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A 3D-printed UAV called 2Seas is designed to fly lengthy surveillance missions for coastguards in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and France

Genetic profiles built on tiny traces of DNA - like that used in Amanda Knox's trial - are often controversial. New software could clear up the confusion

The new 2SEAS drone is fast enough to chase a smuggler's speed boat. At first glance, it looks like someone forgot to put the cockpit on a plane. Twin engines give the 2Seas Project unmanned aerial vehicle speed and powe...

Contrary to urban legend, medieval cathedral windows don't flow like fluids, but the super-tough glass in smartphones and tablet computers shrinks over a period of days

Not hard to see: more takedown requests are coming every year. If the government wants Google to remove content, officials can file a removal request with the tech giant. Google, for transparency, releases data on those ...

All the latest on newscientist.com: Gaia's comeback, citizen science, throttling HIV, megaquakes make volcanoes sink, and more

The name of China's newest supercomputer, Tianhe-2, translates to Milky Way 2. It's a fitting moniker, maybe even a modest one. There are an estimated 400 billion stars in our galaxy. The Tianhe-2 can run a million times...

A Doctor Who-themed satellite got funding on Kickstarter, and will get launched into space at the end of the year. (But can it travel through time, too?) The TARDIS, a time- and space-traversing, police-box-shaped ship f...

It's rare to see a fossil this vibrant - most have long ago faded to grey. Now researchers are reverse-engineering the process

The world would be warming even faster if forests weren't calling in the clouds. Could it be that Gaia is not be so helpless after all, asks Stephen Battersby (full text available to subscribers)

The conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise has been upgraded to the IUCN Red List's highest risk level: critically endangered

Two new programs are coming to improve the U.S. Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) fleet. In the wake of the unsuccessful Iran hostage-rescue attempt in 1980, when three of eight helicopters failed and crippled the miss...

With a bit of spare time, community labs and the power of the internet, anyone can do science on their own terms, says Kat Austen

Critics argue that Europe's carbon tax is dead in the water: not so, says David Strahan. The project will stay alive as long as politics doesn't smother it