The chain's burgers can resist rot for years. Scientists explain why they have the shelf life of the undead

What does it mean to be conscious? It's a question that philosophers and scientists have puzzled over perhaps since there have been philosophers and scientists.

An Open Letter to Terry Allen, Noam Chomsky, Alexander Cockburn, David Corn, Chris Hayes, George Monbiot, Matthew Rothschild, and Matt Taibbi

A doctor whose decomposing body was found in a narrow chimney suffocated after she tried to get into the home of her on and off boyfriend.

A SEX-starved businessman was so hung up on his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him that he paid $18,000 to recreate her as a life-sized sex doll. Not creepy at all.

The argument over whether the universe has a creator, and who that might be, is among the oldest in human history.

Using a classic man in the middle style attack.

A rabbinical guidebook for killing non-Jews has sparked an uproar in Israel and exposed the power a bunch of genocidal theocrats wield over the government.

Recently, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking announced that if humans didn’t want to face extinction, our only option is to abandon planet Earth, here are 8 ways for us to avoid extinction.

A major investigation reveals the extent of America's vast and heavily privatized military-corporate-intelligence establishment.

From the makers of "Rapist Glasses"

Unfortunately by a civilian.

Two-thirds of the British public are unable to name a famous female scientist, according to a poll organised by the Royal Society.

A look at our attention span dwindling.

How can a nation like the United States be duped into two wars and total bankruptcy? It would be one thing if the “truth” about 9/11 was internet conspiracy theory. This isn’t the case. It was all right there in everyone’s living room. They foole...

As a species, we are tool makers first and foremost. That's why we love to see gadgets in our movies, and to watch our Captain Picards and Batmans and David Hasselhoffs defeat the bad guys with technology we know we'll never own.

ITunes accounts linked to Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out.

Astronomers discover a planetary system containing at least five planets orbiting a star much like our Sun.

..After being arrested for "simulated 'weapons of mass destruction'" Dey're terrrsts get em!

Federal agents are seeking to hire translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations.