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TPB AFK takes a look at file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, and you can stream it here or download it straight from The Pirate Bay. Last week, a documentary about the legal woes of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, pre...

What will happen to all the awesome PR2s? Details are pretty scarce, but it sounds like some big and possibly unfortunate changes are coming down the pike at Willow Garage, a favorite name in robotics circles. The compan...

And why that's good for science. Happy Valentine's Day! If you're the kind of person who's even vaguely aware of Valentine's Day, you're probably either Yelping a good restaurant to take your date to or searching Faceboo...

All the latest stories on newscientist.com, including: why animals are shrinking, team-building with a robot, gene therapy cures diabetic dogs, and more

From the animating pigs' hearts to diving into an acoustic pod, an exhibition exploring the world of oscillation is full of surprises

A tale of drones hunting Dorner may have made headlines, but it isn't true. What is true is that police have used drones to hunt suspects before. A couple days ago, news broke in British tabloid the Daily Express that a ...

Diabetic beagles haven't needed an insulin injection for four years following treatment with two genes that work together to regulate glucose

It might sound incredible, but many animals are shrinking - and they will become ever tinier in the centuries to come (full text available to subscribers)

The magnitude-4.9 earthquake was probably due to a 10-kiloton underground nuclear bomb; the next step is to monitor for signs of radioactive gas

What would your world be like if you couldn't see color? For artist Neil Harbisson, a rare condition known as achromatopsia that made him completely color blind rendered that question meaningless. Not being able to see c...

A bill sponsored by a Dallas legislator would make it a crime to take photos of private land using a remote-controlled drone. On a hazy day last January, an unmanned aircraft enthusiast piloted his camera-equipped drone ...

A new robotic rat induces stress and depression in lab animals, creating models of psychological disorders for testing new drugs

The NASA rover has sampled beneath the Martian surface, perhaps laying the groundwork for future craft to build on or even mine the Red Planet

If you visit the slice of Central California serenity known as Pinnacles, you might notice the sign out front now says, "National Park."