

Older U.S. adults, particularly women, are more likely to use prescription sleep medications to try to get the minimum seven hours of sleep experts generally recommend, U.S. data released on Thursday showed.

Designs made from environmentally friendly materials—and products that tell a socially responsible story—are often graded on a curve. It’s why we use ugly, reusable, hemp shopping bags and eat off of recycled plastic plates that look like clown vomit ...

The U.S. government has majorly increased spending on surveillance programs, surpassing the levels seen during the Cold War. The CIA, which has been criticized in the years following 9/11, however, seems to be taking home the most of thismoney.

Some 79% of malicious attacks on mobiles in 2012 occurred on devices running Google's Android operating system, US authorities have said.

An aerial drone, a pilotless aircraft of the type that has aroused intense public discussion in recent months, crashed Saturday into the stands at a public event in Virginia that has also aroused heated discourse.

The latest Android 4.3 updates brought a slate of unfortunate software bugs to the party and to Google's own Nexus devices, ironically enough.

Scientists have taken a tentative step towards creating a cure for the most common form of sleeping sickness.

"This morning the Ubuntu Edge passed the $10,266,845 raised by the Pebble smartwatch to become the world’s biggest ever fixed crowdfunding campaign," Canonical wrote Friday on its Indiegogo campaign page. "Over 14,500 Ubuntu Edges have ...

Ousted Hosni Mubarak is to be released from prison within 48 hours, his lawyer claims, as Egypt descends further into chaos.

A badger helped discover the tombs of two medieval lords in Germany in what archaeologists are hailing as a significant find. The 12th century burial site contains a sword, bronze bowls, an ornate belt buckle and skeletal remains that tell stories of ...

After a long wait, the HTC One hits Verizon on August 22.

The U.S. space agency, NASA, has mapped the massive plume of dust and debris created by the Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Russia last February with the force of 30 Hiroshima atom bombs.

That is 20 sack, 20 tackles for loss, and 20 batted balls. No one in the history of the NFL has ever done that. Talking with CBS Sports Senior NFL Columnist Pete Prisco, Watt called the never before achieved club “the football triple crown.”