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The market price of bitcoins in USD has fallen and fallen hard. After peaking at $266, prices plunged Wednesday morning. There was a strong late rally, such that some data providers listed the "close" around $165. But th...

-- Scientists Await New Worlds as CERN Collider Refitted -- Obama's 2014 Science Budget: At CDC, Budget Drops and Priorities Shift -- International physics creating positive move -- CERN'S Tom Whyntie explains the univer...

It takes a million years to make a land this big and flat. Take a few hours to experience it.

You will never want to fly again. Click to launch the gallery. The internet is abuzz with news that it is now possible to hijack an airplane with an Android. This arrives hot on the heels of an announcement that the Depa...

A. sediba is confirmed as our closest known non-human ancestor - and may have lived in the trees after having evolved to walk on the ground

All the latest stories on newscientist.com: Milky Way's dark matter shadow, phantom limbs for all, virtual travel goes 3D, tools and evolution, and more

The strength and dexterity needed to use early stone tools shaped our hands into what they are today - judging by the oldest known anatomically modern hand

Former UK government adviser David Nutt is acting as a consultant on a pilot study of a drug aimed at improving memory problems associated with Down's

We see no reason to doubt this. Ali Razeghi, a 27-year-old businessman and scientist in Tehran, has registered "The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine" with Iran's Center for Strategic Inventions. Razeghi told a state news a...

Scientists may soon bring a species of frog (Rheobatrachus silus or the gastric brooding frog) back from the dead. The frog--which bizarrely swallowed its eggs, incubated them in its stomach, and gave birth to them throu...

You knew that too much red meat wasn't good for you, but maybe you didn't know the whole story.

Thanks to a virtual reality and telepresence mashup, you no longer have to travel the globe to visit friends or wander around ancient ruins

A classic illusion can persuade anyone that they are experiencing sensations from their own phantom hand - located in thin air

This beautifully patterned bat, with pale yellow spots and stripes on dark black fur, took researchers in the grasslands of South Sudan by surprise

The universe could have a dark side, complete with dark-matter atoms, a dark force and a mirror version of our own galaxy

In making deep budget cuts, politicians are experimenting with the health of nations, not just their wealth

Software can tell you when big news breaks by looking at what the online encyclopedia's legions of editors are up to

Far from leading to the demise of the English language, digital technologies have enabled a massive increase in writing. Long may it continue

For the first time, national-level guidelines include climate science as a key topic for children to learn - but they are not enforceable

Beryllium is one of the lightest metals and has one of the highest melting points among the light metals.

Old-timer Reddit users explain what work was like before the information age. Sometimes while browsing Reddit (the land of aww-inspiring animal photos, sarcastic image macros, and the occasional "Ask Me Anything" with a ...

India is one of the world's oldest and most diverse cultures. Here is an overview of Indian customs and traditions.