Mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are more attracted to human body odour than uninfected insects, scientists report.
Galaxy S IV Google Edition to be unveiled at Google I/O?
According to a widely-respected writer in tech news circles, Samsung and Google will announce a Galaxy S IV Google Edition tomorrow at I/O - basically, a Galaxy S IV running stock Androi...
The bill promises to radically improve your rights to redress, whether it be your leaking shower or crashing computer game
A large-scale analysis of BItTorrent file-sharing of videogames has shown that the number of illicit digital copies is not as high as reported by industry trade organisations
A 2.6-billion-year-old pocket of water, the oldest yet found, has been discovered deep underground and could shed light on early Earth life and the possibility of life on Mars.
MPs are ready to haul Amazon back to parliament to answer new questions about its tax status in Britain after a Guardian investigation's findings suggest the online retailer is pushing the tax rulebook to its limits to minimise its tax bill.
The foxes she worked with come from a long line started in 1959 when a Russian scientist named Dmitry Belyaev attempted to recreate dog domestication, but using foxes instead of wolves. He bred silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes), which are actually a type of red fox with white-tipped black fur. Belyaev and his colleagues selected the least aggressive animals they could find at local fox farms and bred them. Each generation, the scientists picked the tamest animals to mate, creating ever friendlier foxes. Now, more than 50 years later, the foxes act like dogs, wagging their tails, jumping with excitement and leaping into the arms of caregivers for caresses.
Neuroscientist Henry Markram says he can build a supercomputer replica of the human brain. Now he has $1.3 billion to prove it.
A group of scientists from the University of Alberta have created a process that makes graphene-like nanomaterials out of hemp waste, suitable for use in supercapacitors.
Human cloning is used to produce early embryos, marking a "significant step" for medicine, say US scientists.
The planet-hunting space telescope, Kepler, has been hobbled by a broken reaction wheel, say scientists at Nasa.
Genes overlap, share regulatory sequences in order to compact the genome.
Palestinian refugees do not have access to free medical care or education, creating cycle of poverty.
You'd think he'd have been too busy terrorizing the world.
Every Arrested Development Running Gag in One Amazing Interactive Visualization
Rushed production, faulty code doomed a Cold War game changer 26 years ago today.
Twitter Hate Speech Map Pinpoints Racist, Homophobic Hotspots Across U.S.
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Nir Rosen reports from Syria.
Complaining about a lack of community spirit in Washington DC, the president said Sunday that he wishes to see institutionalized the kind of atmosphere that emerged in Boston following the recent terrorist bombings, so his administration can get things done.
On May 9 Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw a military parade glorifying the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
While it is the Conservatives who continue to pay the heaviest price for Ukip's arrival as a major player in national polls, the detailed data confirms that the Liberal Democrats and latterly Labour are also now seeping serious support.
With #SharkWeek just days away, a killer shark is getting with the program and shocked a boat load of scientists as it leapt from the ocean and landed squarely into a boat scientists studying the beasts! The six scientists from Oceans Research looked on in horror as the enourmous great white shark crashed on to the vessel and began to thrash around in a violent rage, severing vital fuel lines
Despite the fact that the FBI described the shooting at a New Orleans Mother’s Day parade as “a flare-up of street violence” and not a targeted attack, the Washington Post cited the incident as another reason to push through draconian gun control measures.
Will Clarke’s Altitude Film Entertainment is teaming with Subzero Film Entertainment to produce action adventure pic Big Game which has Samuel L. Jackson attached to play the president of the United States.
On May 9, the atmosphere above Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano reached a milestone: For the first time since record keeping began there in 1958, the daily mean carbon dioxide concentration reached 400 parts per million.
For the first time, a commercially available quantum computer has been pitted against an ordinary PC – and the quantum device left the regular machine in the dust.
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