Science/tech

“When everyone participates, there's less pressure, more creativity and even the little things in life can turn into awesome shared experiences…”

"By diagnosing and treating stroke as early as possible, we can minimize the devastating impact of stroke, secure better outcomes for patients and, ultimately, save lives. Time lost is brain lost…"

“Our customers will immediately realize the benefits of this updated regulation, as for the first time, we will be able to make our very best imagery available to the commercial market…”

The mummy was found among the tombstones of Thebes and brought to France where it was examined in the taphonomy unit at the Roger Salengro hospital, in Lille and the city’s natural history museum…

“When combined with the high luminosity and unusual outburst behavior, these characteristics indicate that V838 Mon represents a hitherto unknown type of stellar outburst, for which we have no…”

The Boeing 777 - with 239 passengers and crew on board - vanished from civilian radar screens about an hour into the night flight…

"I used to do a lot of morphological, descriptive work with amphibians - I used to study dead, museum specimens. For me it was quite exciting to work with the living frogs and see how they behave…”

"We have a plan of attack. We have already conducted late-night tests to see which of the sites are more vulnerable. This time we are targeting the sponsors of the World Cup…"

“When you turn the field on, everybody doesn't go slamming against the bulkhead, which would be a very short and sad trip…”

"Our goal is to develop a strong, lightweight material that meets our vehicle requirements, while at the same time reducing our overall environmental impact…"

The team, led by Dr Kai-Jung Chi from National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, directly measured the gripping force of the "attachment devices" on the leg bristles of two diving beetle species…

“We believe not only for gas mileage, but for emissions and global warming, that technology is essential to meeting the big challenge…”

“In addition to the advantages of the device's size and wireless technology, the procedure reduces the risk of infection and extended recovery time associated with traditional, more invasive implants…

“A true Turing test does not set the questions or topics prior to the conversations. We are therefore proud to declare that Alan Turing's test was passed for the first time on Saturday…”

“But four million years ago, if you broke your jaw, it was probably a fatal injury. You wouldn't be able to chew food... You'd just starve to death…”