Posted March 5, 2010 - 07:33 by Staff writer
The most widely used software encryption technique has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered.
Posted March 5, 2010 - 07:16 by Emma Woollacott
Vast amounts of methane are bubbling up from the East Siberian sea, raising fears of a massive hike in global warming.
Posted March 5, 2010 - 05:12 by Emma Woollacott
A major international study has found overwhelming evidence that a massive asteroid impact in did indeed wipe out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Posted March 4, 2010 - 08:13 by Emma Woollacott
Researchers from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University asked a representative sample of 486 18- to 96-year-olds what the term meant to them.
Posted March 4, 2010 - 07:38 by Emma Woollacott
In a move which surely smacks of just a touch of desperation, the Department of Homeland Security is asking Joe Public how to best raise awareness of the importance of cybersecurity.
Posted March 4, 2010 - 06:42 by Staff writer
China plans to launch the first module of its planned space station next year.
Posted March 4, 2010 - 05:23 by Emma Woollacott
A new award from the National Center for Science Education aims to honor the year's most stupid creationist.
Posted March 3, 2010 - 09:20 by Staff writer
Spending hours glued to the television or PC damages childrens' relationships with their friends and parents, according to a new study.
Posted March 3, 2010 - 08:57 by Emma Woollacott
Another day, another botnet. This time, it has the rather pretty name of Mariposa - it means butterfly - and is believed to be one of the world's largest.
Posted March 3, 2010 - 08:36 by Mike Luttrell
When an air traffic controller's son had the day off school, he was brought to work - into the control tower at one of the busiest airports in the world. The FAA is now investigating.
Posted March 3, 2010 - 08:16 by Sraff writer
Peering through entire galaxies as their lenses, a team of researchers has found a new way to establish the size and age of the universe.
Posted March 3, 2010 - 06:09 by Emma Woollacott
You can tell this idea came from a country where they're not big on plastic surgery. Scientists at the UK's University of Bath reckon that noses are a better way of identifying people than iris or fingerprint scans.
Posted March 3, 2010 - 05:28 by Emma Woollacott
Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University are working on a gadget that turns the user's arm into a touchscreen display.
Posted March 2, 2010 - 08:36 by Emma Woollacott
We can all breathe easy: the British Ministry of Defence has decided that UFOs aren't dangerous.
Posted March 2, 2010 - 06:59 by Emma Woollacott
In an extraordinary example of optimistic brown-nosing, Topeka, Kansas has changed its name to Google.
Posted March 2, 2010 - 06:34 by Emma Woollacott
Would you pay $27,000 for a flying machine built using scooter parts and a barbecue gas bottle? Yes? Then you've still got time to place your bid.
Posted March 2, 2010 - 06:05 by Emma Woollacott
Horrific mobile roaming bills should be a thing of the past in Europe, thanks to a new cap on charges.
Posted March 2, 2010 - 05:05 by Emma Woollacott
It takes time to get yourself into a self-sacrificing frame of mind, according to research into the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania.
Posted March 2, 2010 - 04:41 by Emma Woollacott
Instruments aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft have detected millions of tons of water ice near the moon's north pole.
Posted March 1, 2010 - 10:19 by Staff writer
A boat built from 12,000 plastic bottles it to set sail this month, with the aim of crossing the Pacific Ocean.
