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Hubble snaps planet orbiting distant star

First visible-light image of gravitationally-bound world

Space 14 Nov 15:07

'Ruggedised, weaponised' raygun modules now on sale

FIRESTRIKE™: still too heavy for the average shark

Science 14 Nov 14:19

NASA's CO2-scan sat arrives at launch site

Two year atmo-mapping mission to get facts on carbon cycle

Space 14 Nov 13:07

DARPA: Self-repairing, learning kill-robot tech is go

Beware, aware 'ware!

Science 13 Nov 18:44

Endeavour crew set for ISS gig

Shuttle launch tomorrow

Space 13 Nov 15:35

World's first AI birth achieved using frozen rhino sperm

Horny Colchester perissodactyl in Budapest triumph

Biology 13 Nov 14:24

Royal Society of Chemistry defines perfect Yorkshire pud

Distraught cooks offered recipe for success

Science 13 Nov 12:47

GooFlu searches for sickness

Google tells you when to get sick

Biology 12 Nov 13:01

Philips pops out the drug packing iPill

Take one of these computers with a glass of water

Biology 12 Nov 12:07

Date set for Jatropha Jumbo biofuel-2.0 test flight

Misery-free oily nut juice to power Kiwi 747

Environment 12 Nov 12:00

Boffins plan Titanic balloon trip

Floating insights into Saturnian moon

Space 12 Nov 10:45

Mankind to detect alien life 'by 2025'

SETI astronomer sticks his neck out

Space 12 Nov 10:00

US lost Cold War bomb under Greenland ice

Dude, where's my nuke?

Science 12 Nov 02:38

Farmers demand 'special' climate deal for flatulent cattle

'Limited in how much they can cut emissions'

Environment 11 Nov 16:02

German boffins plan frictionless liquid crystal lubricant

'Sliding rod' slips in easily with right orientation

Physics 11 Nov 15:23

Boffin finds gene for coke addiction

Boring sniffler? It's not your fault

Biology 11 Nov 12:52

DARPA inks $2m deal for vat-grown artificial blood tech

'Blood pharming' to replace US troops' spilt claret

Biology 11 Nov 12:12

Dutch plan 'Energy Island'

Dyke ring 'leccy pumpage to smooth bursty wind

Environment 11 Nov 10:53

Mars lander has probably carked it, says NASA

Phoenix robot won't rise again

Space 11 Nov 09:22

Vintage IBM tape drive in Apollo moon dust rescue

40-year-old data recovery

Space 11 Nov 06:37

Ancient galaxies pose for the camera

Fetching ultraviolet snap of deep, deep space

Space 10 Nov 11:09

Honda debuts groin-clutching walker exoskeleton

Bot-bot offers crouch/cringe mode for car workers

Science 7 Nov 14:03

Webcast quango: One-third of UK teachers are creationists

Teachers may be silly: Gov mediacrats, sillier

Science 7 Nov 12:24

Elon Musk's SpaceX offers non-ISS spaceship

Cutting NASA's apron strings?

Space 7 Nov 09:47

US sea-bottom sensor net powered by 'stroking buoys'

Green tech keeps oceans true blue

Environment 6 Nov 13:35

Bletchley Park gets £330k lifeline

Historic code-breaking centre bailed out by English Heritage

Science 6 Nov 11:35

Doctor debuts field-tested brainwave comms kit

Mind over matter

Reg Hardware 6 Nov 10:24

Boffins: global warming kills lemmings, not suicide

Norwegian rodents dying against will

Science 5 Nov 21:13

Bombproof TV rolling-news eco bins target the City

Zeitgeistgasm: Rubbish/media security recycling

Science 5 Nov 11:45

Tesla Roadster safe after Musk-promised money arrives

Model S everyman 'leccycar - don't hold your breath

Environment 4 Nov 11:09

Taurid meteors promise Guy Fawkes fireball show

'Unusually good' display expected on 5 Nov

Space 4 Nov 08:38

DNA tests lay Steve Fossett to rest

'The coroner's case is closed'

Science 4 Nov 08:35

America's second largest ethanol producer goes titsup

Bill Gates was right, cornsarnit!

Science 4 Nov 01:13

Forcefields will guard Mars ships from solar ion storms

Boffins crack portable particle-squall brolly tech

Space 4 Nov 00:02

Astronaut space dump pong-bomb frag shower today

ISS Stinky fridge hurl plunge shocker

Space 3 Nov 11:39

London drum-maker dies of inhalation anthrax

Fatal percussion

Biology 3 Nov 10:42

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