MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- YouTube says a new feature lets U.S. users see what videos others are watching in major cities or regions of the country and know their sex and age group.
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- Apple is planning to expand its iPhone lineup with multiple models in an effort to compete with Android-powered smartphones, a U.S. analyst says.
PASADENA, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- A space telescope has observed surprisingly hot gas falling towards the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, U.S. researchers say.
ZURICH, Switzerland, May 8 (UPI) -- Swiss researchers say they've created a sticky-footed robot that can climb rocky cliff faces while carrying five times its own weight.
MADISON, Wis., May 8 (UPI) -- Declining snow cover in a warming world spells trouble for plants and animals that survive harsh winters in a beneath-the-snow habitat, U.S. researchers say.
OTTAWA, May 8 (UPI) -- Is Canada moving toward developing a futuristic arsenal of precision weaponry? That would be both to save costs and to save lives -- its own fighters' lives and possibly civilians in combat zones.
DAVIS, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- People in Europe are one big family, closely related to one another for the past 1,000 years, a study of the DNA of people from across the continent found.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 8 (UPI) -- Adding attractive visuals to a textbook lesson to get children's interest can actually make it harder for them to learn, Ohio State University researchers say.
VALENCIA, Spain, May 8 (UPI) -- European researchers report they've developed an electronic "nose" so sensitive it can distinguish between the odors emitted by pears and apples.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- America's urban forests store some 700 million tons of carbon, an environmental benefit worth an estimated $50 billion, a U.S. Forest Service study indicates.
BERKELEY, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientist say they've identified the part of the brain that lets a batter pinpoint and hit a 95 mph fastball or a tennis player return a 120 mph serve.
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 8 (UPI) -- British researchers say they've found an insect that can hear at ultrasound frequencies up to 300 kHz, the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 8 (UPI) -- Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status, including jobs and income, decades later in adulthood, British researchers say.
TALLIN, Estonia, May 7 (UPI) -- With a satellite launched Tuesday Estonia has joined a not-so-exclusive club, becoming the 41st nation in the world to own a man-made object orbiting in space.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7 (UPI) -- Humans may have played a part in the disappearance of mastodons after the last ice age by hunting and killing the most dominant males, a U.S. researcher says.
BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- A German court ruled Apple must change its rules for handling customer data, saying current rules deviate too much from the country's privacy laws.
NEWCASTLE, England, May 7 (UPI) -- A British retail chain says it has removed gender-specific displays of "boys" and "girls" toys from its stores after a protest broke out on Facebook.
TORONTO, May 7 (UPI) -- Paleontologists have named a new species of "bone-headed" dinosaur from Canada, so called for a domed skull above its eyes that was almost 2 inches thick.
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 (UPI) -- Experts say they've found evidence of a Brazilian "Atlantis," a continent that disappeared after Africa and South America separated 100 million years ago.
OLDENBURG, Germany, May 7 (UPI) -- Several U.S. cities are on a list of "hot spots" at risk of invasive species hitching rides in ballast water carried into ports by cargo ships, researchers say.
SYDNEY, May 7 (UPI) -- Earth endured a tectonic upheaval 1.1 billion years ago that saw the world's continents collide and form a single supercontinent, Australian researchers say.
LOS ANGELES, May 7 (UPI) -- Civil liberty groups are suing two Southern California police agencies over electronic license plate scanner data being stored by law enforcement.
NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- A dinosaur skeleton at the center of an international custody battle and allegations of illegal smuggling is on its way back to Mongolia, U.S. officials say.
BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- A dramatic decline in the number of arctic foxes on a Russian island is linked to dangerous levels of mercury in marine prey, researchers say.
PARIS, May 7 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says it has selected a satellite that can "weigh" the Earth's forests -- their biomass -- as its next Earth Explorer mission.
Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
