Cage Homes : an art exhibit on Hong Kong's most expensive streets

Self-driving car and glasses that translate menus showcased at Tokyo gadget show

A car that drives itself and glasses that translate a menu as you read it are some of the glimpses of tomorrow on offer at a gadget fair near Tokyo that began on Tuesday.

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Care to comment on a Popular Science article, say, "These Magnetic Nanobots Could Carry Drugs Into Your Brain" or "FYI: Do Animals Have Orgasms?"? That's not possible - not any more. Last week,...

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Infertile woman gives birth in Japan after ovarian tissue implants

A 30-year-old infertile woman gave birth after surgeons removed her ovaries and reimplanted tissue they treated in a lab, researchers report.

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Delta picks Microsoft tablet for its pilots

Delta Air Lines plans to buy 11,000 Microsoft Surface 2 tablets for its pilots to replace the heavy bundles of books and maps they haul around now.

Other airlines, including American and...

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US and China partner on small-scale space projects

China and the United States are unlikely to partner on large space projects any time soon, but co-operation is already under way on smaller endeavours deeply rooted in science.

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The discovery that defied the pull of the black hole

We all know what most people do with e-mails telling them they've won a million dollars; Professor Steven Balbus wasn't far from doing the same with the one he found in his inbox in May.

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Resistance to antibiotics prompts new health threats

It has only been 70 years since work began on the first mass production of an antibiotic, penicillin. It was hailed as a "wonder drug" as it could treat a host of diseases including pneumonia and...

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Chinese military scientists develop secret, octopus-mimicking computer

Designed to mimic an octopus, a computer developed by mainland researchers is said to be able to change its physical structure. Such flexibility reportedly enables the machine to deal with tasks...

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2013 winners of the Shaw Prize

The Shaw Prize comprises three annual awards - Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences - with US$1 million in prize money for each category.

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Science news in brief, September 29, 2013

Scientists trying to understand why wood-eating termites are so resistant to extermination have come up with a repugnant explanation. Termites' practice of building nests out from their faeces...

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Google tweaks search engine to better serve users of mobile devices

Google has quietly retooled the closely guarded formula running its internet search engine to give better answers to the increasingly complex questions posed by web surfers.

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Prosthetic limb controlled by thought

The act of walking may not seem like a feat of agility, balance, strength and brainpower. But lose a leg, as Zac Vawter of Washington state did after a motorcycle accident in 2009, and you will...

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