Today’s teens prefer to make and keep friendships online, rather than off
According to a new Pew Research Center study, today's adolescents actually prefer to make friends online, and keep their relationships to the Internet.
A Facebook insult lands Thai man 30 years in prison
A Thai man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of "posting messages and pictures defaming the monarchy" on Facebook.
Retweeting terrorists could be, well, terrorism
The FBI now says that retweeting the Islamic State group or other known terrorists could land you in prison.
Some guy managed to call the International Space Station from his back yard
Adrian Lane is a 52-year-old radio operator who managed to call the International Space Station and speak with astronauts flying miles and miles above him.
#ILookLikeAnEngineer takes over social media
A recent ad campaign for OneLogin has sparked the #ILookLikeAnEngineer to fight the assumption that only men can be engineers.
#Endfgm trends on Twitter, calling for the eradication of a terrible practice
On Wednesday, the hashtag #Endfgm trended on Twitter, with global users celebrating the recent movement to end female genital mutilation.
Check out the world’s smallest 3D-printed circular saw, small enough to fit on your thumbnail
The world's smallest 3D-printed circular saw is so small that it could fit on your thumbnail.
Live life from a cat’s perspective as Trip chases a laser pointer
In 90 seconds of truly riveting footage, YouTube user Tyler Crompton allows viewers to live the life of a laser-pointer-chasing feline.
The Density sensor tells you how crowded certain places are, so you can avoid long lines
Thanks to a brilliant new device cleverly named Density, you'll never have to wait in long lines or brave enormous crowds again.
No, it’s not a hamburger: The MicFlip is a fully reversible micro USB
Now, you never have to worry about plugging in your USB "the wrong way," thanks to MicFlip, the world's first fully reversible micro USB.
hitchBOT meets his untimely end in the City of (Not) So Brotherly Love
After a mere two weeks on the road, the hitchhiking robot who made headlines after successfully trekking across Canada has met his sad demise in Philly.
Your pictures probably don’t look like you
According to scientists, "We are so poor a picking good likenesses of our face that strangers make better selections."
Harvard scientists have developed a robot that can walk (and jump) on water
Researchers have developed an insect-inspired robot that can stand and then jump on water.
Ruby is a breath of fresh air in the sex app world
Ruby is the app that is meant to address women's general sexual health, not just reproduction.
Watson can now tell you if you’re at risk for diabetes, thanks to CVS partnership
Watson can add one more line to its staggering resume -- thanks to a new partnership with CVS, IBM's Watson can predict who is at risk for diabetes.
WANTED: firefighter-interrupting drone operators
California is willing to pay $75,000 for information about those behind the drones that impinged upon San Bernardino firefighters' firefighting efforts.
Never say never: NASA’s ‘impossible’ EM Drive shows promise in tests by German scientists
Thanks to the apparent confirmation of the scientific validity of the EM Drive, the research of British scientist Roger Shawyer may now be viable.
