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Sympathies to the researcher who had to listen to amateur impressions all day.

How the world's only known white gorilla came to be.

2312 is available on Amazon.

A suspicious email attack leads to...nothing?

New software automatically changes words and grammar in e-books.

The project aims to spread affordable Internet access to even the most remote regions.

They're not the same. A data-geek (or nerd?) explains.

I hear Namibia is nice this time of year.

Who is nature's best dad according to science? Seahorse dads, California mouse dads, and Barbary macaque dads all make the list.

We take a look at how yesterday's Supreme Court ruling affects risk testing for breast cancer. Plus, this isn't the last word for gene patenting.

Does PRISM solve the wrong problem?

Tech types are outraged by the media's misinterpretation of some of the aspects of the (very technical) PRISM story--but the mistakes, if they are even mistakes, don't detract from the seriousness of the scandal.

Another study shows iron fertilization may not be a great solution to climate change.

Louis Michaud has received funding from Peter Thiel’s Breakout Labs to harness energy through manmade vortexes. Will your streetlights soon be powered by a tornado?

Legislators try to solve a gun problem that doesn't yet exist

Pretty good superpower to have, if you ask me.

Welcome to market-based compensation.

A new study finds that the sleeping pill enhances your ability to consolidate negative emotional memories as you snooze.

And how does tattoo removal work?