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For the past week, Hurricane Harvey has been on the minds of most Americans, especially those in southeast Texas.

Happy Eclipse Day. We may not be in the direct path of this year's total eclipse, but we're close enough to be excited about it. Follow along with us on Facebook or Twitter for live video and images as we track [weather permitting], not only the eclipse itself but how the temperature outside is...

Picture this: A hot summer night, you have on your favorite shorts along with your comfiest sandals, and you decide to go out for a nice, cold, delicious summer treat: ice cream. “Two scoops of double chocolate brownie in a waffle cone,” you say to the teenage girl working the walk-up window. Your...

When most of us think of space missions, we picture the scenes and images portrayed in thrilling Hollywood movies such as “The Martian,” “Interstellar,” or “Life.” It all seems so exciting, scary, and incredibly fascinating. But then again, have you ever stopped to think about what life is really...

If you have ever studied the history of film, you know that one of the first motion pictures is the galloping mare. It was filmed by British photographer Eadweard Muybridge while trying to learn whether or not a horse in motion ever becomes truly airborne. This motion picture can now claim another...

Part One in an ongoing series about Cloud Technologies and their Advantages

Whether you realize it or not, you’re probably rather familiar with cloud software and the benefits it provides you. Maybe you’re a Netflix subscriber, have an email address with Google, Yahoo, or the like, or maybe you’ve...

As you may have heard, some diseases and illnesses are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics, including Gonorrhea. However, this sexually transmitted disease may have reached its end. A new study suggests that a vaccine that protects against a strain of meningitis may also work to stave...

There is a lot of excitement surrounding big data these days. Healthcare, insurance, transportation, and even crime detection are part of the Big Data world. But with that excitement comes those who want to access, manipulate, massage, transform and unpack all of the information at once. However,...

Drones are everywhere in today’s society. If you haven’t seen one in flight yet it won’t be long until you do. These unmanned, flying machines are the talk of the future. Amazon is even pitching them as an option to offer a delivery within minutes instead of days. The same idea may soon take flight...

The Internet of Things is something we’ve talked about a lot here in the past, but everyone has their own take on the term. For TechTarget.com, IoT is“A system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers...