Internet May Interfere With Religion, Keep Americans From Going To Church:...
(RNS) A new paper draws an intriguing conclusion to a question scholars have wrestled with for several decades: Why are Americans dropping out of church? One reason? They’re logging on to the Internet....
View ArticleThe Plant Doctor App Puts A Human Touch On Identifying Plant Diseases
Right about now, many of us have grand aspirations for our summer gardens. Fresh pestos, fragrant rosemary and those vine-ripened beefsteak tomatoes we've longed for all winter long. Inevitably,...
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Rock-Paper-Scissors Study Reveals Sneaky Formula For Winning The Game
Is there really a scientific strategy for winning the schoolyard game of rock-paper-scissors? Apparently, there is -- and a new paper gives all the details. For the research paper, scientists at...
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Jupiter's Moon Ganymede May Have 'Club Sandwich' Ocean Capable Of Supporting...
Jupiter may have two moons capable of supporting life as we know it. Like its famous neighbor Europa, the huge Jovian satellite Ganymede might have an ocean of liquid water in contact with a rocky...
View ArticleEdward Snowden: Entire Populations Now Live Under Constant Surveillance
TORONTO (AP) — Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence contractor who has been leaking information about government data collection programs, said Friday before a debate on state surveillance that...
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What Is Social Engineering?
No, it’s not some new engineering field to develop social media sites. Social engineering has been around as long as the con artist has been around. The terms stems from the social science world where...
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The 'Mona Lisa' Just Might Be Part Of History's First 3D Image, Researchers...
Leonard da Vinci was the original Renaissance man, dabbling in not just art, but anatomy, geology, botany, cartography, mathematics, literature and much, much more. Not only do we give him credit for...
View ArticleNew Super-Heavy Element 117 'Ununseptium' Confirmed By Scientists
Atoms of a new super-heavy element — the as-yet-unnamed element 117 — have reportedly been created by scientists in Germany, moving it closer to being officially recognized as part of the standard...
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Here's Why Spring Is The Best Season To Fall In Love
It's spring and love is in the air. With all the weddings, romantic picnics and opportunities for hand-in-hand strolling, spring is really the unofficial season of love. These carefree days make it the...
View ArticleGirl's Snapchat Boyfriend Is So Perfect He Can't Be Real
Some people like to use social media to post about their oh-so-perfect relationships and @meandmyboifriend is no different. Except Molly Mitchell's boyfriend is a doodle. Mitchell, a 26-year-old from...
View ArticleThe Claustrophobic Digital Village
Privacy in the future will resemble that in a small village. As with any small community, dissent from the prevailing conventional wisdom will be easy to spot and punish. Welcome to the world of social...
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Gorgeous Long Exposure Train Photos Reveals The Magic Of City Life
We're going to take a leap of faith and say that you don't gasp in awe each time the subway zooms past. But with the help of some long exposure photography, suddenly trains look less like a...
View ArticleE-Cigarettes Become An Unlikely Inspiration For New Medical Devices
By Toni Clarke May 4 (Reuters) - When Noah Minskoff's mother died of lung cancer in 2007, e-cigarettes were just entering the U.S. market. Minskoff, who had just started medical school in Utah,...
View ArticleMay The Fourth Bring Forth More Female Jedi
Many girls dreamed of being a Disney princess -- I wanted to be a Jedi Knight. I have this vague memory of being 9 or 10, standing in our neighborhood grocery story, amidst the gossip magazines and the...
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Astronomers Say New 'Natural Gap' Theory May Explain Why Mars Is Smaller Than...
New ideas about how the solar system took shape are helping astronomers tackle a planetary puzzle — why Mars is so much smaller than its rocky neighbor worlds. Models show that the Red Planet should...
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Hydropower Capacity Could Be Doubled In U.S., Feds Say
This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The Grand Canyon was once targeted as a major dam site by the federal government, a project eventually scuttled after widespread protest. Nobody is...
View ArticleWhen Hitting ‘Find My IPhone' Takes You To A Thief's Doorstep
WEST COVINA, Calif. — After a boozy Saturday night, Sarah Maguire awoke the next morning to find that her iPhone was gone. Her roommate’s phone was gone, too. Were they at the bar, she wondered, or in...
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Wearable Technology: The Coming Revolution in Healthcare
The year 2014 may well go down as the year of wearable technology. The impact of wearables is already being felt in education, communication, navigating, and entertainment; but perhaps the greatest...
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Do Kids Need Special Online Protections or Do We All Need Them?
We have always taken child safety more seriously than adult safety, even where children are not necessarily at greater risk than adults. It's probably instinctual. As every parent knows, protecting...
View ArticleGoogle Will Deliver All The Costco Groceries You Want For $5
If you love Costco and live in Manhattan or West Los Angeles, your life is about to get a lot more convenient. Thanks to Google, you'll now be able to get your members-only groceries delivered to you...
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