Myth-busting study reveals that gamblers can't detect slot machine payout percentages

It’s a common sight on casino floors: patrons jumping from slot machine to slot machine before…

Insurance companies: Want to steal your competitors' customers?

Researchers from the United States published new research in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science (Editor’s note:…

NASA creates a flood proxy map of areas affected by tropical storm Barry

Even before Tropical Storm Barry made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday, July 13, it had already…

EPA approves use of bee-killing pesticide

Just days after another federal agency suspended its periodical study of honey bee populations, the EPA…

New study highlights peculiar reproductive strategies of tiny plankton

Flourishing in spectacular numbers in lakes and ponds around the world, tiny creatures known as Daphnia…

Want to do something about global warming? Talk about it with your family and friends

There’s the old saying that you should never discuss politics or religion in polite company. Nowadays,…

Thousands of palm trees are dying from a new disease

The section of Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard that winds around the Hillsborough Bay is lined on either…

Huawei says it plans to invest $3.1 billion in Italy

Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday it plans to invest $3.1 billion (2.75 billion euros) in…

Facebook needs 'very high standard' for Libra coin: US Treasury

Facebook must meet “a very high standard” before it moves ahead with its planned digital currency…

Researchers develop flood prediction model

The duration of floods can be determined by river flow, precipitation and atmospheric blocking. Now an…