Brock O’ Connor (left), 8, of Uhrichsville, and J.D. Burrier, 7, of Newcomerstown, have fun Wednesday building their balloon-bursting machine out of recycled materials during Camp Invention at Buckeye Career Center in New Philadelphia. The week-long program is offered to children entering grades 1-6, immersing them in imaginative play that reinforces and supplements school-year learning [...]

Scosche – an award-winning manufacturer of iPad, iPhone and iPod accessories – has teamed up with Pocket-lint and wants you to design your ultimate gadget. With more than 95 patents, Scosche prides itself on being at the forefront of technology and innovation. Over the years Scosche has received countless industry awards for its products, which [...]

When New Yorker Daniel Young fell in love with a Brit, the former New York Daily News restaurant critic and author ended up moving to London. And re-inventing his career with the social eating site Young & Foodish–”Eat great food. Meet great people.”It was slow going at first, but now BurgerMonday, when he invites [...]

Abner Doubleday was born 193 years ago yesterday. He would go on to live an exciting life filled with impressive accomplishments, but it is actually what he didn’t do that has made him famous.  Doubleday had an impressive military career, serving as a Major General for the Union in the Civil War. He was the [...]

Brock O’ Connor (left), 8, of Uhrichsville, and J.D. Burrier, 7, of Newcomerstown, have fun Wednesday building their balloon-bursting machine out of recycled materials during Camp Invention at Buckeye Career Center in New Philadelphia. The week-long program is offered to children entering grades 1-6, immersing them in imaginative play that reinforces and supplements school-year learning [...]

EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CLIF Kid®, maker of organic snacks for active kids, today announced six finalists for the second annual Backyard Game of the Year contest. CLIF Kid challenged kids across the country to reconnect with imaginative outdoor play by inventing the most creative backyard game. On July 14, the six finalists will unveil their [...]

A neural network of computer processors, fed millions of YouTube videos, taught itself to recognize cats, a feat of significance for fields like speech recognition.

Stanford computer scientist Andrew Ng next to an image of a cat that a neural network taught itself to recognise. Photo: The New York Times Inside Google’s secretive X laboratory, known for inventing self-driving cars and augmented reality glasses, a small group of researchers began working several years ago on a simulation of the [...]

Why do Neanderthals so fascinate Homo sapiens? And why are we so keen to exaggerate their virtues? It is political correctness gone prehistoric. At every opportunity, people rush to attribute “human” virtues to this extinct human-like species. The latest generosity is to credit them with the first true art. A recent redating of cave art [...]

A 27-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of lying to police about being robbed and attacked in Ventura, authorities said. The incident was said to have occurred in the 700 block of North Ventura Avenue about 11:15 p.m. Monday, officials said. The Ventura woman said she was walking along the street and that two [...]