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"How fast does it go?"

"Is that a one-seater?" 

"It looks like a washing machine with wheels!" 

These were just a handful of the things we heard from awed and confused bystanders as we prepared to take Nissan's New Mobility Concept vehicle for a spin through the worst place to drive in New York: Times Square. 

Nissan is testing the electric vehicle as a rental in San Francisco, and sees it as a potential option in the urban transportation of the future. 

Produced by Justin Gmoser and Benjamin Zhang. Читать дальше...

Wheelchair users in Wales are being failed by the UK government, according to a House of Lords report.

Concert halls in the shape of a shoe-box help create the most emotional music, study suggests

Belgium lowered its terror threat level two days after bombings in Brussels, while authorities continued to investigate suspects.

Body-paint artist Trina Merry worked with a team to recreate the poster for the 2016 New York International Auto Show. The result: A "human car." Photo: Jeff Bush/The Wall Street Journal

Body-paint artist Trina Merry worked with a team to recreate the poster for the 2016 New York International Auto Show. The result: A "human car." Photo: Jeff Bush/The Wall Street Journal

SEATTLE (AP) — A man who transfixed Seattle — and the Internet — by perching near the top of an 80-foot sequoia tree in a downtown shopping district for more than a day has been accused of malicious mischief and…

SEATTLE (AP) — A man who transfixed Seattle — and the Internet — by perching near the top of an 80-foot sequoia tree in a downtown shopping district for more than a day has been accused of malicious mischief and…

Melissa McCarthy is arguably one of the funniest women in the biz. But her comedic chops service more than just belly laughs.  It's no secret that Melissa has played her...

The widely expected shot in the arm to the global economy from low oil prices is unlikely to happen as long as interest rates are close to zero, according to IMF researchers.

INDIANAPOLIS - A bill that would have allowed private college police departments in Indiana to disclose less on-campus crime information than their public counterparts has been vetoed by Gov. Mike Pence.

Another chance has come for people to relax and take a break from their daily activities. The Easter holiday begins tomorrow, Friday, March 25 and stretches into the first working day of the week. This period is no doubt, a good time to let go of all the accumulated stress and engage in beautiful and […]

Seventeen years ago, I was a third-year engineering student at Istanbul Technical University pursuing an internship in Belgium. On August 17, 1999, a powerful 7.6M earthquake struck near Istanbul, killing 20,000 people and injuring 40,000. Our student house was damaged and my roommates escaped with mild injuries -- a few cuts and bruises on the head and body and sprained ankles. All had to live outside for a week. Most said that I was lucky to be in Belgium instead of Istanbul during the earthquake... Читать дальше...

Google

Last year, Google's senior vice president of People Operations, Laszlo Bock, peeled back the curtain on Google's management style and culture with the publication of his book "Work Rules!"

The bestseller is chock-full of insights that explain what it's really like to be hired at what's consistently been ranked one of the best companies to work for in the US.

We rounded up some of the most compelling takeaways from the book, as well as from recent interviews Bock has given. Читать дальше...

A bomb threat in Walnut, California, led to the lockdown of Walnut High School and an evacuation at Mt. San Antonio College Thursday. The threatened time for explosions at the Los Angeles-area schools was 2:45 p.m. PDT (5:45 EDT), said school officials.  "Calmly leave campus. Classes/services are closed until at least 4:30pm. NOT A DRILL," the school's official account tweeted.

Jet Airways flyers, who had been stuck in Brussels since Tuesday’s terror attack as their onward journey got cancelled since the Belgian airspace was shut down, are heaving a sigh of relief

The brainBAND is a smart technology headband that detects head injuries. The device's sensors and LED lights indicate the g-force of the blow and the rotation of the head. The information is broadcasted to referees, coaches, and medics through a companion app, so they'll know when an athlete is in danger and needs to stop. This device could prevent athletes from having serious head injuries in the future.

NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial-intelligence software designed by Microsoft to tweet like a teenage girl has been suspended after it began spouting offensive remarks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial-intelligence software designed by Microsoft to tweet like a teenage girl has been suspended after it began spouting offensive remarks. Microsoft says it's making adjustments to the Twitter chatbot after users found a way to manipulate it to tweet racist and sexist remarks and make a reference to Hitler.

NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial-intelligence software designed by Microsoft to tweet like a teenage girl has been suspended after it began spouting offensive remarks. Microsoft says it's making adjustments to the Twitter chatbot after users found a way to manipulate it to tweet racist and sexist remarks and make a reference to Hitler.

The Falcons confirmed that linebacker Courtney Upshaw visited the team on Thursday and also announced that another free agent was in for a meeting. Guard Ted Larsen visited with the team a day after D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that the team had interest in his services. Larsen has also drawn…

By the time summer rolls around, five wind turbines, each rising 600 feet, could be spinning in the Atlantic Ocean near Rhode Island. Two more could spring up off the coast of Virginia by late next year. America’s first offshore wind farms will arrive after more than a decade of fits and starts, and they could deliver a jolt of much-needed momentum to the struggling industry.