In normal water, a human just barely floats. But the *Stranger Things* kids know a workaround.

Will 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' shake up the whole Jedi-or-Sith thing for good? The woman who plays Rey is certainly hinting that it might.

That the 404 should have crossover appeal seems fitting. It’s also a reminder that technology, and the web in particular, is made by humans, and therefore fallible.

What would happen if you made a product based on the opinions of a bunch of people on the internet?

Harvey Weinstein and Bill O'Reilly settled multiple harassment claims, but the victims weren't allowed to talk. Lawyers have ideas to stop other serial harassers.

Tech titans paired up with Hollywood's finest to dole out $22 million to pioneers in math, physics, and the life sciences.

The president's Twitter usage got him in trouble more than once last week.

Opinion: FCC chair Ajit Pai’s move is an unprecedented giveaway to big broadband providers and a danger to the internet.

They're lighter (and weirder) than conventional metals, and they could help airlines save on gas—and go supersonic.

Scientific search engines are the Napster of academic papers—and they're only getting more powerful.

A bill to punish hack hiders, Apple bug fix bumbling, and more of the week's top security stories.

Look out! That galaxy's missing an arm!

The environmental record of the Trump administration motivated Jess Phoenix to run for Congress.

Depending on the time of day, your meter could charge you anywhere between 50 cents and $8

Astronomers generally stay away from the “Zone of Avoidance.” When one astronomer didn’t, she found a giant cosmic structure that could help explain why our galaxy moves so fast.

Trump's retweets of a British anti-Muslim hate group sound alarms for those who study the propaganda behind some of history's greatest tragedies.

Cult phenom 'The Room,' like other slow-burning sensations, have become all but extinct thanks to a world of immediate discovery.

The Justice Department has struck a plea deal with Nghia Hoang Pho, a programmer in the NSA's elite operations unit, for taking his highly classified work home with him.

Plus, how one woman's life was weaponized against her, the tax plan's effect on grad students, and how one tiny error shut off parts of the internet in America.

The company's fix for an embarrassing security bug includes a big bug of its own.

This week, the hosts welcome Mozilla's Nick Nguyen, the VP of product for Firefox.

Further analysis of North Korea's latest ICBM launch shows that the country can likely land a nuclear weapon anywhere in the continental United States.

Germany's Prosper-Haniel coal mine is a symbol of the challenges and opportunities facing the country—and coal-producing states everywhere.

AFP photographer Sonny Tumbelaka was there for the show.

With the indictment of President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, special counsel Robert Mueller makes his most significant move yet.

Plus, dispatches from the LA Auto Show.

The filmmaker collaborated with sculptors for three years to perfect the main character of his new movie.

A new feature, called Super Likeable, uses machine learning to better predict your matches.

Opinion: Two senators from opposing parties argue that voting machines should be considered critical infrastructure, and funded accordingly.

Google and Amazon create consulting units to help other businesses make use of artificial intelligence.

The 'Musou' series of hack-and-slash games has weathered more than twenty years of life, and may be in for an impending renaissance.

"Automotive" and "startup" tend to mix poorly, but Silicon Valley–based Lucid believes it has the tools to succeed.

People bought millions of consumer genetic tests over Black Friday weekend.

The Justice Department wants to block an AT&T merger, while the FCC is loosening restrictions on telecom, broadcast companies.

The redesigned crossover is the first car you can buy with a very clever variable compression engine.

The latest version of the famed off-roader comes with upgraded performance, along with creature comforts.

Life in Soviet Ukraine wasn’t pretty. But the propaganda sure was.

The friendly robots that science fiction has promised for so long are finally here, and leading the way is this adorable little machine from Mayfield Robotics.

The sad story of the East Bay Times exemplifies how the decline of community journalism erodes civic engagement.

Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century.

The first-ever graduate program for space miners-in-training is set to launch next year. And the inaugural class is already taking lessons.

Ric Jacobs portrays himself as a whistle-blower. The ride-hailing giant portrays him as an extortionist. The judge remains cranky.

GM and Cruise are testing cars in a chaotic city, and the tech still has a ways to go.

The airline was accidentally too generous with time off over the holidays.

Internet analyst Ben Thompson agrees with the FCC's plan to repeal Obama-era net-neutrality rules, but misinterprets some key facts in the debate.

In the southeastern US alone, one meter of sea level rise would inundate over 13,000 archaeological sites.

As a recent flare-up around Expensify shows, behind every AI that analyzes your data, teams of human workers pick up the slack.

You can use angular momentum to describe everything from fidget spinners to back flips to interstellar asteroids. Let's see how it works.

A new analysis of the FCC's net neutrality comment period shows millions of fake or duplicate email addresses and other alarming absurdities.