WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- A survey of thousands of papers in scientific journals has found 97.1 percent agreed climate change is caused by human activity, an Australian-led study found.
BALTIMORE, May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Friday said the middle class always will be "my No. 1 focus."
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 17 (UPI) -- Windows Phone devices have surpassed Blackberry for third place in smartphone shipments, U.S. market research firm IDC reported.
KING COVE, Alaska, May 17 (UPI) -- A volcano in a remote region of Alaska is still emitting a "continuous ash, steam and gas cloud" that has extended almost 60 miles, officials say.
WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- Eight members of Congress say they're concerned Google's wearable computer, Google Glass, could violate the privacy "of the average American."
MOSCOW, May 17 (UPI) -- Two men connected with a high-tech company have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling funds from Russia's satellite GPS program, officials said.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 16 (UPI) -- Security vulnerabilities in sensors found in heart devices like defibrillators and pacemakers mean the devices can be tampered with, U.S. researchers said.
LOS ANGELES, May 16 (UPI) -- When the brain's primary "learning center" is damaged it can rewire itself, creating new neural circuits to compensate for lost functions, U.S. researchers say.
LONDON, May 16 (UPI) -- The Zoological Society of London has released what it says is the first map of the world's unique and threatened mammals and amphibians.
SAN DEIGO, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography says it will honor filmmaker and ocean explorer James Cameron with its Nierenberg science prize.
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Apple says an Ohio man has downloaded the 50 billionth app from the Apple Store and will receive a $10,000 App Store gift card.
LONDON, May 16 (UPI) -- A British technology council says it will launch apprenticeships in cybersecurity this year in conjunction with several technology companies.
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- A House Democrat has proposed gun control legislation he says was inspired by the latest James Bond movie, "Skyfall."
BALTIMORE, May 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, one of the solar system's most Earth-like and "fascinating" worlds.
LONDON, May 16 (UPI) -- A British scientist who discovered an ancient extinct creature with 'scissor hand-like' claws says he named it in honor of his favorite movie star, Johnny Depp.