If you are leasing a car, what’s the point of paying thousands of dollars due at lease signing? My contract says tax, title, fees and licensing — but then wouldn’t I have to pay that again at the end ...

In October 1943, rumors claimed the USS Eldridge vanished from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and reappeared in Norfolk, Virginia, sparking decades of speculation about invisibility, teleportation, ...

A new kind of superhydrophobic metal, inspired by a water-dwelling spider, could form the foundational tech for “unsinkable” ships. The structure uses laser-etched nano- and microscale metals that ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Danish archaeologists recently unveiled a major historical breakthrough. They found the remains of the world’s largest cog ship in the waters off Copenhagen after some 600 years. The announcement, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ...

Millions of asteroids orbit the Sun. Smaller fragments often brush the Earth’s atmosphere to light up the sky as meteors. Once every few centuries, a meteoroid has sufficient size to cause regional ...

While you can still get your hit of classic Counter-Strike on Steam, the original CS experience is getting an unofficial remake. Or rather, it was. Last year, it was revealed that a team of seasoned ...

A team of scientists are staring climate change in the eye, the New York Times reports, setting sail for the infamous “Doomsday Glacier” in Antarctica in an attempt to study it up close. The enormous ...

Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the universe. To theoretical computer scientists, time and space (also known as memory) are the two fundamental resources of computation.

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For those who are still shopping for presents to put under the tree, experts say this year you may see longer shipping deadlines than normal on some online items. We’re on your ...