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Vancouver is now home to a machine that accepts and dispenses only cash and Bitcoin account data. The goal, say its owners, is to make the virtual currency easier to buy and sell.
The video below, released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mars Express, is a stunning flyover of the planet, showcasing grabens, dendritic valleys, lava flows and the highest known mountain in the Solar System.
So the new X-Men film trailer is out. It's being Tweeted, Facebooked; it's probably rising through the ranks of YouTube, Vimeo and so on. It's easy content for sites, a blessing of […]
Gloria Feldt: I have my religious beliefs too and they tell me that using birth control is a good thing and that birth control is basic healthcare that should be part of any insurance plan.
How long must creative people wait for the Web’s new wealth to find a path to their doors?
Whether we are looking at climate change, whether we are looking at AIDS, whether we are looking at war and conflict, the stem of it comes into making sure that people are educated.
South Africa's best satirical cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro (AKA Zapiro), is in hot water for depicting the Hindu god Ganesh in a cartoon. As usual, those who worship said god are […]
Brain decoding is the technique by which neuroscientists are able to decipher what a person is experiencing during a dream.
Markets can move mountains. But we must guide their power, using empirical behaviors. They should serve us, not we them.
Most traffic is the result of extremely subtle changes in the flow of traffic, caused, for instance, be drivers speeding up or slowing down ever so slightly. This has a ripple effect.
At the end of next month, Comet ISON is expected to be at its brightest, when it is nearest to the Sun. Still, no one knows exactly what it will look like.
Having been raised with traditional views of womanhood, Fatimah Asghar says "I was invisible for most of my life." That is no longer the case for the award-winning poet and performer.
There is evolutionary significance to the petty acts of aggression that were famously portrayed by Lindsay Lohan and other young women in the 2004 film Mean Girls.
The AI company Vicarious has created an algorithm that can solve CAPTCHA "with greater than 90% accuracy."
A recent report shows that bikes outsold new cars in 27 European Union member countries last year. While it's tempting to cite the economic crisis as a reason, some predict that it may be a sign of greater change.
It is so easy now to mock the millions who freaked out at the “War of the Worlds”, the Halloween radio play 75 years ago this week about an […]
Yaron Milgrom's Local Mission Market will offer, among other things, homemade pasta, bread, jams, and cured meats to San Francisco residents at what he claims will be affordable prices.
Although Saturday's (Oct. 26) planned protest was partially thwarted by a heavy police presence, activists are encouraging women to continue driving -- and to post the proof online -- in defiance of culturally-imposed restrictions.
Last week the parliament passed the measure by one vote, overturning a ban implemented by the country's former colonial ruler and creating a potentially radical shift in the rare earths market.
Stockholm-based SMSLifesaver was created in response to the challenge of delivering timely ambulance services. CPR certification is the only requirement for volunteering. So far 9,600 residents have signed up.