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WikiLeaks founder's health in 'rapid decline', raising concerns about fitness to stand trial

A Vox Media executive took over a writer's Twitter account; Twitter won't say if they helped them do it.

Paul Bullion and Yasen Atour are the new monster hunters in "The Witcher" Season 2, which has started production ahead of schedule in the U.K.

Chinese authorities have ordered all coronavirus fatalities to be cremated “close by and immediately” as infection rates soar.

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second.

Facebook is designed to make you anxious, depressed and dissatisfied, three states of mind that make you more vulnerable to advertising and other forms of behavioral manipulation. Small wonder, the…

Thanks to an experimental new brain implant, a blind woman gets her first glimpse of lights, shapes, and people in 15 years.

Another group finds hundreds of new viruses, some of which may play a role in human disease

Ms. Ben Mhenni used her blog to expose violence against protesters in the revolt that led to the government’s overthrow, and then to the Arab Spring.

We appreciate teardowns around here. No, not because we do a lot of self repair here in the office, but it's cool to see all of the designing and effort that goes into creating the devices we care so much about. As foldable phones like Motorola's $1,500 Razr become more common to see, the below...

A civil engineer looks at traffic data to improve road safety

If you asked your pet how it feels about being called a pet, chances are you wouldn't receive much of a response.

A network of profit-driven pages fuelling anti-Islamic sentiment was exposed two months ago but is still operating

Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic, and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north, a new CU Boulder-led study finds. 

The conservative talk radio host made the announcement on his show on Monday, and said he would miss some shows due to cancer treatment.

On New Year’s Day, NSW and Victoria jumped north by 1.8 metres – while the rest of the country remained firmly fixed in place.

Resident Evil is a very popular franchise and its latest iteration was announced a year ago via Deadline. A Netflix series was in the works that would “keep the basic premise” of the games. Very little is known about this show as neither a showrunner has been announced nor the cast. And yet, the project is slowly starting to take shape. Redanian Intelligence has learned several interesting details via a production list.

After finding a tree frog stuck fast to a branch, biologists in Australia have discovered that a species of slug defends itself with extremely sticky mucus

Researchers at the University of B.C. have found a link between living near highways and an increased risk of several major neurological disorders