A new Japanese phone with an iris scanner may mark a new era of password-free mobile payments
In 1794, the Portuguese slave ship São José wrecked with 400 slaves aboard; iron ballast and a wooden pulley from that ship will come to Washington, D.C.
Whether it’s the former home of a national icon or an extravagant estate in Europe, the sharing economy offers the chance to go back in time for a night
Looks aren’t everything, say the founders of Imperfect, a CSA-type service that delivers odd-shaped produce to customers' doors
Decades of storm data show that tropical cyclones in the Pacific are getting more intense as ocean temperatures rise
Dance troupe Pilobolus and video portrait artist Bo Gehring teamed up to defy boundaries
A celebratory star nest and a painterly view of home feature among our picks for this week's best space pictures
The cognitive computing system makes for an ideal sidekick—in museums, kitchens, hospitals and classrooms
The engineering masterpiece covers an area four times larger than the Vatican City. But without the surrounding moat, it would never have survived
A property firm just renovated the infamous gangster’s Florida estate after it had fallen into disrepair. Here’s what the lavish home looks like now
As the battle escalates to combat illegal fishing, Smithsonian scientists offer up a possible genetic tool
The people of Kiruna are moving their entire town brick-by-brick
From a higher vocabulary to mastering mouth motion, the lilting babble seems to play a key role in helping babies process language
We caught up with the kids, now full-fledged adults, from the acclaimed documentary to investigate how social class shapes success in America
A major earthquake will cause plenty of destruction along the West Coast, but it won’t look like it does in the movies
It's scary what we don't know about the lasting effects after a knock to the noggin
Buy yourself a new wardrobe, iPad or other oddities at the Unclaimed Baggage Center
Outdoor retailer MSR and global health non-profit PATH have teamed up to create on-demand chlorine to fight waterborne illness in Africa
A 430,000-year-old skull discovered in a Spanish cave bears evidence of deliberate, lethal blunt force trauma
To drown out flight noise, the Amsterdam Airport turned to large-scale landscaping
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