To get more out of your computing, you don’t really need newer equipment or fancier software packages. To do your computer work faster, there’s not always a lot of sense in going out and buying more RAM or a new CPU. All you have to do is become a better user. After all, a good plumber doesn’t...

Augmented reality is a technology futurists and scifi authors like Vernor Vinge have been talking about for decades. Now the tech has matured and is entering the market. Two videos of new products show you the near future. In a nutshell, what augmented reality does is provide you with an information...

A West Valley woman says she has had the likeness of Jesus in every one of her kitchen tiles for eight years. Antonia Baker saw the image in the floor of her Lakes home for the first time three years ago during the Christmas season while she was recovering from surgery for an eye injury. Doctors said...

Margaret Delfino may be a 90-year-old great-grandmother, but that doesn’t stop her from hauling out the big guns when it comes to blood donations. Even as the Bakersfield woman gave up her 200th pint of blood Thursday at Houchin Blood Bank, she brought along — some might say dragged along...

The Dermatologist Take an anti-inflammatory in the first 12 hours to reduce the ultimate damage and ease pain. See a doctor if you’ve got swelling or blisters, or if you feel sick. He may give you antibiotics to ward off infection. If not, stick to the pain pills, moisturize your skin and try soothing...

New Haven, Conn.—A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer. They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, such...

Most of us use basic ketchup on our French fries or mustard on our hot dog, but who’s to say Baconnaise or Piccalilli isn’t just as good? Aside from the normal relishes and mayo, these eight extreme flavor combinations are also on grocery shelves (or at least in online stores) just waiting for someone...

Technology, for the most part, exists to make life easier. By that definition, we’ve got it pretty good thanks to the hard work of our fellow humans. In weighing the world’s most important technologies, we ruled out the nitty gritty that led to some of the creations below — transistors, electricity...

Dumisani Rebombo and his friend r***d a young girl in their village in South Africa when they were teenagers. Years later, he returned to the same village to find the woman he attacked and begged for her forgiveness. Mr Rebombo, 49, is one of thousands of men in South Africa who admit to having carried...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said the UK is Europe’s largest cocaine market – with more than one million regular users. But its report revealed the quality of the Class A drug has declined dramatically in recent years. A crackdown on traffickers has pushed prices up and led...