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An ancient reef may provide scientists with clues about what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.
An ancient reef may provide scientists with clues about what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.
A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage – by the ants that live on it.
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.
US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.
The collision of two major weather events can explain unusually large snowfall in the US and Northern Europe, researchers say.
Physicists explain one of football’s most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos’s 1997 “impossible goal” was not a fluke.
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.
US chipmaker Intel agrees to buy the wireless unit of German counterpart Infineon for $1.4bn, disappointing markets.
Sweden’s director of public prosecutions orders the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Mobile firm Orange becomes the first UK network to use a new technology that claims to offer higher quality voice calls.
The Advertising Standards Authority is given the power to regulate ads and marketing claims on websites and services like Facebook.
Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.
A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa’s next big rocket.
The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.
The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show.
Following tough action against Blackberry, security forces in India turn their attention to Google and Skype.
Fossils of a new type of dinosaur, which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor, have been unearthed in Romania.
The UN’s climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to its credibility, an independent review concludes.
Blackberry-maker Research in Motion offers to work with India to support the country’s need for “lawful access” to encrypted services
A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.
Scientists are developing self-organising swarms of turbines which they hope can be used to tap energy from the Gulf Stream.
A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists.
An open alternative to Facebook will be launched on the 15 September, the developers of the Diaspora project say.
A coalition of 10 NGOs urges the International Whaling Commission to persuade the World Health Organization to act over fears about eating whale meat.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing several high-tech giants for infringing patents held by a Silicon Valley lab he founded in the 1990s.