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Google worked with the town's mayor to show the world a place that hasn't been able to recover from the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. The 21,000 residents of Namie-machi, Japan, haven't been able t...

--The Second Collide@CERN-Geneva Prize Is Awarded to a Film Maker -- Advanced laser system could power the next Large Hadron Collider -- Evidence grows for neutrino mutation -- NOvA neutrino detector records first 3-D pa...

Technology has moved on, and the FBI wants to be right there, snooping on the latest tech. "Is this conversation unencrypted?" is going to be the new "Are you wearing a wire?" Noting that communication technology has cha...

Bats are the only mammals that fly. There are more than 900 types of bats, ranging in size from the flying fox to the tiny bumblebee bat.

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Lovers of geology look forward to inspecting the roadcut along old Route 1 at Devil's Slide next year.

And you thought it was all about the neurons. In an experiment that might seem like something only a mad scientist would conjure, researchers injected human brain cells into the brains of mice to see how it would affect ...

A new service offers helpful analysis. You should probably have a sense already of whether your Twitter account might get you in trouble at your job. Like, complaining about the stupidity of your boss on social media? No...

The Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London and a new book, Butterfly People, explore our fascination with these gorgeous insects

Researchers withdraw data on the HeLa cervical cancer genome after descendants of the woman whose cells were used say it compromises their privacy

A small fish makes a big splash as Amazon researchers find an entirely new genus in their nets

Traumatised by all that footage of baby turtles being eaten by predators? You'll be delighted to learn that some turtle mums do help the hatchlings (full text available to subscribers)

In 2013, a day in the life of a Los Angeles family of four is an amazing testament to technological progress and the idealistic society that can be achieved...or at least that's what the Los Angeles Times Magazine was ho...

What will soon be the most powerful neutrino detector in the United States has recorded its first three-dimensional images of particles. Using the first completed section of the NOvA neutrino detector, scientists have be...

A trio of cable saboteurs have allegedly been caught red-handed trying to sever internet lines into and out of Egypt

The National Security Agency just released archive editions of its in-house magazine, Cryptolog. Check out the crosswords. The National Security Agency has just released back issues of Cryptolog, the agency's in-house, f...

Watch a sea hare knock out a lobster's sense of smell, in the first experiments revealing a defence mechanism that can inactivate senses

Pratibha Gai, winner of a L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science award, reveals how her molecular film-making lets us control chemical reactions better

Automatic systems that analyse gestures and facial expressions may soon be helping psychologists pick up the easily missed symptoms of depression (full text available to subscribers)

A vaccine that allows vets to distinguish vaccinated cattle from those that are diseased could remove the need to preventatively slaughter animals