Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google’s Sergey Brin
Threats range from governments trying to control citizens to the rise of Facebook and Apple-style 'walled gardens'
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Threats range from governments trying to control citizens to the rise of Facebook and Apple-style 'walled gardens'
Latin American leaders, weary of the drug war, are calling for an important discussion on drug legalization. The U.S. should not turn away.
Concerned that wild populations of marine species are becoming depleted, researchers are trying to crack the code of how to raise them in captivity.
Efforts to promote race equality in higher education have petered out and had "little impact", a conference has heard.
Mild mannered though they seem, plants are extremely competitive, especially when it comes to getting their fair share of sunlight. Whether a forest or a farm, where plants grow a battle wages for the sun's rays.
Probably the most important scientific discovery of the 20th century – James D Watson and Francis Crick's description of the double-helix structure of DNA – was not peer reviewed before it was published in Nature in 1953.
US and Chinese officials take part in war games in bid to prevent military escalation from cyber attacks
University of Cambridge ESOL has unveiled a social media game, created by TAMBA, to help learners improve their English language ability.
The Ogoniland region of Nigeria has long been badly polluted by decades of oil production that has fouled the delta and contaminated drinking water. A United Nations report last year recommended a massive recovery initiative, but so far the Nigerian government has shown few signs it will agree to the cleanup project.
China's corruption scandal took a dramatic twist yesterday when the wife of the former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai was accused of poisoning the British businessman Neil Heywood for threatening to expose her plan to move money abroad.