Corporate money men fill the political void at Rio+20 <\/p>\n
It may have been a damp squib politically, but business leaders at the Earth Summit in Rio were on hand to commit cash for UN green initiatives <\/p>\n
In Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt spans physics, philosophy and literature to examine the mystery of why there is something rather than nothing <\/p>\n
Ferrofluids - a mix of oil and nano-sized iron particles - are normally used in computer hard drives, but their weird properties can make for great liquid art <\/p>\n
Twisting individual beams of light in different ways allows more data to be transmitted in the same signal <\/p>\n
A swallowable ultrasound device called uPill could end the need for painful daily injections <\/p>\n
If life arises wherever conditions are right, why haven't we heard from aliens yet? Biochemist Nick Lane thinks he might have an answer <\/p>\n
The Atlantic coast of North America is a hotspot of sea level rise, suggesting that a major Atlantic current is slowing down <\/p>\n
Which is more likely to derail the decades-long battle to rid the world of polio? The Taliban, or the financial crisis? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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