Science/tech

Professor Ernő Rubik, inventor of the famous cube, met Mr Barroso on Saturday over lunch to discuss the importance of science outreach and education in order to attract young people to careers ...

Being only 4km across, the comet's gravitational field will be very weak, and the 100kg box of instruments will use harpoons and ice screws to try to hold itself down…

The 30 metre-wide test centre at the Airbus Defence and Space site in Stevenage looks like a giant sandpit and has been created using rocks from DIY shops ...

"Our research shows that smoking bans are an effective way to protect the health of our children ...

“The finding that these defects occur in patches rather than across the entirety of cortex gives hope as well as insight about the nature of autism…”

"What we do have are suspected cases, which our health teams are investigating and taking blood samples from people who had come in contact with those suspected to have the virus..."

“Cleaning up the air we breathe prevents non-communicable diseases as well as reduces disease risks among women and vulnerable groups, including children and the elderly…”

"The more activity a mother did, the more active her child. Although it is not possible to tell from this study whether active children were making their mothers run around after them, it is ...

“We show that facial variation with regard to sex, ancestry, and genes can be systematically studied with our methods, allowing us ...

Beacons are a low-cost piece of hardware — small enough to attach to a wall or countertop— that utilize battery-friendly low-energy Bluetooth connections to transmit messages or prompts directly to...

“I have recently become a Russian citizen and I am proud of this because I see that in Russia people live very well. I’ve seen a people in the full flower of democracy…”

The full list of attendees was undisclosed, but sources told Politico that both Zuckerberg and Google chairman Eric Schmidt were slated to attend. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was also invited ...

"At first it was quite shy and only part of its head was visible sticking out of the hole in the rubble. My buddy and I watched for about two hours before it became sufficiently confident to leave..."

"Our analysis shows that the human capacity for discriminating smells is much larger than anyone anticipated ...

"This ensures that your messages are safe not only when they move between you and Gmail's servers, but also as they move between Google's data centers ...