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Residents of an Australian community have been overrun by an invasion of thousands of camels – and many people are scared to leave their homes.
The death toll of the massacre of journalists and politicians in southern Philippines has hit 52 after investigators discovered another six bodies.
If you mix salt water with fresh water you create instant carbon-neutral energy – the process is called osmotic power and the world’s first osmotic power plant has just opened.
Stanford scholars are considering the legal implications of using robots – with issues extending beyond personal injury and property damage to criminal and civil rights.
Why do people resist going to the doctor? A writer recently diagnosed with cancer explores an ingrained reluctance to self preserve.
The UK government knew that the Bush administration wanted to tackle Saddam Hussein years before the invasion of Iraq, but knew it was “unlawful.”
Google has apologized for a racially offensive picture of Michelle Obama that appears when users search for images of the first lady.
Wikileaks is today releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts from the 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The Large Hadron Collider has suddenly burst into life and started smashing proton beams together for the first time.
One of the more unexpected things you could hear from the mouth of a recent Nobel laureate is, “Look, I don’t want to see heroes around. I believe in a […]
There has been outrage at the revelation that British police have garnered the world’s biggest DNA database without proper regulation or debate.
China has put to death two of the key players in a milk poisoning scandal that led to the deaths of six infants in 2007.
An internet romance that ended in the disappearance of a woman has left police with a homicide investigation but no evidence and no body.
A 14-year-old girl could be charged as an accomplice to the gang-rape of her ninth-grade classmate after she spoke to reporters last week.
Brain scans have been used in a murder trial for the first time ever to try to prove that the defendant is a psychopath.
A more intrusive iPhone worm than the recent “Rick Astley” hack is worrying Apple as it puts sensitive information under threat of exploitation.
A TV pay-per-view service is now available for the Nintendo Wii in Japan—but there’s no sign that it’s heading stateside just yet.
Burma’s Muslim minority are fleeing the region in large numbers to live in self-made refugee camps and try to find transport to Malaysia.
A Chinese dissident who criticized the government after a school collapsed, killing thousands of children, has been sentenced to three years in jail.
A 13-year-old boy with learning difficulties spent 11 days in the New York subway because he thought his parents were mad at him.
If the title “Riverkeeper” sounds like a mythic, sacred charge worthy of Tolkien, that’s because it is. Few natural phenomena have ever been as threatened by the forces of human […]
Americans shop too much and save too little. At least that’s how it went before the economic crisis of 2008. Will we change our ways now? Probably not. That’s why […]
A host of diverse marine creatures have been discovered living in total darkness in the depths of the Atlantic – out of the reach of sunlight.
British inventors inspired by Harry Potter have developed a magic-wand style remote control which can command any infra-red device with a flick.
Google has banned tooth whitener and weight loss advertisers from its networks in a bid to live up to its “don’t be evil” motto.
A magazine featuring the tallest model ever to be a cover girl hits shelves this week.
Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri seems to be emerging as a voice of reason against the Iranian government.
On this day 46 years ago the Time Lord (aka Doctor Who) hit television screens, sparking several generations of hick British science fiction.
An army investigation has unearthed another unmarked casket at the historic burial site at Arlington, prompting fears that unofficial burials are taking place.
Microsoft has been in talks with News Corp over a possible move to de-index its news websites from Google.