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Fissures on the icy moon Enceladus open and close under Saturn's command, controlling how much material escapes into the planet's neighbourhood

The company faces a public outcry and demands for better policing of bad behaviour online, after a British member of parliament was repeatedly threatened

Starbucks seems to have embraced the fact that very few people actually go to coffee shops to sit and drink coffee nowadays. For cafes, solid Wi-Fi connection is about as necessary as fresh brew. So the company has teame...

A new alternative to rocket fuel? It's very expensive to put things into outer space. So HyperV Technologies, of Chantilly, Va., has begun a Kickstarter campaign that hopes to pioneer an electrically powered and slingsho...

A super-sensitive, blinged-up nano-thermometer could lead to a new way to fry cancers without damaging healthy tissue

Veterans exposed to debilitating chemicals in secret military tests have lost a compensation battle, but will receive new information about consequences (full text available to subscribers)

The Guardian just exposed the NSA's "widest-reaching" surveillance program, "XKeyscore." While most of us keep going about our internet lives as if that pesky NSA thing never happened--demonstrating a "general giddy sens...

Although modest, a leak of crude oil close to Ko Samet in Thailand could significantly damage tourism and marine wildlife

Despite the wave of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq's Council of Ministers has found time to approve the creation of the country's first national park

But the robot's makers are hoping to make it more accurate in the next few months. Would you let a robot draw your blood? Perhaps in the future, you'll be able to choose an mechanical phlebotomist over a human one. A Cal...

Thanks to this Kickstarter project, pianists can finally introduce elegant wiggly vibrato into their playing--without getting a new piano. The venerable piano allows for ten (or more!) notes to be played at once, which m...

Thousands of barrels of bitumen have already leaked from a tar sands project in north-east Alberta that had been certified safe by government regulators

A stunning image of M 31 captured by Subaru Telescope's Hyper-Suprime Cam (HSC) displays the fruits of international collaboration and technological sophistication aligned with cutting-edge science. In addition to provid...

Shape-shifting molecules that emit primary colours have been mixed into a range of hues for the first time, sowing the seeds for tinier pixels in displays

As a tech memes go, the Internet of Things is getting a bit long in tooth. The idea of internet-connected smart stuff has been heralded for years now. But where exactly are we in the quest to connect all things? Networki...