Facebook is continuing its full-on assault on Snapchat by adding a Snapchat Stories clone to Facebook Messenger.
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WikiLeaks will work with technology companies to help defend them against the CIA’s hacking tools, founder Julian Assange said.
An animatronic leopard stopped Londoners in their tracks on Wednesday in Trafalgar Square, where it sat roaring as part of satellite TV channel Nat Geo Wild’s Big Cat Week campaign.
Valley Communications Association of Pahrump and the Churchill County Communications finished 11 months of work at the end of January installing more than 450 miles of fiber-optic cable connecting Northern and Southern Nevada.
Researchers publish authoritative reference book covering the park’s fascinating geology and paleontology.
A New Mexico paleontologist says he has uncovered a new species of dinosaur after examining fossilized fragments in a museum collection.
Utah’s Cedar Breaks National Monument, about 200 miles northeast of Las Vegas, has been named as the nation’s 16th International Dark Sky Park.
Scientists in Britain have for the first time created a structure that resembles a mouse embryo using a 3D scaffold and two types of stem cells — research which deepens understanding of the earliest stages of mammalian development.
Danish toymaker Lego plans to honor five women scientists, engineers and astronauts who worked for U.S. space agency NASA by releasing figurines of the pioneering women that its creator hopes will inspire more girls to pursue careers in science.
Nevada’s fiber optic network may get another tool for expansion.
A number of internet services were affected by an ongoing outage of Amazon’s cloud infrastructure Tuesday.
Seattle’s Space Needle got a jolt on Monday. Lightning struck the iconic tower during a snowstorm.
NASA will pay Boeing Co. up to $373.5 million for rides to fly up to five astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz capsules, the U.S. space agency said Tuesday.
It’s been an up-and-down month for Joshua trees in the region. In California, thousands of the iconic desert plants recently won permanent federal protection.
SpaceX says it will fly two people to the moon next year. Company chief Elon Musk announced the surprising news Monday.