A new study published this week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that cell phones and computers are actually good for “nuclear families.” According to Pew research, Internet, cell phones, e-mail, IM and Twitter make nuclear...

Clubbers, joggers and hikers, watch out for this: Gotwind’s Dance Charger that uses human movement to charge mobile phones.Trialed at this year’s Glastonbury music festival, and sponsored by Orange, this clever gadget can be strapped to your arm...

Since her selection as John McCain’s running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, it was reported on Tuesday evening.

If geek stuff is so hip, then why are two of the season’s biggest scifi hits, CBS show Eleventh Hour and bestselling Neal Stephenson novel Anathem, adamantly classified as Not Scifi? Because nerd culture will never be pop culture. That’s why...

Muslim-Americans say they are more interested than ever before in the political process, in part because their religion has been reduced to a talking point in the presidential campaign.

On a day on which McCain campaign manager Rick Davis hinted that Obama was taking foreign money, the Russian Mission to the United Nations has released a standard-issue fundraising letter gone a bit astray: It was addressed to the Russian envoy to the...

“It looks like we got a good Pegasus launch, actually a little bit hotter than we expected, so a little bit more energy. That’s good. That means we’ll have a little more hydrazine in our tanks,” said David McComas, IBEX principal...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is struggling to find enough agents and resources to investigate criminal wrongdoing tied to the country’s economic crisis, according to current and former bureau officials.

It has long been suspected that humans have an ancient history of drug use, but there has been a lack of proof to support the theory.Now, however, researchers have found equipment used to prepare hallucinogenic drugs for sniffing, and dated them back to...

Outer space smells like fried steak, hot metal and welding a motorbike, scientists said today.Nasa has commissioned Steven Pearce, a chemist and managing director of fragrance manufacturing company Omega Ingredients, to recreate the smell of space in a...