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By recording a close-range, time-lapse video of coral's response to rising sea temperatures, researchers have gained some new insights into how it expels algae from its tissue, a risky defense mechanism known as coral bleaching.​

If recent mobile technology releases are any indication, pictures are still worth a thousand words – and millions of dollars. Emojis and short animations have become communication essentials. Here’s how these modern pictographs are taking over the world, and how tech companies are trying to cash in.

An armada of supercharged sport bikes is gearing up for the eleventh edition of the World Wheelie Championship. This year’s contestants have their sights firmly set on Gary Rothwell’s world record from last September, when he exited the one kilometer run at almost 210 mph on his back wheel.

Over the years, the ONR has produced some impressive innovations, from unmanned sub-chasing ships to self-healing paint for armored vehicles. Now, it’s turned its attention towards producing new electrical materials, looking to nature for inspiration.

With the Apple Watch 2.0 rumored to be arriving alongside the iPhone 7, we're yet to see smartwatch sales hit the heights that seemed possible when the first Apple timepiece launched in March 2015. Can the new model get us interested in the smartwatch again? Or has its time already passed?

Toy robots are pretty commonplace these days, and plenty are modular as well, but with its spherical "cells" the CellRobot looks more versatile than most, coming together as everything from an RC racer to a home security guard.

A tiny new headphone amp named Uamp is making a bid for production on Kickstarter and, though small in size, its makers reckon that portable music lovers are in for a clearer, louder and richer listening experience.

Koenigsegg is pretty much sitting at the top of the heap of boutique supercars. The best argument to support this is sitting on the show stand at Geneva right now. It's called the Koenigsegg Agera RS, its engine cranks out a staggering 1,160-hp and everything on it is designed and built in house.

Two years ago, a struggling HTC rebranded itself with an outstanding (not to mention gorgeous) flagship smartphone, the HTC One (M7). Today the company looks hesitant to depart too far from that formula, as we now have the second iterative update to the lineup, the HTC One M9. We compare all three.

Four years ago, Lamborghini first released the Aventador LP 700-4. This week at the Geneva International Motor Show, the automaker unveiled its latest take on the model – the lighter, more aerodynamic and more powerful Aventador LP 750-4 Superveloce.

Apple sold 191.4 million smartphones last year, many of which would have replaced older devices. But designer David Choi has a plan to breathe new life into a mass of unused phones by integrating them with a Bluetooth speaker to act as retro-inspired digital radios.

It may indeed be a First World problem, but using a mouse or arrow key to scroll through blocks of computer text is a bit of a hassle That's why scientists have developed a sort of teleprompter-like system, which automatically scrolls text at the rate that it's being read.