Last weekend, Google announced their plans to remove child pornography images from the web by using a new picture-sharing database. The program will allow search engines and other web companies to exchange information about images of children being abused or raped.
In a Samsung commercial aired during game five of the NBA Finals, rapper Jay-Z surprised fans by announcing a new album called Magna Carta Holy Grail. Then he further surprised his fans who use Samsung devices: One million owners of the Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II will get exclusive access to the album first on July 4. And it'll be free, as long as they upload an app associated with the album on June 24.
If you cut off a part of an amphibian, it'll regrow. But humans and mammals can pretty much only grow fingernails, toenails and hair.
Researchers studied mice and using genetic labeling, they found that the base of the mice's nails house self-renewing stem cells. These cells enable our nails to continually grow throughout our lives. The researchers conducted toe-amputation experiments in two groups of mice. They discovered that the pathway is also involved in digit regeneration - which means the normal mice were able to regenerate their toe and toenails five weeks after amputation. But the mice treated with a drug to block a Wnt signaling pathway, and mice whose digits were amputated too far back were unable to regrow anything.
Wearable tech firm Heapsylon created the Sensoria Fitness Socks that can make you a better runner.
These fitness tracker socks have special textile sensors in them that relate information to a Bluetooth-powered anklet you wear, feeding data to your smartphone. The Sensoria app displays an activity tracker to let you know how hard you're exercising.
Tension in Turkey is quickly escalating and thousands of protesters are gearing up for a third week occupying Istanbul's Gezi Park.
Some locals decided to take their little camera-enabled, radio controlled quadcopter for a spin. But police immediately shot it down. Before it was shot down, the civilian drone actually captured some pretty stunning footage.
People were amazed when news emerged about an experimental spray-on liquid fabric that could become wearable clothing.
Fabrican is the company behind this technology developed by clothing-designer turned chemist Dr. Manel Torres, who was originally looking for a quicker way to produce clothes. The idea claimed to the self-proclaimed fashion doctor when he attended a friend's wedding and saw someone getting sprayed by silly string.
Snoozing is a pretty awesome activity especially after stuffing yourself silly with food. And that's exactly what this black hole did.
Nearly 10 years ago, NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory caught signs of a certain black hole snacking on gas at the middle of a nearby galaxy. Recently, NASA's Nuclear SpectroscopicTelescope Array (NuSTAR) took a peek at the same black hole and discovered that it is currently asleep.
While we bid goodbye to Facebook's Sponsored Stories, it's time to say hello to the hashtag tagging that is already being used on other social media brands.
It works the same way as it does elsewhere, so if you click on a #hashtaggedword, a list will pop up directing you to all posts from friends and "liked" pages that use the same, particular hashtag. It hasn't been officially included, but it seems logical that advertisers and sponsored hashtags will soon follow.
Researchers have just found a new human body part. It's inside the eyeball, and it's very tiny. It's 15 microns thick and it's small that calling it a 'body part' feels inappropriate. But it is a new body part, in your eye.