To reduce electronic waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions from plastic, future computer chips might use a substrate made of mushrooms. This isn’t something out of the Mario Bros. movie, either. That doesn’t mean you’ll have toadstools mounted on th ...

The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a mother and her battles with depression and alcoholism on her site Dooce.com and on social media, has died at 47. Armstrong died by suicide, her boyfriend Pete Ashdown to ...

Leaks of potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, say experts, and would rapidly reduce global heating

Global warming has trapped an explosive amount of energy in Earth's atmosphere in the past half century — the equivalent of about 25 billion atomic bombs, a new study finds. In the paper, published April 17 in the journal Earth System Science Da ...

In the 2012 film Skyfall, Q presents James Bond with a special handgun for his latest mission — a Walther PPK 9mm short — fitted with a sensor encoded to Bond's palm print so only he can fire it. It's a Hollywood version of a smart gun, a f ...

Here are two things we’ve all had quite enough, thank you: screen adaptations of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, and live-action remakes of classic Disney animations. So as both, this flesh, blood and pixel reworking of the studio’s beloved 1953 hand-drawn or ...

Chris Pratt revealed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that he swore off auditioning for Marvel movies after he lost out on roles in “Thor” and more superhero films. The actor would go on to headline Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise. “I auditioned ...

Japan's Hakuto-R lander may have crashed on the moon, but the spacecraft still sent back valuable images.

When Michael Jacobs first laid eyes on a canoe his ancestors expertly crafted a millennium ago, he says he "couldn't do nothing but cry." Jacobs is the chief of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe in southeastern North Carolina, where a team of ...

A new report says that a tester with inside, hands-on experience using Apple's upcoming virtual reality headset has gone from being underwhelmed by the experience to "blown away" by the new device. In June, Apple is expected to debut a ...

Aziz Ansari is readying a new feature film, tapping Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves to co-star. Ansari will write and direct Good Fortune, in which he will star with Rogen and Reeves. Lionsgate is behind the comedy, which will begin filming next month in ...

Egypt made detailed plans to export rockets at Moscow’s request, but after a diplomatic offensive from Washington, later approved artillery production for Kyiv.

Tornadoes are becoming more frequent in populated parts of the United States and are often occurring as damaging clusters — a development seen in recent deadly outbreaks from Alabama to Michigan. The number, damage and deadliness of individual tornad ...

In a study conducted in the lab as well as during the COVID-19 lockdowns, participants reported higher levels of tiredness after eight hours of social isolation. The results suggest that low energy may be a basic human response to a lack of social co ...

Texas leads the nation for generating the most electricity from solar and wind and plays an outsized role in manufacturing electric vehicles. A slew of new bills could change that.

Volodymyr Zelensky: Corruption in Kyiv is "approaching that of the Afghan war, although there will be no professional audit reports," the website claimed. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and other to officials of the country have emb ...

The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new driving capabilities.

Lily Gao, voice actor for Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 Remake, has fallen victim to hate filled comments over the social media. The voice actor in question did voice overs for Ada Wong in the Resident Evil 4 remake, and she received hate comments over th ...

REP. RASHIDA TLAIB, D-Mich., is circulating a letter among her House colleagues that calls on the Department of Justice to drop charges against Julian Assange and end its effort to extradite him from his detention in Belmarsh prison in the United Kin ...

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice is causing a dramatic slowdown in deep ocean currents and could have a disastrous effect on the climate, a new report warns. The deep-water flows which drive ocean currents could decline by 40% by 2050, a team of Austral ...