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Egyptians armed with low-tech electronic gadgets like dial-up modems, landlines and old-school satellite phones are finding ways to get their message out, despite efforts by the teetering government to block communication. Those who had been using social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to distribute images and video to …

In the film, “The Day After Tomorrow,” the world is wrapped by ice in just a few weeks. New research suggests an eerily similar event might indeed have occurred in the past — and could again. Looking to the future, there is no reason why such a freeze shouldn’t happen …

Today, St. Patrick’s Day 2010, millions of people will don green and celebrate the Irish with parades, good cheer, and perhaps a pint of beer. But pinning a shamrock to your lapel in 2010 may require a heaping helping of the luck of the Irish. Find out why shamrocks are …

Astronomers recently discovered a rare interstellar object passing through our solar system, and a Harvard physicist is sounding the alarm that its strange characteristics might indicate it’s more than just a typical comet. “Maybe the trajectory was designed,” Dr. Avi Loeb, science professorat Harvard University, told Fox News Digital. “If …

An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a “matriarchal society” more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study published in Science this week.  Researchers extracted the ancient genomes of more than 130 skeletons from 35 different houses at Çatalhöyük, an ancient city considered one of the …