Apple has been a driving force in technology innovation and design for decades now. Protecting such a huge empire of intellectual property requires an army of patent attorneys who have filed for a number of pretty strange patents over the years that can be traced back to Cupertino. Here’s some …

Is Soylent the food of the future? Turns out, actual food might be better for us than Silicon Valley’s alternative. Soylent touts itself as the world’s “easiest nutritional food,” engineered to contain protein, carbs, lipids and micronutrients. Mixed with water, its powder becomes a thick, chalky substance that many in …

Blackline, a Los Angeles-based accounting software company, debuted in the U.S. markets Friday. After pricing at $17 per share, the stock closed at $23.70. In what has been a slow year for tech IPOs, Blackline decided to go public right now because it’s “part of a longer term plan to …

Away from the immigration headlines of the US election, one small Texan city struggles with daily arrivals of desperate women and children.

Sixteen million people in the UK have savings of less than £100 – but campaigners say it is perfectly possible for most people to save tens of thousands of pounds.

When scientists finished sequencing the human genome in 2003, many researchers focused their attention on decoding the long strings of As, Ts, Gs and Cs as the way to understanding the mysteries of human genetics. The genome, however, doesn’t appear in nature as a simple long line of letters. Unfurled, …

Can landlocked Zambia overcome high fuel costs to become an African air transport hub?

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Cubs reach first World Series in 71 years The Cubs and the Indians haven’t been to the World Series in decades, and their showdown is commanding record-breaking ticket prices. Game 5 of the World Series has now assumed the mantle as the most expensive sporting event ever — the average …

The boss of Typhoo says the cost of tea in the UK must increase following the fall in sterling.