China launches itself back into space race

A ROCKET carrying two Chinese astronauts blasted off yesterday from a base in the country’s desert north-west, returning the country’s...

Pi to 1 million decimal places

OK, so this is pretty nerdy. However, if you really need to make some accurate calculations, you might want it....

Science museums live by the rules of science

Lenore Durkee, a retired biology professor, was volunteering as a docent at the Museum of the Earth here when she...

Samsung Delivers 16 GB NAND Flash

Samsung yesterday announced three new technologies targeted at the expanding, multi-faceted mobile application industry. At a press conference held in...

Scientists Observe Most Distant Cosmic Explosion Ever Recorded

Astronomers have detected the most distant explosion ever witnessed in the heavens. It was a flash so powerful that they...

‘Impact’ Comet Is Rich in Carbon

When NASA’s Deep Impact projectile hit Comet Tempel 1, it produced a giant plume of gas and dust far richer...

Decoding chimps, understanding humans

Scientists said Wednesday that they had determined the precise order of the 3 billion bits of genetic code that carry...

Sun takes DRM open source

Digital Rights Management may currently be the single most contentious issue amongst computer users and music and DVD buyers but...

Science Labs Don’t Measure Up

While sleek crime-scene TV shows have turned students on to forensic science, an investigation of today’s high school laboratories shows...

On saying “I don’t know”

Those three little words — “I don’t know” — may be modern science’s most important contribution to the world. Yes,...