New act scuppers LightSquared's 4G plans
A new act protecting the military seems to be the final nail in the coffin for the firm's bid to set up a 4G service alongside GPS
Antarctic fossil shows sauropod dinosaurs were global
Fossils of sauropods have been found on an Antarctic island, confirming that the long-necked herbivore dinosaurs roamed all seven continents
Opportunity Mars rover finds winter parking spot
NASA has parked the Opportunity rover on a sunny Martian slope to ensure that it stays powered up over the Red Planet's winter
Why cellphones are an accident waiting to happen
It's not only safe driving that's affected by cellphone use - everyday activities can also be interrupted by their invasive destruction of concentration
Striving for, and defending, originality
How does one generate new scientific ideas? Our Big Wide World blogger recalls how one came to him recently and the sleepless nights it caused
Stroke your car seat to pump up the volume
A textile that behaves like a touchscreen but can be woven and washed opens up a world of possibilities
Sherlock Holmes averts world war using mathematics
Hollywood enlisted Oxford mathematicians to make Holmes's nemesis, Moriarty, more believable for Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows
CES: Death of the TV remote control
Flat panels that incorporate motion and voice recognition controls are expected to be big at the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off this week
Could the US have given Chavez cancer?
Venezuela's president has mused that the US may have given him and other leftist leaders cancer. That's unlikely to be possible, says Brian Palmer
Roger Scruton: Green philosophy begins at home
A conservative philosopher believes that an environmentalism founded on love of home would return to us the original meaning of economy
Dark matter mysteries: a true game of shadows
Far from shedding light on dark matter, our first experimental glimpses of the elusive stuff have only deepened its mystique, says Stuart Clark
Before DNA, before RNA: Life in the hodge-podge world
A simple nucleic acid called TNA can behave like a protein, suggesting the first life on Earth may have used a mix of similar chemicals
Mundane dark matter may lurk in starry clusters
Exotic explanations for mysterious dark matter may no longer be needed inside balls of stars known as globular clusters
Kinect system tracks you with an eye on your shoes
By making a detailed 3D image of your shoes, a new camera system keeps track of your movements
Biobank UK prepares to open for business
A biobank containing medical, lifestyle and genetic data from 500,000 Britons will soon be available to medical researchers across the world
Did star cluster death rays zap Earth?
Massive swarms of stars are hotbeds for deadly gamma-ray bursts - a new study suggests such a burst might explain a mass extinction 440 million years ago
Timeline puts your life in Facebook's hands
Facebook's Timeline shows the world your past since birth, if you choose - will you? Here are some things to think about first
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