How life survives an asteroid impact
9-13-2009 |
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When an extinction asteroid collides with the Earth it can create a winter of endless darkness, but scientists have disc...
Ancient 'smell of death' revealed
9-13-2009 | 5
Scientists have discovered that animals exude a "stench of death" when they die in order to repel their living relatives...
We're all mutants, say scientists
9-6-2009 | 12
New research has shown that we are all in fact mutants with at least 100 new mutations in the DNA of each of us, a find ...
Secret US SHC beam tested
9-4-2009 | 8
Boeing has announced an in-flight test firing of its new aeroplane mounted raygun-cannon protype, the Advanced Tactical ...
Fog catchers take water from the air
9-3-2009 | 0
A unique form of water collecting is being used in Peru to help solve the lack of water to be found on the hills surroun...
Man-made volcanoes may cool Earth
9-1-2009 | 28
A controversial new area of research is being backed by the Royal Society which plans to simulate volcanic eruptions and...
Climate change computer is notorious polluter
8-30-2009 | 13
In an ironic twist the £30 million supercomputer used by the Met Office to predict climate change is one of Britain's w...
The future of augmented reality
8-29-2009 | 3
As mobile phones and gadgets become more and more sophisticated the concept of an augmented reality in which technology ...
Science fiction breaks free from fantasy
8-29-2009 | 5
Physicist Dr Michio Kaku has said that the world of science fiction may be a lot closer than fantasy to reality, with te...
Creating dinosaurs from chickens
8-27-2009 | 20
Canadian palaeontologist Hans Larsson believes that he can manipulate the embryos of chickens in order to create a dinos...
Universal vaccine could put an end to all flu
8-25-2009 | 15
The flu virus can kill up to half a million people a year at the best of times, with the current threat of a swine flu p...
Artificial life creation "within months"
8-23-2009 | 8
One the of the world's most controversial biologists has claimed that his team is only a matter of months away from crea...
Harry Potter newspaper becomes reality
8-23-2009 | 16
Animated newspapers such as those seen in the Harry Potter books are coming closer to reality next month as America's En...
Global warming could change Earth's tilt
8-22-2009 | 23
It is thought that global warming could cause the Earth's axis to tilt significantly within the next hundred years, with...
Tests begin on age-slowing drugs
8-22-2009 | 13
Scientists have started testing on drugs that could one day be used to increase human life span, delay old age or even r...
Facial expressions 'not global'
8-16-2009 | 11
People from different cultures read facial expressions differently a new study has suggested. People from East Asia for ...
Mona Lisa gets animated
8-15-2009 | 11
A team of animators have created an exhibit of animated masterpieces at Beijing's Planning Exhibition Hall. Paintings su...
Invisible doorways one step closer
8-13-2009 | 7
A new theory has been developed that could take us one step closer to invisible doorways such as that on platform 9 and ...
Comet swarm delivered Earth's oceans ?
8-9-2009 | 3
A barrage of comets some 3.85 billion years ago could have accounted for the arrival of the Earth's oceans a new study h...
Touchable holograms become reality
8-8-2009 | 21
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have succeeded in creating not only a working three dimensional hologram projecto...
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