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The large carnivorous dinosaur reigned during the late Cretaceous Period, 65 million years ago.

The country's plan for a nationwide intranet separated from the World Wide Web looks to be approaching fruition – what are the implications?

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Astronomers observing a red giant star have spotted a spiral of dust and gas thought to have been sculpted by a previously unseen companion

Forget health and wealth for all – The Shape of *** to Come is a joke-laden rollercoaster ride through how humanity will tarnish its future

Moons should be easier to image than Earth-like planets, which means they could offer the first hints of habitable conditions outside the solar system

Robots will no longer need to be programmed to perform new tasks if they can copy a demonstration

Decades of misuse helped the malaria parasite evolve resistance to chloroquine – but the parasite now seems to be susceptible again

Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka have been awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry for identifying receptors that are key to vital physiological responses

Our autobiography is pieced together from the many events in our lives – but we pick and choose which ones to include (full text available to subscribers)

Geneva and Frankfurt, 10 October 2012. CERN[1] is today showcasing its science at the Frankfurt Book Fair[2]. As well as a range of books looking at the science of CERN and the LHC, the Laboratory will unveil a new inter...

Geneva 5 October 2012. The CERN[1] Director-General, Rolf Heuer, and the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, George Demosthenous, today signed an agreement under which the Republic of Cyprus will...

If DNA has a half-life that suggests the molecules can survive far longer than anyone thought, maybe 6 million years