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Commercial ventures planned for moon - Nasa

Nasa intends to follow the International Space Station programme with astronaut visits to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars about a decade later.

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In the purrrsute of excellence

If you want to get on board with the latest facial-hair fashion, you don't need to spend hours on grooming. [contains video]

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Videogame review: Metro: Last Light

Last Light is a linear shooter, albeit one that plays its cards a little differently to most, writes Michael Plant.

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Pigs however were unable to transmit the virus to other pigs or to ferrets, according to the study published online by Science magazine.

Bird flu strain can go airborne, say experts
May 24 2013 at 09:01

A deadly strain of the bird flu virus can be transmitted between some animals through the air, scientists said.

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The monumental structure, made of boulders and stones with a diameter of 70 meters, was found through a sonar scan at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in 2003.

Mystery structure an archaeologist's dream
May 24 2013 at 09:01

It's thousands of years old - a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored.

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In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the US Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices.

Judge leans toward US in Apple e-books case
May 24 2013 at 10:00

Orin Snyder, a lawyer for Apple, said in a statement, “We strongly disagree with the court's preliminary statements about the case today.”

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Water trickles down the head of a 38-year-old female elephant named Mali. Recent statistics presented to a wildlife trade meeting suggest that no elephants had been poached in the Kruger National Park or other local parks for the past five years.

Ivory now on poachers’ shopping list
May 24 2013 at 09:01

An elephant has been gunned down in the Tembe Elephant Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal - heightening concern of surging black market prices for ivory.

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The aircraft Solar Impulse is prepared for the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission.

Solar Impulse flies again
May 24 2013 at 09:01

The flight set a new absolute world distance record in solar aviation, organisers said.

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A tiny Ecuadoran satellite that collided in space with the remains of a Soviet rocket survived the crash, but was damaged and is not transmitting, Quito's space agency said. Picture: youtube.com

Ecuador satellite hits Soviet-era space junk
May 24 2013 at 09:00

Despite the collision, which occurred above the east coast of Madagascar, the satellite seemed to be holding its course.

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A flag is placed in the foundation of a flattened home day after a tornado devastated the town Moore, Oklahoma, on the outskirts of Oklahoma City.

Twister ‘more powerful than Hiroshima bomb'
May 23 2013 at 14:11

The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power.

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Scientists have shown that resveratrol, the 'miracle ingredient' in red wine, extends lifespan and provides an infusion of energy.

Do tipsy worms hold secret to anti-ageing?
May 23 2013 at 14:14

Scientists have shown that resveratrol, the “miracle ingredient” in red wine, extends lifespan and provides an infusion of energy.

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Xbox One, centre, with the Kinect motions sensor and the controller is pictured during a press event unveiling Microsoft's new Xbox in Redmond.

Microsoft, why call it Xbox One?
May 23 2013 at 14:14

You don't have to be a card-carrying numerist to be confused, writes Samuel Muston.

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An employee adjusts Sony Tablets displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo. The company admitted it could bow to pressure for a break-up of the Japanese electronics giant.

Desperate measures for Sony?
May 23 2013 at 14:11

Sony admitted it could bow to pressure for a break-up of the Japanese electronics giant.

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