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SpaceX capsule arrives at International Space Station

A privately-owned unmanned US space capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing to the space outpost food, scientific materials and other crucial equipment.

Yale brand takes risk by wading into China's weibo world

US universities have responded to China’s exploding demand for American higher education with branch campuses and aggressive recruiting. Now, some are trying to boost their brands by casting...

Modernist home cooks turn their kitchens into laboratories

It may not sound like the last grocery list you wrote, but the growing appeal of so-called modernist cooking - a science-tastic take on haute cuisine - has more home cooks adding laboratory-worthy...

It would be even more surprising if the PLA did not resort to cyberspying

An investigative report released recently by Mandiant, a US IT security firm, predictably sparked controversy by pinning the blame for a series of cyberattacks on US companies on Shanghai-based...

Short Science, March 3, 2013

A letter by Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, outlining the Nobel Prize-winning achievement to his young son is expected to fetch as much as US$2 million when it is auctioned by Christie's...

Man and woman, preferably married, wanted for expedition to Mars

A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman – possibly a married couple – for a bare-bones, 501-day journey to Mars and back that would start in less than five years, project...

China’s Huawei unveils 'world fastest smartphone' Ascend P2

China’s Huawei, the No 3 smartphone maker behind giants Samsung and Apple, unveiled on Sunday a new mobile, the Ascend P2, which it claims is the fastest in the world.

Samsung launches Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet as rival to Apple's iPad mini

Samsung yesterday unveiled an eight-inch tablet with phone-call capability to rival Apple's recently launched iPad mini and cement its market dominance by offering different-sized devices.

Analysis: the near impossible battle against hackers everywhere

Dire warnings from Washington about a “cyber Pearl Harbour” envision a single surprise strike from a formidable enemy that could destroy power plants nationwide, disable the financial system or...

Scientist use 3-D worlds to visualise data

In the system, known as CAVE2, a screen encircles the viewer 320 degrees. A panorama of images springs from 72 stereoscopic liquid crystal display panels, conveying a dizzying sense of being able...

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Research paper finds obesity myths are still accepted at face value

In a study titled "Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity" published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors scoured popular media and scientific literature for obesity-...

Anti-HIV drug effort boosts life expectancy in South Africa

An intensive campaign to combat HIV/Aids with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection...

Short Science, February 24, 2013

Nasa's Curiosity rover has scooped up a sample from the interior of a Martian rock and found that the powdery soil just beneath the planet's rust-coloured exterior was actually a light grey colour...