Science Bumblebee Set to Become Officially Endangered

This bumblebee species is likely affected by pathogens and pesticides.

Science In Photos: Spooky Deep-Sea Creatures

Plenty of strange and scary creatures lurk in the dark, cold depths of the ocean …

Science Asthma Inhaler Shrinks to Credit Card Size in New Design

People suffering from asthma may soon have a new alternative to traditional — and bulky — inhalers.

Science Personal Care Products Safety Act: Facelift for FDA...

Ad from the 1930s, when cosmetics regulation was last addressed by Congress. The U.S. cosmetics industry, the largest in the world, is expected to reach $62 billion in revenues in 2016 ....

Science Clinton Outlines Plans for Health Care in Leading Medical...

Editors at the New England Journal of Medicine invited Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to explain how they plan to improve health care and control health care costs in the U.S.

Science Facts About Reindeer

Reindeer, or caribou, are members of the deer family. They don't fly, but they sometimes do have red noses.

Technology I Rented All the Expensive Tech I Can't Afford

My iPhone is an incredibly intimate part of my life. I use it to answer work emails, check if I’m being subtweeted, and reply to my cute family chats. It's the first thing I see when I wake...

Technology In a Utopian Future, What Counts as Luxury?

Sybaritic—a word meaning outrageously luxurious—derives from the ancient Greek city of Sybaris, known for its inhabitants’ excessively piscine and indulgent feasts. But as with language,...

Technology How to solve an app blocking your screen when your Mac...

After upgrading to macOS Sierra and restarting my Mac, everything came up normally—except for Snapz Pro, a venerable screen-capture program that I had updated to the latest version (2.6.0),...

Technology What's next for Siri?

It’s been nearly five years since Scott Forstall stood on stage and introduced Siri to the world. Siri has come a long way since the days of the iPhone 4S, and now Apple’s voice-controlled...

Technology Dead air: Snap judgment on the AirPods

Hey, kids! Who likes validating pre-conceived ideas?! Everyone, right?! Well, writing for Computerworld , Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols squares his personal circle on the Apple AirPods....

Technology Apple Opening R&D Center in Zhongguancun, China's...

Apple has set up its first research and development center in China in Zhongguancun Science Park , according to a statement released by the Zhongguancun Park Management Committee (via DigiTimes...

Green Let’s Make Refugee Cities Instead Of Refugee Camps

A refugee city would attract capital and provide stability for some of the 63 million refugees in the world, according to economist Mark Lutter. Let’s Make Refugee Cities Instead Of...

Green Indian State Of Andhra Pradesh Eyes 25% Renewable Energy...

The state of Andhra Pradesh in India has proposed the most ambitious renewable energy target among all states. The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has proposed to...

Green India’s SECI Reports Record-Low Bids In 450MW Maharashtra...

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has awarded 450MW of solar capacity in the state of Maharashtra, with the lowest collective set of bids involving viability gap funding (VGF) to date. The...

Green NYC Agressively Targets 100MWh Electricity Storage By...

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has issued aggressive targets for New York City electricity storage and solar capacity, totaling 100MWh of storage by 2020 and 1GW of solar capacity by 2030....

Green Inner Mongolia Solar Tender Shows Lowest Bids For Solar...

A tender for 1GW of capacity in Inner Mongolia shows China’s lowest ever bids for solar electricity, according to a report from Reuters. Reuters cited news outlet China Business News in its...

Green India’s Madhya Pradesh Eyes 2.2 GW With New Rooftop Solar...

Another Indian state has approved a rooftop solar power policy with a target to contribute towards the ambitious target of 40 GW installed rooftop solar power capacity in the country by March...

Politics A third of the homeless people in America are over 50....

Nobody ever tells you about the sleep deprivation. At around 4:30 am, while the rest of the world is still asleep, I wake up and get moving under cover of darkness. Quiet spots with some...

Politics The question of what Donald Trump “really believes” has...

It is a category error. Donald Trump says he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning. Legions of fact-checkers have found no evidence for this claim. Now Trump says he opposed the war in...

Politics Ladislao José Biro invented a “miraculous” pen and...

Ladislao José Biro, who is honored in today’s Google Doodle for what would have been his 117th birthday, invented something mundane but transformative: the modern ballpoint pen. Biro...

Politics Obama orders flags at half-staff to honor Peres

President Barack Obama, in a rare move, ordered the US flag be flown at half-staff at the White House and on federal grounds and government properties on Friday to mark the death of former Israeli...

Politics Lawsuit alleges Trump wanted to replace unattractive...

Donald Trump wanted to fire female employees he considered unattractive and replace them with better-looking women at a golf resort he owned, according to court documents from a 2012 lawsuit....

Politics South Carolina poll: Trump with a small lead over Clinton

A new poll shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in the traditional Republican stronghold of South Carolina -- but not by much.

Religion Donald Trump “Jokes” About Kicking Non-Christians Out of...

Speaking in Council Bluffs, Iowa yesterday, Donald Trump pandered to the overwhelmingly Christian audience in a frightening way: by joking that everyone else should be kicked out .

Religion A Third Secular Invocation Delivered in Orlando, Florida

On Monday in Orlando, Florida, Jocelyn Williamson delivered a secular invocation during a Council meeting.

Religion Atheist Comedy: Is God's Love WORTHLESS

If you have to worship God unquestioningly to earn his love, doesn't that mean his love is worthless? If you like this episode, subscribe to this channel, and sign up for email updates to get a...

Religion A Brief, Depressing History of Open Atheists and the U.S....

Religious historian Leigh Eric Schmidt , whose new book Village Atheists comes out next week, has an excellent piece at Religion & Politics about the difficulties of being an open...

Religion Judge Tosses Atheist’s Lawsuit, Saying the Missouri...

After an atheist prisoner was told to go through a religious substance abuse treatment program if he wanted early release, he sued the Missouri Department of Corrections, saying this was a form of...

Religion Christians Sue Florida High School League After...

A Christian high school has sued the Florida High School Athletic Association because they weren't allowed to pray over the loudspeakers during December's state championship football game. I guess...