Students at Christian college protest mandatory use of FitBits
Required reading is nothing new for college students, but required Fitbit usage? That's surely a sign of the times.
Dutch police have trained eagles to take down rogue drones
Eagles are proving their mettle in the Netherlands, where they're being trained to take out illegal drones. Seriously.
Freeze chamber death prompts scientists to re-examine the safety of cryotherapy
Now that cryotherapy is gaining traction, researchers are looking into ways to make the potentially dangerous practice safer.
UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking for open source tech startups
On Monday, UNICEF announced the inception of its Innovation Fund, the purpose of which will be to help open source technology startups.
U.K. gives scientists permission to edit DNA in human embryos
On Monday, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority made the U.K. the first country to approve the practice of altering the DNA of embryos.
Google is testing drones for 5G Internet delivery
In a new initiative known as Project Skybender, Google is looking into employing solar-powered drones to beam down 5G Internet.
Are robots really going to take over your job?
From killer robots to AI-dominated workforces, the outlook for homo sapiens looks to be pretty grim. But do we really have anything to worry about?
Think you can read minds? The University of Washington may prove you right
A new experiment at the University of Washington may be bringing ESP closer to the realm of reality.
Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson explain once and for all that the Earth is not flat
To set flat earth truthers straight, Neil deGrasse Tyson has taken to the most trusted medium of all -- late night television.
Netflix is bringing back Gilmore Girls for four feature films
Grab a box of Kleenex and get ready to feel all the feels -- Gilmore Girls is coming back, and for the last time.
How Facebook is profiting off the 2016 presidential election
By November of this year, one candidate will have won the 2016 presidential election, many will have lost, and Facebook will have profited.
The TappLock uses your fingerprint to keep things safe
So if you want to access more than just your smartphone with the tap of your very unique finger, look no further than the TappLock.
Sandia wants to make giant wind turbines twice the size of football fields
When life gives you hurricanes, make wind energy with Sandia's new giant wind turbines.
Experience the Coast Guard's training in a new 360 degree video experience
If you never make it to the Coast Guard's grueling training process in person, you can now experience it like never before in virtual reality.
Parse is no more — Facebook shuts down its mobile developer platform
In a rare admission of defeat (if you can call it that), the social media giant has announced plans to shut down Parse, the mobile developer platform.
Scientists discover solar system three times wider than the next biggest one
Scientists have just discovered the largest solar system to date.
Mitsubishi thinks it just made an antenna out of seawater
Mitsubishi has managed to construct an antenna entirely out of seawater, tapping into the conductive properties of the salt-laden universal solvent.
This jacket made of stainless steel yarn will harvest the sun’s energy to keep you warm
We're powering just about everything with the sun these days, so why not throw clothes into the mix? Such is the concept behind ThermalTech.
Turmoil at Twitter: Four top executives leave company, some for competitors
Twitter executives Katie Jacobs Stanton, Kevin Weil, Skip Shipper, and Alex Roetter, are leaving the struggling social media company.
Newly developed AI system can write political speeches better than most politicians
According to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an artificial intelligence algorithm may soon be feeding our leaders their lines.
