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Three college students are building an electricity-free light bulb for the masses.

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Meet Megaconus mammaliaformis, a furry proto-mammal and, in the words of one researcher, "your great-great-grand uncle 165 million years removed."

An unusual "semi-natural" lab setup quantifies ill effects in mice drinking the equivalent of three sodas a day.

A dermatologist investigates

Billionaire Elon Musk has announced details of Hyperloop, his mysterious high-speed transportation project. There was some of what we expected, and a few surprises, too.

A new study examines the weird ways cocaine changes people's metabolisms.

How does Godzilla compare to an AT-AT walker? Plus, how they stack up to real stuff, like the Sydney Opera House.

A new study found cognitively impaired former football players aren't much different from non-players with cognitive impairments.

It's impressive researchers have managed to conduct even that many studies.

It's shockingly, disturbingly easy for the government to snoop on your emails. Here are your weapons in the fight for secure email.

It's an electric gun, boogie woogie woogie.

Rare photographs, casts of Lincoln's (giant) hands and more

And is it already too late?!

The U.S. government needs only three degrees of separation to look at Kevin Bacon's phone records.

By discouraging a promising science project, Kickstarter could be encouraging corporate monopolies, enabling sloppy legislation, and keeping cool glow-in-the-dark plants out of our houses.

Stars appear to twinkle, planets don’t. Here's why.