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America and guns: Why do so many stoke paranoia about firearms?

08/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
My town, New York City, enforces rigid gun laws. Police refused to assign me a gun permit. The law doesn’t even let me hold a fake gun on TV to demonstrate something. But New York politicians are so eager to…

How ‘smart skin’ could revolutionize military vehicles

07/23/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
New “smart skin” for military vehicles could let them “feel” their environment, similar to a human. The skin, for example, could let combat aircraft detect any damage by “feeling” the injury. BAE Systems’ U.K. division is developing the Smart Skin…

Concealed-carry handgun permits soar as murder rate drops, study claims

07/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
A report from a prominent economist finds that the number of permits to carry concealed handguns has skyrocketed by 178 percent in the last eight years, even as the murder rate has dropped. The figures, cited in a study by…

Major Garrett dares to ask Obama about Americans still held in Iran and liberal media freaks out

Published on Foxnews.com
Journalists are supposed to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Except when the comfortable guy is liberal President Barack Obama and the afflicted are four Americans trapped in Iranian jails. Then when you ask that question, all hell breaks…

BMW shows off fuel cell-powered i8 And 5-Series GT

07/02/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
(BMW) (BMW) PreviousNext In late 2011, BMW signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota for collaboration on a number of projects, one of which was development of a new sports car platform to spawn a replacement for the Z4 as…

Fox News Poll: Bush, Trump score post-announcement bumps

06/24/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
There’s been a lineup change in the race for the GOP nomination, as businessman Donald Trump moves up after declaring his candidacy. He’s now second in the order after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who also got an uptick in…

Drone swarms join the Navy

06/19/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Screenshot from the Office of Naval Research YouTube video. Just like how locust swarms can cause devastating natural disasters, the U.S. Navy’s Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) drones could devastate adversaries. A fitting acronym, the Navy’s LOCUST is a new…

Researchers develop special fluorescent ink to reveal counterfeit products

06/17/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
File photo. (REUTERS/Fred Greaves) One day soon, the simple act of taking a photo with your smartphone could help fight crime, and prevent you from getting ripped off in the process. With just one snap, you could instantly know whether…

High-tech Kevlar-based gloves keep firefighters safe

06/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
(Department of Homeland Security) An innovative new glove aims to protect the hands of firefighters far better than before – and is now finally commercially available. After years of intensive research and testing, firefighters can get their hands on –…

Surviving solar storms: Could the ‘Scorch Trials’ world become real?

06/10/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
File photo. A solar flare is pictured erupting from the sun October 25, 2013 in this NASA handout photograph from its Solar Dynamics Observatory. (REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters) In the recently released “Maze Runner: Scorch Trials” trailer, kids have to survive…