SWAT teams, in full military protective gear and armed with assault rifles, are being deployed against innocent, unsuspecting citizens all over the United States. Ten days ago, it was Kyle G... Read more

Scientists have begun to expose a global horror show: microplastic pollution. Tiny bits of plastic have been showing up in unlikely places, including Arctic ice floes. The particles are blow... Read more

Americans will have to go elsewhere for a potent cancer therapy, an old Instagram hoax was revived, and the reviews are in on Samsung's latest Galaxy Note. Here's the news you need to know,... Read more

In the spring of 2018, Jeri Baker began to get a lot of phone calls. Electric scooter-share companies like Bird, Lime, and Spin had moved their two-wheeled vehicles onto the street corners o... Read more

Some internet hoaxes are like the seasons. They predictably come back around, no matter how many times they’ve already been debunked. That’s exactly what happened Tuesday, when a smatter... Read more

The Raspberry Pi is a computer the size of a credit card that is aimed at do-it-yourselfers. The cheap and tiny device costs less than you'd pay for a few drinks in San Francisco, so it's al... Read more

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.For cities in the United States, the price of infrastructure projects to combat rising se... Read more

For contestants on American Ninja Warrior, failure usually comes with a splash. Fall from the salmon ladder or let go on the spinning log, and you’re bound for the pool of water below. Sli... Read more

Samsung’s line of Galaxy Note smartphones have always been known for their bigness, but over the past couple years Samsung has tried to make them stand out for their phone-ness. The Note i... Read more

At first, the rough patch on the roof of Mike’s mouth didn’t seem like anything to worry about. It didn’t hurt. But it didn’t go away. His dentist referred him to an ear, nose, and t... Read more