Amazon's engineers are tweaking Alexa's algorithm to help the virtual assistant guess users' requests, and offer to resolve them, before the demand is even uttered. After being asked, for example, how ...

It is one of the simplest, most beautiful retorts in the English language. “Guess what?” “Chicken butt.” In just two words and three syllables, the interrogator has been made a fool in the eyes of all ...

Mem Fox, one of the most popular Australian author’s books, “Mem Fox” has been in the headlines lately. But, first, there was news that Florida governor Ron DeSantis banned the book in the ...

From Aquaman to Professor Xavier, mind reading is a staple for much of sci-fi. Yet it could be closer to reality than you might expect. In a series of experiments, researchers have been able to get ...

In their youth, the baby boomer generation used words that are rarely used by younger generations today. "Thongs" referred to a pair of flip-flops in the 1960s. If you said, "come on, snake, let's ...

Climate change has previously been described as 'the greatest threat to our existence'. Now, an online game lets you see the damage climate change will do to the world in just 75 years' time. The free ...

If you had to guess the most abundant organism on the whole planet, you’d probably think of ants or, maybe, bacteria. But a newly discovered virus might trump them all. Pelagibacter ubique is often ...

Yes, there are regrets about not having Hunter. I still believe he’ll be a remarkable player for Jacksonville. But the Browns took Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham, a projected top-five pick by ...