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As Buyers Circle, Could Twitter Be Better Off As A Nonprofit?
Despite having more than 300 million users, Twitter has struggled to make a profit and keep its investors happy. Yet, the service has arguably been good… -
Teens' Penchant For Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster
The teenage brain has been characterized as a risk-taking machine, looking for quick rewards and thrills instead of acting responsibly. But these… -
Was that extreme weather event influenced by climate change?
Forty thousand homes damaged and more than a dozen people killed by torrential rains in Louisiana.Blistering temperatures in the Middle East.Continuing… -
Biggest Prize In Chemistry Goes To Designers Of The Smallest Machines
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their groundbreaking work on molecular machines — tiny, man-made structures… -
Google Goes All-In On Hardware With 'Pixel' Phone, Home Assistant, VR Headset
Google’s products are everywhere: maps, Gmail, the Chrome browser, the Chromecast video/audio system, the Android mobile operating system, YouTube, Waze.… -
3 Physicists Win Nobel Prize For Theoretical Research Into Phases Of Matter
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2016 has been awarded to three theoretical researchers for their insights into the odd behavior of matter in unusual… -
Japanese Biologist Wins Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries about “autophagy” — a… -
Rosetta Crashes Into Comet, Bringing Historic Mission To End
This is the way the Rosetta ends: not with a bang, but with a slow-motion crash.The historic spacecraft has transformed scientists’ understanding of… -
Online Trackers Follow Our Digital Shadow By 'Fingerprinting' Browsers, Devices
As we surf from website to website, we are being tracked — that’s not news. What is news, revealed in a recent paper by researchers at Princeton… -
This Doctor Is Trying To Stop Heart Attacks In Their Tracks
When Harry Selker was working as a cardiologist in the 1970s, clot-busting drugs were showing great promise against heart attacks. But their life-saving…
