Paul Lee

The White House is welcoming 4000 trick-or-treaters this year. Kids will enjoy cookies and other goodies prepared by the White House staff.

Kids now have a new Halloween hero. It's Mr. Halloweenster!

It's time to think about making awesome Halloween outfits for the kids! If you've made it this far into October and both you and your offspring have drawn blanks, never fear.

This is very freaky to watch. You've seen it in science fiction movies. Floating cars, floating robots, even floating cities. But it's all in the movies, right? They can't make stuff that cool in real life. Can they? Check out the video after the jump.

Here are some ideas for making traditional jack-o'-lanterns and some other cool stuff with your family this Halloween.

The Apple iPhone 4S came out yesterday with what has become a customary level of media fanfare. One worthy feature, while not exactly groundbreaking, is still very cool. It's the voice-controlled organizer and assistant, known as Siri.

After the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Shoji Tanaka decided to invent something to help people survive the next disaster.

When I heard that The Simpsons was probably going to be canceled due to an impasse in the voice actors' salary negotiations, I almost had a cow, man. As it turns out, the long-running cartoon isn't going anywhere just yet.

On Saturday, President Barack Obama spoke at the Human Rights Campaign's annual national dinner. The president said that he was "hopeful" and "fired up" on the topic of gay rights.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to send you to Mars. This week he unveiled a plan to build a reusable rocket system that could make it happen.

It's a remarkable development. On the eve of upcoming elections, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has announced that women will be given a voice in Saudi politics - but not just yet.

A medical mystery in AIDS research that has baffled scientists for years was recently solved - by gamers.