Science & Technology
The secret world of code-breaking
Published: 17 May 2007
Plastic: Past, present and endangered future
Published: 16 May 2007
Online TV: The choice widens
Published: 16 May 2007
How Monet's cataracts coloured his view of the lilies
Published: 16 May 2007
Monet's series of paintings depicting the dappled light playing across the water-lilies at his home in Giverny are considered some of the finest works by the French Impressionists.
Map of opossum DNA may help fight against disease
Published: 10 May 2007
Scientists will publish the full genetic recipe of the opossum today, a small marsupial they believe could help in the fight against a range of human health problems from skin cancer and high cholesterol to miscarriages and spinal paralysis.
Rhodri Marsden: Cyberclinic
Published: 09 May 2007
New advances in microchip technology are creating a tiny revolution
Published: 09 May 2007
The Big Question: Do we need to send people into space, or could robots do it better?
Published: 08 May 2007
Why are we asking this question now?
Scientists find the gene that decides how long we live
Published: 03 May 2007
Scientists have come a step closer to understanding the secret of a long, healthy life with the discovery of a gene that plays a central role in the ageing process.
Science in the 21st century: Miracle in sight
Published: 02 May 2007
Hope for insomniacs as scientists unlock secrets of deep slumber
Published: 01 May 2007
Scientists may have discovered a way of triggering deep sleep in people suffering from chronic insomnia.
How politicians ape their primate ancestors
Published: 01 May 2007
The hand gesturing of politicians can be traced back to the manual signals first used by our ape-like ancestors, according to a study into how chimpanzees communicate with one another.
Satellite to study world's most mysterious clouds
Published: 28 April 2007
Mysterious clouds that form at high altitudes over polar regions are to be studied for the first time by a scientific satellite that is specifically designed for the task.
Stephen Hawking's zero gravity flight marks era of commercial space travel
Published: 27 April 2007
There can be few more persuasive salesman for the world's fledgling space tourism industry than the man who has peeled back the mysteries of the cosmos for a mass audience.
Apple's iPod seals iconic status with record-breaking sales figures
Published: 27 April 2007
There was a time when a person was judged by their manners or the contents of their wine cellar but - these days - it is the tunes on a person's iPod that can make or break his reputation.
'Earth-like' planet discovered orbiting red dwarf
Published: 25 April 2007
Scientists have discovered a planet not much bigger than Earth that could be covered in oceans and has the right temperature to support life. And it is only 20.5 light years away.
The Big Question: Should the human race be worried by the rise of robots?
Published: 25 April 2007
Why do you ask?
Into the deep: Robots explore Earth's hidden depths
Published: 25 April 2007
Rhodri Marsden: Cyberclinic
Published: 25 April 2007
The best of the web? You decide!
Published: 25 April 2007
Why charity begins online
Published: 18 April 2007
Rhodri Marsden: Cyberclinic
Published: 18 April 2007
Animal intelligence: Startling new evidence emerges
Published: 18 April 2007
The prospect of all-female conception
Published: 13 April 2007
Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering study
Fossil shows that chickens are descended from T Rex
Published: 13 April 2007
Protein resembling that found in chicken has been extracted from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone, providing further evidence of the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds.
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