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Data released this week predicts that by the end of this month, China will officially become the world's largest smartphone and tablet market, surpassing the US.

The Stylistic S01 will become available to users of France's Orange network starting in June. Writer David Meyer suggests that more manufacturers should be paying attention to this kind of accessibility.

The study, which involved anonymous tracking of commuters in urban areas, is the first to use data from phones rather than from surveys or census records.

Their YouTube channel is within a few million views of one billion, a first for any nonprofit organization. It also makes a point about the evolution of children's media. 

Unlike America's "Yule Log," this fireplace is accompanied by poetry readings and commentary from "firewood specialists." The show -- which will run for 12 hours straight -- is the latest "slow TV" offering from the NRK television network.

A report from a professional organization representing almost all of Britain's doctors says drastic measures must be taken to stem a rising tide of obesity.

How virtualization and cloud computing is transforming the business world. 

“First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen": those famous accolades have followed George Washington—first U.S. President and the beardless half of today’s Presidents’ […]

Despite never being keen on French wine in the past, Chinese consumers -- and investors -- are helping to grow sales in the region.

Supplying laptops to all 2,000-plus high school students in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri is just one example of how the country's donations are helping local communities.

A new law instituted last fall mandates that students at state-subsidized public universities must work two years in-country for every year of study.

Is it just us, or does it seem like everyone is turning into a conspiracy theorist these days?Aliens, spirit guides, the Illuminati – name some mysterious pocket of paranoia or […]

A new book on the human proclivity to compete called Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing examines factors that influence our tendency to try and outdo our friends and colleagues.

Deep mathematical patterns that are commonly found in nature may lie behind what we experience as beauty, which may explain why we have trouble putting beauty into words. 

Conducted by Carnegie Mellon University, a new scientific study has found that people make better decisions about buying new cars after they have been distracted by an unrelated task.

Once thought to be determined by the biology of the ear, music appreciation is more a matter of training, say researchers. Each musical genre plays by its own set of internal rules.

A team of German and Swiss researchers have created a new tool that helps control when neurons in the brain fire, improving on a groundbreaking procedure called optogenetics.

An imaginary round table discussion with Anthony Robbins and Gautama the Buddha on being the best we can be. I was musing upon an interesting idea: What would it be […]

One of our country's most able and prolific bloggers, Walter Russell Mead, reports that the idea of being able to sit for the bar after just two years of law […]

Looking for ways to regrow lost or damaged limbs in humans, scientists are taking cues from the animal world where several species are known to effectively regenerate certain body parts.