Cybercrime, like every digital industry, is outsourcing. Though the U.S. still produces more malware, spam and viruses than any country in the world, illicit IT jobs are increasingly scattered across an anarchic and international Internet, where labor is cheap, legitimate IT jobs are scarce and scammers are insulated from the laws that protect their victims [...]

An angry chimpanzee will take revenge but — unlike a human — it will not do so out of spite, according to a study published on Monday that offers insights into how people perceive what is fair.

Visitors to a German zoo can visit a pair of rare animals who are half lion, half tiger -otherwise known as ligers.

Wacky straws are fun, but super wacky straws make boozing even more entertaining.

A study of young, violent criminals in New York City found that they used fear and intimidation to keep adults from interfering with their criminal activities.

A highly functional bionic hand which was invented by a Scottish NHS worker has gone on the market. The thumb and fingers can move and grip just like a human hand and are controlled by the patient’s mind and muscles.

The telecom and Internet industries are colliding head-on in competition for control of the consumer mobile search business.

Rugby player Ben Czislowski kept competing for more than three months despite the headaches that started after a clash with an opponent.

Pagans are not happy about an enormous Homer Simpson painted near an ancient image.

The Internet Archive has launched a demo of the Open Library, a project that seeks to gather all the information about all the world’s books and make it publicly available as a giant books wiki.

America used to be the tallest country in the world. From the days of the founding fathers right on through the industrial revolution and two world wars, Americans literally towered over people from other nations. But no longer.