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The close of 2013 saw a drugs bust of cinematic proportions in China.

With all those unruly satellites buzzing around above our heads, it's about time someone stepped in to police all that space traffic. Or, at least provide a more accurate portrait of a satellite's trajectory.

Even after 10 years of exploring Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover continues to find new evidence that is reshaping our understanding our understanding of the red planet. In rock samples from Matijevic Hill, researchers hav...

The acclaimed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is attempting to unite the worlds of quantum mechanics and general relativity by redefining what a black hole is in his latest paper. According to Hawking, black holes ...

The source of water on the Moon, thought to be hiding in the permanently shadowed craters at the Moon's poles, has long eluded scientists. But new research into the ability of interplanetary dust to deliver water to plan...

On reading a new paper by Stephen Hawking that appeared online this week, you would have been forgiven in thinking the world-renowned British physicist was spoofing us. Hawking's unpublished work declares: 'There are no ...

Smart-thermostat maker Nest is now owned by Google. It looks like a cosy domestic arrangement - but what might advertisers and police do with the data?     

BrainGate, a program that pools research from several universities, is moving ever closer to giving paralyzed patients use of their limbs by using technology developed to drive computerized prosthetics to drive the paral...

Star cataracts, a London wind farm and a new sea anemone are just the tip of the iceberg for this week's photos.

Without Antarctic krill, the majority of global sea life will be at risk -- Antarctic waters must be protected.

With severe winter storms, impact of alternative energy sources grows clearer.

Fractals exist where nature, art and higher math all meet.

Don't horde incandescent lightbulbs, the government won't be taking them away.