Science/tech

The Hywind turbine is one of the frontrunners in a global race to develop flotillas of floating wind turbines that can conquer the deep oceans and reap the strongest winds ...

"Judges' decisions are written in everyday language and not issued in columns and rows, which is what current computer systems digest best ...

The similarities to previous rumors include redesigned antenna bands that wrap around the top and bottom edges of the device instead of going across ...

In a message posted on a Chromium-dev discussion forum, Anthony Laforge, Google's technical lead on Chrome, said internal metrics revealed the 10 chosen sites were the most popular Flash-using sites...

"He was a brilliant character: extraordinarily warm, profound and authentic, a great scholar and also a storyteller, a writer..."

A white paper by Mr Musk published in 2013 proposed a Hyperloop tube connection from San Francisco to Los Angeles. At speeds of around 700mph ...

In February, the site launched six new ways of reacting to a post, alongside the Like button. They were intended partly as a way of answering calls for ...

The zero-fuel aircraft has now reached half way across America, with its immediate goal of getting to New York firmly in sight...

The team from James Cook University in Queensland and Uppsala University carried out tests in enclosed "mini reefs" that simulated the environment ...

"However, the differences between mouse and human development mean that larger experimental animals that are more similar to humans - such as monkeys - must also be tested..."

"Australian stone artefacts have often been characterised as simple. But clearly that's not the case when you have these hafted axes earlier in Australia ...

Moment's core features are that it automatically groups together photos featuring the same friend or friends, and then makes it easy to share the pictures with them ...

"And also the indirect impact of climate change - for example, changes in terms of pollinators - which could have a really serious effect on plants..."

The move, which hasn’t been publicly announced, was confirmed by a senior US intelligence official and other people familiar with the matter. The service ...

"From this transit, we're unlikely to learn anything we don't already know. But what a wonderful event for showing people Mercury. It's a hard planet to see. Historically, transits were of immense importance...