Weasel knocks out CERN’s powerful particle accelerator
The largest scientific experiment has gone offline because of a foreign intruder.
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The secretive, billionaire-backed plans to harness fusion
Inside a laboratory near Vancouver in British Columbia, an alarm is blaring. In the middle of the industrial warehouse stands what looks like a cannon from a spaceship, about five metres long and festooned in wires.
The ‘Underground Astronauts’ in search of new human species
Hidden deep within the black innards of a South African cave lay human evolution's equivalent of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Expandable habitats may take us to Mars
In sci-fi movies, space habitats are huge structures with labyrinth layouts.
‘Oldest axe’ was made by early Australians
A tiny stone flake from north-western Australia is a remnant of the earliest known axe with a handle, archaeologists have claimed.
30 Chinese apps you need to know about
China has about 705 million internet users — more than two times the U.S. population.
How did the giraffe get its long neck?
For the first time, the genomes of the giraffe and its closest living relative, the reclusive okapi of the African rainforest, have been sequenced ...
Could this soap stop malaria?
It's just a little sting, so slight often the victim doesn't even feel it.
Uber is testing its first self-driving car
If you live in Pittsburgh, keep an eye out for a self-driving Uber.
Microsoft accused of Windows 10 upgrade ‘nasty trick’
Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10.
